tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68783260806756138142024-03-20T06:19:43.935-07:00The Mountain is UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-82415003573153347202020-12-26T11:28:00.002-08:002020-12-26T11:28:53.835-08:002020 Seeking Grateful in the Midst<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Advent Origami</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2svYpCv35vIPw0qaqNuYVWLTFmKS3OAp0B2RlvRpgDKGGCBRE8Zjl4ii0I6MhTIAntCys-m7Q0zypkZ54_X8PCYDGoKkt0kbJGXBeNXs3uTkYC9RGT0ukUpALARv28uXEbpuo-O6vkaBh/s2048/PXL_20201217_204423939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2svYpCv35vIPw0qaqNuYVWLTFmKS3OAp0B2RlvRpgDKGGCBRE8Zjl4ii0I6MhTIAntCys-m7Q0zypkZ54_X8PCYDGoKkt0kbJGXBeNXs3uTkYC9RGT0ukUpALARv28uXEbpuo-O6vkaBh/w640-h480/PXL_20201217_204423939.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />2020 has been a year like no other. She has invited me to seek regeneration, renewal, and rebirth - each and every day. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The politics of 2020 has been disheartening, shattering, and fractured. </div><div style="text-align: left;">A sign of our hearts, inward mankind, our nation, and our world.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The science of 2020 has been captivating, engaging, enough and not enough.</div><div style="text-align: left;">A sign of our times and inadequacies. We have much to learn, even as we know much.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The beating heart of 2020 calls,<i> invites, </i>daily.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Offer compassion for the one I can see and the one I cannot. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Act on behalf of the one I can see and the one I cannot. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is enough. <i>It is.</i> Enough.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just when I thought it was my time, my year, to wander a bit from the nest I ended up staying close and mothering two high schoolers who don't really need me, but rather need laughter in our home, healthy meals, new tools in mental health, and continued to affirmation it's time for them to leap from the nest even in the chaos of Covid-19. Indeed, they can and do. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My year has been spent mentoring 120 seniors and 62 juniors in college and career planning. The journey has taken bends not anticipated as many students abandon college. They lean towards the trades or begin working to help supplement their families incomes. It's been a huge privilege and responsibility to help shape student futures and outcomes, always with the aim to help families out of poverty and help students find footholds for their futures. Prevent and prepare continues to be my aim in community work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My year has been spent in seeking meaning within my community. Safe Families for Children called a few times this year and we had the privilege of helping with 2 boys during the months of September and October. We've also been able to reconnect with a single mom in our region as she copes through the Covid-19 holiday season. We kept two of her kiddos during May of 2019 and she's continuing to move towards independence and success as she waits for a Habitat for Humanity home. I help at community kitchen. I assist elderly parents facing a pandemic our nation is wholly unprepared for, the cost to our elderly unprecedented and depressing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2020: <i>Rain and Rainbows</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4qfnN95nGEhyphenhypheniwAQ_YZLbLxSsW_QZ9PfD8ohxXxBoWyxgqNNEm6n-eScPhPvMh_hOIOaYl5MnRBtL8-Dz_SI4p6xTUOjaPeNg5fI2emyPPMgfJbMd6yZv9LqNi_DY-7l7C5GWY-l9b7R/s2048/PXL_20201217_214053585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4qfnN95nGEhyphenhypheniwAQ_YZLbLxSsW_QZ9PfD8ohxXxBoWyxgqNNEm6n-eScPhPvMh_hOIOaYl5MnRBtL8-Dz_SI4p6xTUOjaPeNg5fI2emyPPMgfJbMd6yZv9LqNi_DY-7l7C5GWY-l9b7R/w480-h640/PXL_20201217_214053585.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Jason has worked from home on again and off again and his presence has been a delight - as long as he doesn't take internet bandwidth from online students :-) His project load his huge right now, but as always, he is rock solid and brings much of the antics and game nights into our home. He's still mentoring college engineering teams at George Fox and he keeps rowing. He has gotten more and more involved in Amateur Radio Emergency Services for our county and is on the leadership team. He's often scouting antenna locations in the hills and takes one of the kids with him. <i>When All Else Fails...Amateur Radio... </i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> A Quiet Thanksgiving Day at the Beach</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdgmWIFQkjyiWkuBnQLIvLukCziESFFMfKxfexW_GgileE6eztM36395A-T3Lp3st06fok1HX3y24g5uD5q9GgTMgFvh_-tz7lknTR7S4H7I1KujS4ZgDDJdP0UoUxcc1gCkUTTb4Dayb/s4032/PXL_20201126_222513365.PORTRAIT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdgmWIFQkjyiWkuBnQLIvLukCziESFFMfKxfexW_GgileE6eztM36395A-T3Lp3st06fok1HX3y24g5uD5q9GgTMgFvh_-tz7lknTR7S4H7I1KujS4ZgDDJdP0UoUxcc1gCkUTTb4Dayb/w640-h480/PXL_20201126_222513365.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Our little GRIT, girl raised in the south, has had an amazing and resilient year. While she has missed many senior moments and there's a sadness that accompanies that she continues to face each day and invest with curiosity and resilience (and of course, books). </p><p>She participated in an OHSU science research experience in spring, added an internship with the Marion County Public Defender over the summer, added a barn for working and riding over the summer, continues her work at a current barn, continues helping prepare and serve take out for our local community kitchen, and is leading and mentoring virtual Mock Trial at her HS this year, all while she applies for Chemical and Biological Engineering programs, manages a compressed HS class schedule, and is a National Merit Semifinalist. As she's endeavored and endured, she's had a few bumps with her Ulcerative colitis this year which ultimately led to a change of care teams. <br /><br />We look back at the flares of spring and fall and realize God was opening the door to new options and solutions for her. For surely, "All things work together for the good of those who love the Lord," and "He redeems the years the locust have eaten". The change of medical teams and new diagnostics has led to a new diagnosis of mild Ulcerative colitis over the older diagnosis of mild to moderate Ulcerative colitis. Her discipline, resilience, and grit and her openness over the years to herbals, dietary changes, and even now, TCM and acupuncture keep her off of immunosuppresants. As she prepares for college, we are deeply grateful for a new medical team, healing in her gut, and God's goodness. