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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Magnificent



When the last U2 album came out I had no kids. This one is long overdue:

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/26079033/review/26212378/no_line_on_the_horizon


I'll be swinging by the store Tues before work.

Keep your eyes open for a stadium tour this summer.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

look what I learned!

I am taking a class called Experimental B&W, where essentially we just ask "what if..." about something photographic and then try it. Our prof said he wanted to see something with more dimension, so I brought this in today and mom said I should share it with you all.



Friday, February 20, 2009

Winter Wonderland

Last weekend we went to Grand Haven for the weekend and stayed at Harbor House Inn, a cozy, beautiful bed & breakfast. This is the third year we've done this in the wintertime. It was great! Sunday afternoon was absolutely gorgeous out and we walked down the pier. There was no wind, the sun was out, and the ice/water was so cool I think especially given the really warm days we had the week before. The views were breathtaking!



I love how in the above picture it's hard to tell if that white line in the horizon is ice or a line of clouds.



Reuben found a few large pieces of ice to throw out into a thin part of the ice. This one broke through the layer to the water below.
Walking around town...shops....art galleries...hot dogs... coffee.... great Saturday afternoon.
The B&B. We had two great dinners out too at the Old Boys Brewhouse and Porto Bello. We were bummed that Kirby Grill was booked up for Valentine's night- oh well! We also saw that movie Slumdog Millionaire, which is great for those of you who haven't seen it.
We did some geocaching on Saturday afternoon. Wow do we have a great story (after the fact) that is way too long for the blog. Let's just say we almost crashed our car on a hill in a snowy cemetary.... our next vehicle needs to be something better in the snow. :) Just ask us later.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Avery's Artwork


Here's Avery's latest painting. He calls it "Fire".

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Sunday is Grandma's Birthday. I don't have any cool pics of her to post. Guess I'll have to get on it!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Pics...

I'm sitting in my hotel room, bored so I have time to upload these pics.

This one I titled Dune. It did the best, scored 90...



The rest were blue ribbons except for the one of Avrey and Ben... close but no cigar! ;-) I actually enjoyed it this year. I especially enjoyed having Mattie there with me. It was fun working with her.




Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Since mom hasn't mentioned it yet, I thought I should bring it up...

In her PPM print competition she merited on 5 out of 6 of her prints, achieved another pin for scoring over 80 on her top 4, got a new personal high score of 90, AND was in the top 10 total scores for the competition, giving her another mitten to add to the stack on the shelf. Congrats mom, and good luck in Vegas!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Just like the other ones

Hey all-
Teaching is going well. Middle schoolers are crazy so that makes us a good fit. The teachers there have been really supportive and helpful. I think it may be in part that I am Reuben's brother. Also, I wanted to make note of just finishing my first grad class. I am currently heading towards curriculum and instruction with a science focus. Now I can be just like my other brothers again!