Way back machine

Frank and Angela F____ (Judi's paternal grandparents, one set of the girls' great grandparents): not sure what year, but probably around 1915?

Tap with a basketball

Cool, eh? Working on her spring number.

8/28

Official 6th grade photo:

Yes, she looks like Nick here! 

So cute!

So big!

So smart!

No-no

He is very handsome.

Blast from the past

The back of this photo said 10/10 ... 

Rob, Tiger, and me -- I was probably ~2

I look almost blonde...

The face recognition software asked me if the little girl was Tia. 

(It also asked if Tia was sitting under the hair dryer in photo number 1.)

1972... Yea, baby.  Love the hair and the shirt.

Rainy day fun

(Saturday)

Look out!

Be careful Natalie!

and then

And then we stopped by the beach...

Little (and not so little) girls like to play in the sand! 

3

We went to the Zoo!  More soon!

Mighty tasty

working out

And squeeze and hold....

feel the burn!

sweet

It was a super busy week complete with a day off for the girls. Guess where we went today? Regular posting resumes now!

It's been 2 years

We miss you, Mom / Grandma F. Here's a necklace from Dad (1945?).  So sweet. Tomorrow would have been your 88th birthday. Hope you and Dad can drink some tea, play some pinochle, go out to dinner, go dancing, and spend a lovely day together.

Selfie

Buddy and me.

Name monster

Can you see the monster who made it?

Up hill both ways

The kids are very excited walking to school -- Nat and her friend can walk on Wednesdays (with me, Judi). Do you think they will complain when they are older?

Crows at the beach

We have lots of crows in our neighborhood and I've not really seen them at the beach. We think they followed us when we went back in August.

Guinea pig sitting

Why

Why would you play on the nice sand when there are all these dangerous rocks? (From 8/16/13)

Butterflies and bees

First report in third grade

Circular saw

Wow.  She's 11 and using power tools.

My first Avatar (by Natalie)

In Middle School, they are using an online system for class discussions and this is Nat's first avatar! If you don't know, I've been thinking about online systems for learning for a long time (since 1997); it's super exciting to see what she's doing in her classes.

School

I tried to get a picture of the two elementary school girls walking in so sweetly, but they hit a spot on campus and Tia RAN as fast as she could towards her classroom. 

Lizard friend

This little guy was on our front step last Friday morning.

Look how cute and little he is!

ooh-la-la

Kira loved it! She wants to go see the real version.

Basketball camp: Week 2

You can see the blurry picts from the first week here.