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Power Pole Snowflake</b><br />(I've always wanted this image. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I manged to get one before it went up.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel2zn3DzXv0l-O2AcFeiAmt1MN4BiSvgECaE8LoH1Dvs3R68b-AiG6mcIJ_EG4hWp2J1DFw_SxVqhdjQ0gPMAKJr6SMlU-HmpM3cAURDmPj4y6alV_K8yEvuRQLW5YULuYtWu__qyaYx3/s2048/PXL_20201130_234900984_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1708" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjel2zn3DzXv0l-O2AcFeiAmt1MN4BiSvgECaE8LoH1Dvs3R68b-AiG6mcIJ_EG4hWp2J1DFw_SxVqhdjQ0gPMAKJr6SMlU-HmpM3cAURDmPj4y6alV_K8yEvuRQLW5YULuYtWu__qyaYx3/w534-h640/PXL_20201130_234900984_2.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div><br /></div>What to say about the Peanut Brother? He still eats a lot of peanut butter! He is finally taller than his sister and keeps us on our toes. He is the one up at 12 p.m.. making merry music to the tunes he creates in his head. <div><br /></div><div>He has loved, in many ways, the move to online schooling with the freedom to tinker and create and craft. The lack of time with friends (due to at risk grandparents nearby and GRIT's Ulcerative colitis) have been challenging for him, but he has still been able to participate in socially distanced youth group.</div><div><br /></div><div>This summer saw a decent amount of paddle boarding for him and outdoor time with friends. And we are deeply grateful he was able to play club soccer this fall. The team and club has been truly awesome this year. He's pondering trying cross country when club soccer takes a break at the end of January. He helped coach "Little Kickers Soccer" for one of our local YMCA's this fall, plus helped at community kitchen. Sadly, he was not able to referee in 2020, but reffing in winter 2021 looks promising.<br /><br />He has managed (most of the time) wonderfully with a compressed HS schedule. This fall/winter he's been managing a year's worth of content in 4.5 months for Honors Algebra 2 and Honors Biology plus he's been able to take Art, Digital Art, and Programming 1 and Programming 2. We are hoping with Oregon's new guidelines they will get at least 2 days a week in school when semester 2 begins. He's tried floating the idea of a junior year gap year in which he simply creates 24/7 and I'm game to the idea, but he can't get it past his dad. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Soccer in the Fog</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYuhda6MqjW5rh3gt3rJjdqZWwxG0zDJLGGgdyGeMiCLoGtEgB5AzQYBPp5p0eVTjHPDu7ITZaCKVi-dVU9dhGH4q316KY71LTUqbENVU6l7hQMrX8rWWJoDb73bUCAjZe4hurV83pm-z/s2048/PXL_20201202_025032552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYuhda6MqjW5rh3gt3rJjdqZWwxG0zDJLGGgdyGeMiCLoGtEgB5AzQYBPp5p0eVTjHPDu7ITZaCKVi-dVU9dhGH4q316KY71LTUqbENVU6l7hQMrX8rWWJoDb73bUCAjZe4hurV83pm-z/w480-h640/PXL_20201202_025032552.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>This is my 2020 image of the year. It symbolizes so much to me: keep engaging and playing in the ball game of life even when you cannot see what is around the bend, even when you cannot see your team. Trust they are there. <i>Your team is there. </i>Just pass the ball to the guy you can see. He will kick it forward. <i>Together we win. </i></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>For surely, we must advance in our togetherness and in our aloneness at the same time, or we will not advance at all. We are hitched together on this planet for better or worse. In our togetherness and aloneness, let's create hope. </i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-31190689815568827112020-04-28T19:44:00.000-07:002020-04-28T19:45:10.274-07:00A 15 Year Old Birthday During Pandamonia!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">and all the Easter birthdays and bunnies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and soccer began to take up our Saturdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">you had braces, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">then poof they were gone, another year gone by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here we are at 15 years old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How time flies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pandemic did not steal your joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was an epic day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You are curious and movement oriented. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You are creative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You bring us joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love who you are becoming!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oregon High School Mock Trial 2020<br />
Lead Attorney<br />
Eugene Courthouse<br />
Real Judge<br />
Criminal Case </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had a great season! <br />
Most of the team were freshman & sophomores.<br />
They came in 3rd place, missing a chance to go to state by 10 points (out of hundreds)!<br />
She loves Mock Trial.</td></tr>
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Club soccer<br />
Short season<br />
Corona Chaos<br />
Missing the movement big time! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lovely day at the coast for a friend's birthday!</td></tr>
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Ah, the creativity when you cannot get to the store. </td></tr>
