Snow Storm 2010

We had a snow storm come through about 6pm yesterday and left us with about 3-4" of snow! More is expected tonight! We have had lots of fun sledding and playing with the new puppy outside...and lots of mugs of hot chocolate!

This is 'Crazy Bird'. he has lived in our yard for several years. He has quite a personality!

Press play to see the videos! Above is J and our new puppy Gloria! She was soooo excited to play in the new snow! Below is J sledding.

Space Derby 2010 "SWISS CHEESE ONE"

After much observation in previous space derby races we noticed that the lighter the vehicle the faster it goes...so what better way to loose some weight than to drill holes all through it!?!?! Swiss-Cheese One was definitely the fastest rocket there today. It FLEW past the other entries!! But for some reason after several runs it just pittered out. He came in third overall. We have several theories as to why, so we have lots of bugs to work out before next years race. Perhaps limburger one? maybe roquefort one? Swiss-Cheese two??? But most important is we had fun making the rocket, and we are very proud of our son who showed great sportsmanship today!

This is a race between swiss cheese one and the rocket that turned out to be the overall winner. This is early in the day. You can see how much faster swiss cheese one is. We think something must have happened with the rubber bands. It was a big disappointment to come in 3rd after such a great start! We took it harder than J did!! I am sure next year we will have even tougher competition when the others put holes in their rockets too!

don't forget to check out our previous cub scout space derby entries here and here.

Washington DC 2009

Oooops! This post is out of sequence. Jeff and J took a trip to DC right after christmas but before new years! They took 400+ pictures. Most of them unfortunately came back blurry, so these are a few of the ones that turned out ok.

Daddy goes to China a lot and J has always wanted to try Peking Duck. There are no restaurants in our area that serve it. J LOVED it, and they wait staff at Meiwah loved him!

The Lincoln Memorial

The US Capitol

Bell X-1

Apollo 11 capsule

Mercury capsule

US Capitol

The Washington Monument

The Hotel Pool of course!!!

Another highlight of the trip that J really enjoyed was hailing the TaxiCabs!

9 YEARS OLD!

This is another huge set that J put together completely by himself. Mom and dad helped to sort the pieces and dad occasionally helped squeeze some tough pieces together...but J did 100% assembly all by himself in 2 days!

We had a very small party this year with just grandparents and one friend.

Star Trek cake...and he got a really cool medical tricorder...I'll have to find a video of that sometwhere!

Christmas 2009

NEW PUPPY!!!!!!!!!

Introducing Gloria!!! She is our new puppy. J went to our local animal shelter and chose her. The name gloria comes from a children's book 'Officer Buckle and Gloria'. Our Gloria looks much like the dog in that book. She has been a great dog so far!!! Look for updates soon because she is growing so fast!!

November 2009

There was a local activity at the park...someone had a homemade snowmaker!!! it was tons of fun!

more legos! cub scouts bike rally

two building kits that daddy brought back from his China trip.

No idea where the thanksgiving pictures are....If I find them I'll try to remember to post them here.

October 2009

LOL! J's feet are just about the same size as mom's!

This Halloween J was a roman soldier!

more lego creations!

Jack O'Lantern

Montery Jack serves the evil K.A.O.S. organization from Get Smart

Our local fall fair

Blacksmithing- J asked for an anvil, a forge, blacksmithing tools, and 8 iron bars for christmas. I don't think Santa can fit all that in his sleigh!

September 2009

This is Topaz...a stray that found it's way into our yard. We were very lucky to find her a nice new home.

a HUGE praying mantis that we found in our yard.

Video (Above) of grandmas dog oscar chasing J's feet on the trampoline.