Birthdays, Eric's parents visit. End of school year, trip to Victoria, BC, fishing, garbage fire, Ken and Ann visit. | ||
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| Peter set up his clothes for the next day at school, for which he was supposed to wear black | The 2nd grade show - Peter had a little rhyme to say | |
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| Eric receiving some tokens of appreciation from the homeschool co-op that for which he did a website | ||
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| Eric helped out with an egg drop at the school | Peter doing the Cub Scout rocket launch | |
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| A hike to collect amber at Tiger Mountain - this is the former rail depot for the coal mines here | ||
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| Kenny at the school concert | ||
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| Biking through the "snow" - actually cottonwood fluff, on a bike ride along the Green River | We took a quick trip to Victoria - first time on the super-fast ferry, the Victoria Clipper. These are from walking around the harbor. | |
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| The famous Empress hotel | At the British Columbia Legislature | |
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| Houseboats around the Fisherman's Wharf area | ||
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| This houseboat had a theme... | ||
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| At the Beacon Hill Park | ||
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| Peter worked hard to get close to this baby goat at the petting zoo | ||
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| At the Bluchard Gardens | ||
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| Kenny and Peter do parkour | ||
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| I didn't really get this, but it made some sense after it was explained | Kayaking with Jean and Kay at Lake Sammamish State Park | |
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| Peter really wanted to go | ||
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| Hiking to Snow Lake with Paige | It's a lovely spot, VERY popular on weekends | |
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| Catching fish at the "Cast for Kids" at Gene Coulon park | ||
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| We had them clean the first fish, but later on the line was so long, we cleaned them ourselves | ||
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| And Peter actually ate his fish! | ||
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| We had a nice day on Orcas Island | ||
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| A hike on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River | I saw this elegant fern everywhere | |
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| Peter's cub scout graduation | ||
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| A recycling truck caught fire, pulled into our street, and emptied it's flaming load for the fire department to hose it down. | ||
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| At the US Open with Don | ||
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| Kayaking with Jean around the Arboretum | Peter and Ram with their 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Wells | |
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| Beach picnic with our Peps friends | ||
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| At the Freemont Fair | ||
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| Kenny and Peter working on a sewing project | We were so happy to have Eric's parents Ken and Ann for a visit | |
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| Picking blueberries at Larsen Lake | ||
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| Our hummingbird feeder is very popular | A visit to downtown Seattle - the Seattle Library | |
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| Automated book moving system | There were some really uncomfortable groups of chairs there. | |
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| This chair, on the other hand, was surprisingly comfortable, despite it's looks. But I looked it up online (http://www.vitra.com/en-us/product/03?subfam.id=36511). The thing is $695! That's crazy expensive. | At the Pike Place Market | |
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| From the Columbia Tower | ||
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| Cooking dinner | ||
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| A very competitive game of Monopoly | The nearby Newcastle Golf Club has putt-putt golf | |
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| I took an umbrella with to protect myself against the sun. It was not a good umbrella for the purpose - kept flipping inside out with a slight breeze. | ||
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| Celebrating Ann's birthday at the Wild Ginger | Birthday cake at home | |
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| We were at the pool for Peter's birthday party, and there was also a pig roast going on! Here's the pig being flipped over. | ||
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| Playing Foot Golf at Crossroads | ||
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| A trip to Port Townsend to visit Ken and Ann's old Navy friends, Harry and Paula. This is a company that manufactures kayak kits. | ||
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| Interesting camper at Fort Worden | ||
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| An aircraft carrier passed us very close by... | ||
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| Lunch | ||
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| On the ferry ride home | ||
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| At Nisqually Delta | ||
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| Tree swallows | ||
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| Kenny using spray to write his name | We saw a bald eagle in the trees | |
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| Thank goodness for the shady areas! It was really hot and sunny. | ||