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More pictures forthcoming:<br />
Birthdays!<br />
Easter!<br />
Corona Virus Crafting! <br />
We are thinking of you!<br />
Stay well. Be well. Love alot.<br />
Seek grace.<br />
Say grace. <br />
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A rovering trip through Idaho and Montana while she attended <a href="http://www.writersatharriman.org/" target="_blank">Writer's at Harriman</a>. </div>
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Camp pick up!</div>
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Home and helping with vaccinations.</div>
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A blissful trip to Victoria, BC with a grandmother for few days downtime & to celebrate 16.</div>
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Two in high school! Where has the time gone?</div>
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First HS robotics tournament.</div>
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2020 rang in busier than ever. She's blisteringly busy with Mock Trial. The regional competition fast approaches. She's also participating in a science research program in Portland at OHSU one night a week, working, and trying to keep up with school and her other community activities! Senior year truly promises to be calmer than junior year. </div>
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He's busy with robotics and club soccer and adjusting to an out of district high school and it's really gone super well. So incredibly grateful for the blessings and beauty in our lives. </div>
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The pace has been blistering the last few months, but most moments sweet. </div>
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The parents MOVED in the last month.</div>
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I'm here to tell you: WE SURVIVED.</div>
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Now, let's catch up on those long lost pictures...</div>
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before I never make it out from under the photo files.</div>
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Apres spring break we celebrated 14. </div>
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Charming</div>
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Children</div>
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and a very cute green frog.</div>
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Who put a ton of late winter evenings into that play.</div>
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At Easter, we enjoyed lamby cake and soon after...</div>
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we met Darby.</div>
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Grandma looks WAY too good for her age, if I do say so!</div>
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The cake was lemon raspberry made by moi, </div>
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and gluten free to boot!</div>
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Comet? </div>
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He's always a charmer and has grown quite large. </div>
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We need him to advance to moles, but he catches shrews, lizards, and mice. </div>
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Spring saw soccer, soccer, and more soccer. </div>
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Have I mentioned we "do" a lot of soccer? </div>
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He began reffing as well - in his "free" soccer time. </div>
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A real job!</div>
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Our local club has been so good for him. </div>
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It's hard to believe we are now at high school ball.</div>
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And possibly a more "elite" club program spring of his freshman year and beyond. </div>
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Time shall tell.</div>
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Thank you, DUSC for investing in his character.</div>
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There's been much joy...</div>
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and the reward of hard work within community.</div>
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There's also been amazing coaches who care. </div>
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I'm not ready to leave the local fields,</div>
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and the season and advance to HS, </div>
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but he seems ready. </div>
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SIGH.</div>
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Silver Falls with DEAR friends who finally got their bums back in state from PA!</div>
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Very wet + very hot = very nice!</div>
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Mostly.</div>
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At an auntie's farm with goat love + aunt love. </div>
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Love.</div>
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NASA's John Herrington in town for the NASA Apollo 11 Challenge...</div>
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Love the STEM program at the middle school + the mentors. </div>
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Land drone, position robot, robot plants flag, and collects rock sample, and they rock it. </div>
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Sweet 16 arrived.</div>
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I wish she would just quit growing already!</div>
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There was an interesting break out box challenge that's not yet finished! </div>
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Soon. Heaven help us. </div>
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Sixteen: morning + cat skirt + Star Wars scarf + the peanut brutter. </div>
