 1 Out on a jog before heading to Snoqualmie Falls. This is Port Madison. So peaceful! |
 2 Love this camelia hedge!!! |
 3 We scooted over to Snoqualmie Falls to wrap up Spring Break. Such a great day! |
 4 You can feel the power and the spray from far away! |
 5 Down to the bottom right you can see water emerging from a tunnel that was bored to allow the creation of hydroelectric power. |
 6 Ben reading to us - love his little finger :) |
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 8 Dave is thinking - we need more adventure time like this as a family. I agree! |
 9 Another view from access down below the falls. |
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 13 Sam took this shot for us :) |
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 15 Exploring the little town now. |
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 17 Ice cream for two boys! |
 18 Loafing around on Spring Break - we had gorgeous weather every day! Even the two roosters lounged together. They never take a break and certainly not at the same time, but we were outside helping guard, so they got to lounge a bit. That is nice! |
 19 There they all are, under their plum tree! |
 20 Ben loves to kick the soccer ball up against the garage over and over again. I hope that door lasts! |
 21 Someone pecked out a window, so instead of getting ahead of chores and spring cleanup, I managed to fall behind because I had a chicken pane to replace. Got plexiglass this time! |
 22 Sam built this Mindcuber for his science project, so he is testing it out. |
 23 Checking the build instructions. |
 24 Very happy with himself, as he should be! It took about 4-6 hours over two days. |
 25 Daddy playing Legos with Ben, too. Still on Spring Break here. So nice to see the family together. |
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 28 Ben entertaining neighbor Esther with a VERY long show. 20 min of this. |
 29 If you decided the movie was too long...here's a sense of it. 20 min of strange stuff! |
 30 Neighbor Ingunn was able to mow her lawn while Ben kept Esther happy! |
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 32 A typical trip to the commissary. Filling half the cart with produce! |
 33 At church for PREP - making a crazy egg project! |
 34 Mrs. Wolansky is very patient! |
 35 Nice, Connor! |
 36 At guitar practice. Sam is just really dialing in his skills lately. It's amazing to watch him pick up a piece so quickly. |
 37 A little bit of what he was doing there. |
 38 And now Ben's turn, playing the ukulele that Eddie Kamae gave Sam 4 years ago. It is so beautiful! |
 39 And a snippet of Ben's work. |
 40 Gearing up for roller hockey! |
 41 Big guy! |
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 43 On a hike afterwards over in Lynnwood. What is this pose? |
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 45 A nice walk. |
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 49 Umm...didn't bring our water shoes so took a pass on going through here to get to the beach, but was very tempting! |
 50 Sam at roller hockey evaluations. |
 51 They assess everyone then create even teams. It is an awesome organization. |
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 53 So proud of Sam for picking this sport up. |
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 56 Go Sam! |
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 58 At a luncheon for Rotarians - Sam demo-ed how robots work and what the grant money that Rotary has donated to his skill can fund (Mindstorms kits like this are now in the schools). |
 59 His Mindcuber is a huge hit after school. |
 60 Kids were cheering for Sam and some were cheering for the robot. Sam beat the robot once! |
 61 More roller hockey! |
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 63 Paulo Younse came for a while three-day tour of Bainbridge Island presenting his work at NASA/JPL on the Mars Rover! He brought a mini rover to drive over Mars "rocks" - eager volunteers! |
 64 He is such a fantastic presenter! Engaging for all ages - I learned something new in each of his talks. |
 65 He spoke to 3,700 kids in three days! |
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 67 Plus we got to give him some down time at our house between events. He's watching Sam race the Mindcuber. |
 68 You can see this time Sam won and his friend, Kai, is very pleased! |
 69 Ben and Kai are showing Paulo Minecraft! |
 70 At the Bainbridge Schools Foundation breakfast program. |
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 74 At the AP Physics class for his final talk. |
 75 And then just before his plane, we took him for a stand-up paddle. Hard to find something Paulo has not done before! |
 76 Ben's inspiration for his science fair project - we found thousands of sand dollars on this beach! |
 77 Beautiful day for Paulo to get some peace and quiet before going home to LA. |
 78 Go Paulo! |
 79 Out mountain biking in the rain - so catching a drink! |
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 81 Daddy came along for a walk, too! |
 82 After-school club Destination Imagination - impromptu problem-solving with teams. |
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 84 This is Arch - he carved this himself! I met him on a trail and just loved it. |
 85 This is a project of Sam's - can you believe in the whirlwind week I have going on here I didn't knock this over once? You know I zoom around like a dirvish - but this speedbump was a welcome reminder of my boy, so I didn't spaz even once. |
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 87 Sushi carnage! This was a reward for getting science projects all set up. |
 88 Some mountain bike jumping - a little impromptu clinic I hosted when 5 neighbor boys showed up:o |
 89 Down at the mine - they are hunting for anything of value, hoping for more peridotite. Stanley is hoping for garnet! |
 90 Ben just scored a goal! So psyched about soccer! |
 91 Hosting a "Minecraft Dinner"! We served all foods available in Minecraft - roast chicken, mushroom stew, beetroot soup and cake! |
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 93 Dave carving up chicken. |
 94 Patricia putting some fennel on Sam's beetroot soup! |
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 96 Yum! Patricia is amazing - we planned this the day before - she just happened to have beets on hand! |
 97 Look at dessert! Dave found one that really did look like Minecraft cake! |
 98 Dave setting up the rowing machine! |
