Robots

Jeremy and Tyler built a robot and then had to program it to do tricks. They did pretty good. Lots of trial and error.

Chewbacca....

Tree House

Here is the treehouse from the Ewok movie. It was pretty neat.

Pod Racer

Here is a pod racer model. It was actually pretty long to get the proportions right.

Millenium Falcon

Here is a model size Millenium Falcon. They used it for a lot of scenes in the movies. I bought the boys one at the museum store, so they could put it together.

Darth Vader

The Darth Vader costume. It was pretty cool to see.

Yoda

Yoda. Need I say more.

Can you tell which ones are real?

Here is Jeremy and the boys. Its just a cardboard cutout, but they all look like they belong.

All of us

Here is all of us at the start of the exhibit. The boys were so excited to get in and see everything.

Star Wars in Portland

On Dec 22nd, we ventured down to Portland Oregon to go to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the Star Wars exhibit. It was there to show how robots are changing the world and improving everyday life. They had a whole bunch of props from the movie though. And yes I am going to post them in the next few blogs. Here is a picture of Jeremy, Tyler and Dad out front.

Here is Jeremy with the UW Mascot. He sat next to Jeremy for a few minutes and signed autographs and cheered on the team.

UW Dog

On Sat Oct 22nd we went to the UW Men's soccer game with Jeremy's friends from his soccer team. The boys all had a blast. The Husky Mascot came up and sat with us for a little while. UW won too!!

Jen's High School Reunion

Well, as far as high school reunions go, it was the same as high school. Everyone was in their corner. It was interesting though. Jen had her 10 year reunion on Oct 21st. This is her wth a couple of girl friends.

Daisy and Cheyenne making friends. Cheyenne actually likes her. She lets her sleep in the doghouse and lets her eat first. Just like a good mama.

Meet Daisy. We found her at the grocery store and just couldn't leave her there.

Tyler on his first day of Kindergarten. His brother stole his backpack and toted it around for him. Tyler actually had orientation this day and didn't start until the next day.

Jeremy on his first day of 3rd grade. He was already in class so we had to sneak a picture through the window. He is in a class of first, second, and third graders, so top dog this year!!

After we went around the lake - the boys decided to go swimming. Jeremy Jr found 2 of his friends from his school class and they all went in.

On the 25th, we decided to go for a walk around Deep Lake. You can walk all the way around. Its a nice little nature trail about a mile long. Here is Jeremy and Dylan by the lake. We usually take our boat to this lake and troll around, but just a hike today.

And Tyler too!!

Jeremy and Tyler have been begging to take their bikes to the bike park. Its just a bunch of hills. The older boys can actually jump them. So, here is Jeremy trying to get over the hump. They went to slow at first and couldn't make it over, but once they did it - there was no stopping them.

Right to Left is Jeremy, Dylan, Jen's Grandma Edna, Jen's Dad Tom and Tom's cousin Jim.

In August, Jen's grandma came to visit from Ohio. We had a busy week and one of our stops was to Mt. St. Helens. These pictures just don't do it justice. It was a bright sunny day. And there was an explosion the day we were there. It was pretty neat. We went for a little hike out along the ridge. Jeremy and my dad contemplated hiking to the top.

Dylan. He is such a cute child.

Mount Saint Helens. That is a big blast get rid of all that rock.

Celebrating Life Indeed!