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Happy Birthday!</div>
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Thank you to all who sent emails, cards, and lovely wishes.</div>
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She felt the gift of your presence. </div>
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Thank you. </div>
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We love em' bunches and bunches. </div>
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Can't wait to see what the year brings.</div>
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Wish we could slow it all down.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-68394345484125508962019-06-06T10:23:00.000-07:002019-06-06T10:25:08.486-07:00Jet Propulsion Labratory Our entire college trip was centered around our visit to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. We were very blessed that family of family offered to give us a tour! Sis wasn't feeling so hot, but still the day was amazing, detailed, and fascinating. Thank you, John, for taking soooo much time with us. We may be guilty of<i> longest tour ever </i>& thoughts along the lines of, <i>those darn tourists with their question list a mile long. </i>We appreciate Curiosity and you!<br />
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We skipped the admissions tour at Cal. We could not get there in time from our lodgings without making our teens grumpy from the get-up-and-go. We took a tour with a senior nearing the finish line on his triple major of European History, French, and Russian.He was good at discussing the history of the campus and the history of the university, now a 151 years old. We wished for more engineering discussions. <br />
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Our guide noted the competitive nature of Berkeley, but also noted that students choose and create whatever environment they want at Cal. There are 27 libraries on campus, but you must be a student or staff in order to access. Shucks! The bell tower on campus is the 3rd largest/tallest in the world.<br />
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The Cal system of schools has their own application process + FAFSA. They do not use the Common App or CSS. Freshman are guaranteed housing, but after freshman year it's not guaranteed, a turn off for our students. Acceptance rate for instate students is about 15-17%. We did not get access to dorms or the engineering school.<br />
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The chemical engineering and chemistry programs are the smallest at the school with about 900 students and faculty total. We have now seen MIT, Standford, and Berkeley. Of the three, we liked engineering at Stanford best. We clearly appreciate a low key vibe. There does seem to be a lot of opportunities at Cal, but professor relationships seem to be pivotal. They are on a semester system with 13 credits per semester required as a minimum. 40k students on campus. <br />
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The next day we wandered onto the <a href="http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/explore" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Cal Tech</b></u></span></a> campus albeit rather intentionally since we were in the area to see the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and had down time. The funky campus has its own vibe. I sat in the coffee shop for awhile, while some wandered around hoping to check out their ham radio tower. Watching social interactions was really interesting. We also ate lunch in their cafeteria and curiously eavesdropped on a variety of wide ranging discussions from Star Wars to space podcasts.<br />
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The incoming class each year is small. Cal Tech clearly accepts a special kind of student and students must embrace 3-4 all nighters each week. The labs are amazing. The vibe warm. The food delicious. The smiles genuine. It felt less intense than Berkeley. No one seemed to be scurrying to and fro, but rather soaking in long discussions or lingering over lab tables. Little known fact: Cal Tech is the NASA contract employer for roughly 6,000 Jet Propulsion Lab employees. Their reach truly touches the stars. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-40258771620835562582019-05-30T10:12:00.000-07:002019-05-30T10:16:05.180-07:00The Spring Break College Trip: Santa Clara University & Stanford I'll post a few pictures & thoughts. What a blistering trip. I won't pretend it was easy. We flew the longest legs.<i> Good choice.</i> We should have asked those in the know about LA to help us do a bit more planning. <i>Poor choice on our part.</i> The Venice Beach rental was lovely, but the area SO not us. However, we really liked the Venice Beach Canals, and catching up with my nephew who gave us a tour of Phase Four where he is working on space propulsion.<br />
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We went to see some of these schools because they are on our consider list and others we were just curious about. It was all worthwhile. Seeing schools and regions in person really does change and form perceptions and awareness and take some of the mystique away. It's all about FIT for your student. What a haul though. Her gut melted down after an intense Mock Trial season and some other travel plus other strains on her system. She is such a trooper and so resilient, but her story is not mine to tell. That said, finding a college where she can fly (i.e., eat well) will be critical. I'll post a few thoughts about the schools from my notes.<br />
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First stop<b> Santa Clara University</b> which has been voted #1 most innovative university in the west. We enjoyed our visit, but since school was out, we did not get a real sense of the place. The area did not really appeal to her, but her brother enjoyed the visit. Campus was mostly populated by international students and the soccer teams. Nice compact campus. Dean of Engineering is across the street from main campus. People drive fast in the area, and food selection was okay. Airport very close by. <br />
