Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Summer, I'm so glad you are here, and you ARE here.
So far summer has been amazing.
We went camping.
We went to DC.
We went to the Pacific Northwest. My highlights are
1 Getting there: On the day we wanted to leave, I was taking care of church business that morning and got a flat tire... I was actually trying to get all my tasks done for Youth Conference so I could leave a day early, apparently I was supposed to stay.
So the day after we wanted to go, the flights were full. Finally waiting at the gate, one seat was available so Minna went to Seattle. The last one on the plane, she walked down the jetbridge and looked back at me holding Hannah and Jane's hands as they closed the doors. Anyway we ended up going to Portland, Oregon with no luggage (it went with Minna). We stayed with some friends (Wyatt and Britany), and went to church with them the next day. Hannah and Jane didn't have any church clothes. Oh well they'll just look out of place.
But amazingly at the last second before we walked out the door Hannah found some aprons, who knows where??, that worked as wrap skirts for the girls. They weren't perfect but they were better than shorts.
2 The Beach: What can I say. This is why we went.
It was wonderfully relaxing and easy going. The weather didn't really cooperate for flying kites so much but we were IN the Cannon Beach parade.
3 The Cape Mears Lighthouse: Lighthouses are just fun especially when they let you go to the top. But I wanted a nice kite aerial photo. I disregarded the nearby kite-eating trees, and 30 seconds into flying my kite. CHOMP, the tree took a bite of my kite. I was so embarrassed. A grown adult flying a kite next to a tree.
Well, what did you expect!? So I didn't want to lose this kite, it was kind of expensive. So I climbed the tree and pulled and yanked but in the end I had to cut the line.
The awesome part is that I was victorious over the tree, and I got an awesome wound.
4 Helping Minna back to NYC: My trip eventually ended and I went back to NY only to return to Seattle in a marathon flight weekend to go pick them up and fly back to NYC. This quick trip included a jaunt into Seattle to see our friends Tysha and Jacob. And a date with Minna at Lake Stevens, with a funny trip through the "Chicken Drive Through".
That's it then we came home.
This weekend: Harry Potter on Long Island!
We went camping.
We went to DC.
We went to the Pacific Northwest. My highlights are
1 Getting there: On the day we wanted to leave, I was taking care of church business that morning and got a flat tire... I was actually trying to get all my tasks done for Youth Conference so I could leave a day early, apparently I was supposed to stay.
So the day after we wanted to go, the flights were full. Finally waiting at the gate, one seat was available so Minna went to Seattle. The last one on the plane, she walked down the jetbridge and looked back at me holding Hannah and Jane's hands as they closed the doors. Anyway we ended up going to Portland, Oregon with no luggage (it went with Minna). We stayed with some friends (Wyatt and Britany), and went to church with them the next day. Hannah and Jane didn't have any church clothes. Oh well they'll just look out of place.
But amazingly at the last second before we walked out the door Hannah found some aprons, who knows where??, that worked as wrap skirts for the girls. They weren't perfect but they were better than shorts.
2 The Beach: What can I say. This is why we went.
It was wonderfully relaxing and easy going. The weather didn't really cooperate for flying kites so much but we were IN the Cannon Beach parade.
3 The Cape Mears Lighthouse: Lighthouses are just fun especially when they let you go to the top. But I wanted a nice kite aerial photo. I disregarded the nearby kite-eating trees, and 30 seconds into flying my kite. CHOMP, the tree took a bite of my kite. I was so embarrassed. A grown adult flying a kite next to a tree.
Well, what did you expect!? So I didn't want to lose this kite, it was kind of expensive. So I climbed the tree and pulled and yanked but in the end I had to cut the line.
The awesome part is that I was victorious over the tree, and I got an awesome wound.
4 Helping Minna back to NYC: My trip eventually ended and I went back to NY only to return to Seattle in a marathon flight weekend to go pick them up and fly back to NYC. This quick trip included a jaunt into Seattle to see our friends Tysha and Jacob. And a date with Minna at Lake Stevens, with a funny trip through the "Chicken Drive Through".
That's it then we came home.
This weekend: Harry Potter on Long Island!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Went to DC a while ago
I wanted to post some awesome photos of the trip.
Four-wheel'n, Lincoln Monument, Washington Monument, and the Smithsonian
Four-wheel'n, Lincoln Monument, Washington Monument, and the Smithsonian
Sunday, May 24, 2009
The Statue of Liberty
We went to the Statue of Liberty yesterday.
It's a good thing we bought our "reserve" tickets online. We arrived at the dock only to find a line where the end couldn't be found. We walked up to the area that said reserve tickets and walked right through the metal detectors. Then onto our boat. Had we waited in line we probably would have waited about two hours. It was so awesome to not have to wait in line.
When we got on the island the girls got settled and I got in line for the monument. Just over an hour later I was climbing the steps to see inside Lady Liberty.
The inside is pretty cool. They have some pretty cool glass windows that allow you to see the inner structure of the statue.
This photos proves I was there.
It's a good thing we bought our "reserve" tickets online. We arrived at the dock only to find a line where the end couldn't be found. We walked up to the area that said reserve tickets and walked right through the metal detectors. Then onto our boat. Had we waited in line we probably would have waited about two hours. It was so awesome to not have to wait in line.
When we got on the island the girls got settled and I got in line for the monument. Just over an hour later I was climbing the steps to see inside Lady Liberty.
The inside is pretty cool. They have some pretty cool glass windows that allow you to see the inner structure of the statue.
This photos proves I was there.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hannah made me lunch
The other day as I was making packing my lunch for work. Hannah came in and said, "Here daddy, I have your lunch." It came complete with a cooling rack and everything.
I said, "Ok, thank you, please put it in my bag for me." And she did. So when I got to work, I had this delicious sandwich for lunch.
She takes such good care of me. Or at least I'm sure she will when I'm old.
I said, "Ok, thank you, please put it in my bag for me." And she did. So when I got to work, I had this delicious sandwich for lunch.
She takes such good care of me. Or at least I'm sure she will when I'm old.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Rokkaku kite
The smaller versions are actually for kite fighting. But if you build them big and change up the bridle they are quite stable.
I wasn't able to hook a camera to it on this day. Sadly it was just too windy for a kite this big. It gave me a workout just holding it. The next day of course there was zero wind.
I was just happy that it would fly, and that the day was so awesome, and that we got out of the house, and that the girls enjoyed the day.
I wasn't able to hook a camera to it on this day. Sadly it was just too windy for a kite this big. It gave me a workout just holding it. The next day of course there was zero wind.
I was just happy that it would fly, and that the day was so awesome, and that we got out of the house, and that the girls enjoyed the day.
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