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One of the best admissions discussions we attended.</div>
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97% of students will live on campus all four years. </div>
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Barns were to die for. </div>
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Decent size campus, really pretty large.</div>
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There was a sense of cooperative teamwork, not an <i>eat you alive</i> attitude like some Ivies. </div>
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Internationally known design school.</div>
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50% study abroad paid for by school.</div>
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Can't find your club? Propose it and the school will pay for it. </div>
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EE maker space labs are open 12 hours a day/6 days a week.</div>
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Palo Alto felt very expensive and not very appealing.</div>
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The college itself felt like a safe welcoming space. That said, crime is becoming an issue in visitor parking lots specifically during break times when they know many visitors are on campus. <br />
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Some families found they had stolen suitcases, lap tops, etc....</div>
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Food was good. She could eat here, but the lines were long at lunch.</div>
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Out of all the schools we visited, she could see herself here.</div>
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Likely to apply for kicks and giggles with no expectations.</div>
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School's grasp has almost released us, but summer appears to be priming herself to keep us busy. The kids have a few irons in the fire and we will see what summer brings. Certainly, there will be some soccer, some online health classes, and driver's ed, plus a big birthday party! <br />
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Inside the state vault. No $$$$$ here!</div>
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Her Mock Trial season felt like it would never end, but what a wonderful group of students, judges, and lawyers. So grateful for their team's efforts and their hard work; they made it to Oregon State Mock Trial. Here's to this fall and another season, but not quite yet!<br />
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Overall the kids are keeping busy. She took a study hall for semester 2 to ease her blistering class load, and when Mock Trial ended she did a deep dive into books. Hmmmmm.... She's riding and still working at a barn. Enjoying youth group, and starting to recognize some college planning is good!<br />
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He's been playing spring soccer and also refereeing locally and that's earning him a bit of money. Home school co-op is over and his two classes in town are almost over, and he's very ready to be freed from the strictures of school (and me) in order to tinker and do his own thing this summer. <br />
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I expect this fall I'll join a local gym so I have somewhere to go, sit (yes sit), hang out, and workout while they are busy exploring their interests. Hard to believe we will have two in high school. What a terrific year and they've both grown so much. Very thankful for God's goodness in all the crossroads and crossings this year. It's not been easy, but His grace has carried us.<br />
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~ KimUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-22687295473005100102019-03-23T12:11:00.000-07:002019-03-23T12:11:09.510-07:00Welcome, 2019! A few pictures of our crazy days. Overall, life is good. Our 2018/19 winter was less mellow than previous years due to National High School Mock Trial and VEX Robotics, but those are over and spring soccer is here. We are overdue in pruning fruit trees, the fridge is dying, and the moles are taking over, lots to tackle. Can't believe we almost have both kids in high school and new horizons approach! <br />
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Snow day donut endeavors.</div>
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We were so impressed by his coding tenacity this year. </div>
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Oregon House of Representatives page for a day.</div>
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Sitting at the governor's ceremonial desk.</div>
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So thankful for the judges and lawyers that worked with her team!</div>
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Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse </div>
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Punkin Patch Adventures</div>
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Much to his chagrin, he has caved for Comet. </div>
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Still lots and lots of soccer in our lives. Winter training continues. </div>
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How did we get to sophomore year?</div>
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Working to survive the hybrid home schooling :-)</div>
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Thanksgiving in Portland!</div>
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Shores Acres Light Adventures, Coos Bay, OR</div>
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Yoda Snowman</div>
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Trying to approach 2019 with the right attitude and well rested!</div>
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What an amazing trip. What amazing shades of green. What amazingly kind people. What grace to survive the driving. What amazingly good food! Ate far too many scones, but never enough scones! </div>
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Their favorite part: climbing the ruins (all the kids seem to...). A few times it created a bit of stress. Thankfully, we didn't need to utilize the Irish healthcare system! There are ruins everywhere you look. It's amazing how the Irish live surrounded by history in every field and over every hillock, whether prehistoric, Celtic high crosses, or "modern" famine ruins. </div>
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Favorite locations: the Dingle Peninsula, Connemara and Kylemore Abbey, and the Valley of Boyne. Things we'd do different: visit the Galway Latin Quarter for the day instead of two nights, and skip the hostel with amazing reviews (Jacob's Inn) upon exhausted arrival in Dublin and splurge for a really nice hotel. </div>
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Biggest surprise: the quality of their food! The food is amazing and most locally sourced. Every package of beef in Ireland at the supermarket can be traced back to its farm. They also raise VERY big cows and there's lots of them in every little valley. We found the museum cafes to have amazing food for reasonable prices. No need to leave to find food. Settle in for tea, scones, and lox and when refreshed hit the exhibits again or head out for walking and touring. </div>
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Second biggest surprise: we saw lots of sheep, but on the valley floor we were surprised by the number of cows. I guess that explains all the beef for meat pies. </div>
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We did survive the driving. Just. Barely. Made. It. You need a car in Ireland to see all the sights, but by 5 p.m. each done I was DONE driving. There's a 50% damage rate to rental cars in Ireland. We beat the odds. Thankful! Enough said!</div>
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Best advice for Ireland? Read the Ricks Steve's guidebook before you go and then leave it home, especially for the Dingle Peninsula. Just stop where the mind and body find intrigue. Pack a small cooler bag so you can pack many picnics. Take good hiking shoes because you will want to explore many nooks, crannies, and fairy trails. The local grocery is delicious. Skip the cities and explore the countryside. Stay in old stone farmhouses for super cheap, if you book ahead. Visit Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth, not to be missed ancient sites. Chase sheep. Walk a beach. </div>
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If we ever get to visit again? More time on the Dingle Peninsula and Connemara for sure, and definitely renting the smallest car possible that is both a diesel and automatic, and more scones, many many more scones. The hiking affords you the scones. The scones afford you the hiking. Perfect!</div>
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I am months overdue posting pictures of the past year. Words feel a bit harder to find this fall, and without them I feel I'm just presenting images of our lives with little depth. We are tired, in transition, and in a truly busy busy season of life with one in high school and one in middle school. Time to quit waiting for the words to come and just enjoy reliving the moments. My goal is to post pictures daily until I'm caught up! Enjoy! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another year older!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baltimore by boat & Fort McHenry (Star Spangled Banner), and thank you to an aunt who hosted us overnight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off to <a href="https://longwoodgardens.org/" target="_blank">Longwood Gardens</a>. Amazing. Fascinating. Magical.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These girls got to spend some time together while the boys were at rock camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love these dear friends so much!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A glorious hike at Cascade Head with the Coast Guard at play, or rather practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A free Thorns game at Providence Park. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No...we did not try for tea at the Empress!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-11130119809676965622018-04-23T13:42:00.001-07:002018-04-23T13:44:27.247-07:00Welcome to the Nut House<div style="text-align: center;">
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I picked up this sign for the house. </div>
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It aptly fits this season of our lives.</div>
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Winter fell slow and then hit hard with 9" of snow around the last bits of March.</div>
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Craziness. </div>
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Tomorrow we hit 80 degrees, so they say. </div>
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While winter, they got in lots of ice skating<br />
and even more downhill skiing and snowboarding,<br />
along with some agate hunting on the Oregon Coast.</div>
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Then spring made her first appearance inside an Aunt's barn.</div>
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The real deal, that spring weather. </div>
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Before we sneezed, thirteen rounded the Easter bend,</div>
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throwing us for a loop. </div>
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What a ride it's been, this year. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-83710489300991374332017-12-17T11:11:00.003-08:002017-12-17T11:11:46.708-08:00On the Eve of Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the eve of winter, the world feels askew. </div>
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Surely Mary felt: </div>
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the wrong birth, the wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong world.</div>
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In her dark times, she was embraced by few.</div>
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In our dark times, we walk Advent together.</div>
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We laugh.</div>
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We dance. </div>
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We embrace. </div>
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We walk. </div>
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Seeking bravery,</div>
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July began in Astoria for a work project for the Mister.</div>
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We rented beach bikes in Cannon Beach.</div>
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Warrenton's 4th of July parade was small town fun.</div>
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They always love this chess set at the Fort Stevens KOA.</div>
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Then it was back to Cal-Poly for <b><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://epic.calpoly.edu/" target="_blank">EPIC</a></span></u></b>.</div>
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A family member paid for one student and the college offered an out of state scholarship for another student. We stayed in tiny and quiet Santa Margarita which was perfect for us and reasonably priced. </div>
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He had a blast! She had a good time, and took the time to learn about college. We came away very impressed by Cal-Poly's "Learn by Doing" motto. This focus is lived out all over campus as students have access to labs and projects 24/7. Every college student we met and interacted with was enthusiastic about the education they are receiving; we were specifically asking about the engineering school. That said, the food options are not as great as in Corvallis (if you have dietary needs), and SLO the town, is not quite as laid back as Corvallis, but still a very nice area!!!</div>
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In late July, she turned 14! Wow!</div>
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Here they are on the water taxi to downtown from the airport.</div>
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We raced through the Freedom Trail Walk in 3 hours.</div>
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It was interesting, but not as special to us as Philly.</div>
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The rushing part probably didn't help.</div>
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Boston overall is clean, but very EXPENSIVE. </div>
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Thank goodness for hotel reward nights!</div>
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Our favorite food in Boston was found in Little Italy: </div>
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ernestosnorthend.com/" target="_blank">Ernesto's</a></span></u></b>: where each slice of NY style pizza can feed two people, and</div>
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Then while I studied, they adventured all week at:</div>
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The Groton Submarine Museum</div>
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Yale Peabody Museum</div>
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Dinosaur State Park, CT</div>
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The Connecticut Science Center </div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W1AW" target="_blank">W1AW, Newington, CT</a></u></b></span> </div>
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On our final weekend, we transitioned to Onset, MA. Onset is a darling town very near the Cape without the mind-blowing prices. A lovely little village on the water, our Onset lodging was 1 block to the beach. The highlight of the weekend was the <span style="color: blue;"><b><u><a href="https://www.capecodbikeguide.com/shiningsea.asp" target="_blank">Shining Sea Bike Trail</a></u></b></span>. We biked from Falmouth to Woods Hole, parked our bikes, and explored the village. It was very reasonable to rent bikes for the day, and they came with locks, storage, and helmets. Super fun!</div>
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We finally headed back to Boston to fly home (to 105 degrees). Before doing so, we visited Harvard, with everyone else in the world. It was my turn to take hundreds of photos at the Peabody Museum. We then scooted over to the MIT Museum, which disappointed us a bit, but was still interesting. July was busy!<br />
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We wrapped up May (full of birthdays) by enjoying spring flowers and rhubarb pie, but with weather that kept some swathed.<br />
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With June's arrival, we now have a high schooler in the house, and a middle school mover and shaker.<br />
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When school let out, we headed south for Monterey, CA.<br />
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The DMP and the pedal boats were on the desired list.<br />
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We drove the 17 mile Pebble Beach Drive with intermittent stops. <br />
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While the Monterey Peninsula can be quite expensive, it doesn't have to be for the budget minded. We skipped the aquarium and counted 21 seals in the bay as well as many otters, explored the sandy spaces, little cove caves, and hung around in Carmel.</div>
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In Carmel, we splurged for lunch at <a href="http://www.forgeintheforest.com/menus/lunch/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Forge in the Forest</b></u></span></a> and it was good, even if quite warm in the garden. If we ever go back, I think I'd try the <a href="http://www.tuckbox.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Tuck Box</b></u></span></a>.<br />
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Then we wandered <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=571" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Point Lobos State Park</b></u></span></a> for a few hours before heading south to Cambria, CA and <a href="https://aero.calpoly.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>CalPoly</b></u></span></a> (in San Louis Obispo) for a much anticipated graduation.<br />
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We are so proud of him and excited to watch what he's up to at a space propulsion company in CA.<br />
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It was great to experience this campus, and hang out with family in Cambria.<br />
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It was a fast five days, but we hung with super cool people!<br />
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We also had our first In-N-Out Burger experience. Love how cheaply one can feed a family and the food was tasty!<br />
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As June heats up, we are still learning and trying to stay cool. She's participating in a <a href="http://www.usrowing.org/learn-to-row/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Learn to Row</b></u></span></a> weekend with her father. She's slowly, this spring, been moving from the coxswain's seat to a rower's seat. I spend my time praying about the river, and reminding myself not to let fear dictate decisions and experiences. <br />
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Brother and I spent yesterday helping the <a href="https://lbccspaceclub.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>LBCC Space Exploration Club</b></u></span></a> launch one of their solar eclipse payload balloons, and then we all took in a <a href="https://www.timbers.com/topics/u-23s" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><b>Timbers U23</b></u></span></a> game in Salem. The ticket prices are super!<br />
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They both have camps this week. He on circuit boards and she on smart cars and robotics. I'm enrolled in an educators drone training class. Here's to keeping up with summer!<br />
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Blessings,<br />
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<i>Had visitors this month - an unexpected charming handful!</i></div>
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<i> I am so often easy to please - in the driver's seat. </i></div>
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<i>Let go, and let God. </i></div>
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<i> That Asher: he's a handful of happiness. </i></div>
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<i> Then there's happy, delicious, which Miss C baked, and we ate!</i></div>
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<i> He's been busy on Grandpa provided projects,</i></div>
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<i> and many many hours of spring soccer. </i></div>
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<i> For someone's 12th birthday we had red-neck sushi.</i></div>
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<i>It's a deep fried tempura battered pork roll with sweet sauce. </i></div>
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<i> He acquired his ham radio license!</i></div>
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<i> Yes, that cake was dry; it was.</i></div>
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<i>Can't win em' all. </i> </div>
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<i>The hat - it's a birthday must. </i></div>
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<i>She spent much of her spring building a <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.space.com/4574-meet-axel-nasa-marsupial-rover-explore-craters.html" target="_blank">Mars Axel</a></span>. The Axel is the next generation rover to go to Mars. She also wrote a 7 page paper and did an amazing slide show presentation. So proud of her hard work.</i></div>
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<i>It's May and a bit of warmth embraces us. The rains still fall, but the garden is tilled and ready to go. I will plunk plants in ground this weekend. She's intent on summer blooms.</i></div>
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<i>We are working to finish school and STEM work strong and keep engaging with Safe Families. Don't know where my writing has gone, but searching for it this summer. </i></div>
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<i>Read a few books this winter. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ayn-Rand-Nation-Struggle-Americas/dp/1250022312" target="_blank">Ayn Rand Nation</a></span> really got my attention. Here's a few more which spoke loud: <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Beyond-Farmer-Random-Readers/dp/0812980557/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494965655&sr=1-1&keywords=mountains+beyond+mountains" target="_blank">Mountains Beyond Mountains</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tides-Science-Spirit-Jonathan-White/dp/1595348050/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494965794&sr=1-1&keywords=Tides+by+white" target="_blank">Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Oceans</a></span>, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Undeniable-Biology-Confirms-Intuition-Designed/dp/0062349589/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494965856&sr=1-1&keywords=undeniable" target="_blank">Undeniable: How Biology Confirms our Intuition</a></span>,<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Eat-Last-Together-Others/dp/1591848016/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494965947&sr=1-1&keywords=leaders+eat+last" target="_blank">Leaders Eat Last</a></span>, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/There-Life-After-College-Navigating/dp/006238886X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494965979&sr=1-1&keywords=there+is+life+after+college" target="_blank">There is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know</a></span>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wood-Trees-Mans-Long-Nature/dp/1101875755/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494966153&sr=1-1&keywords=the+wood+through+the+trees" target="_blank">The Wood for the Trees</a>, and <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zookeepers-Wife-War-Story-ebook/dp/B0041T586W/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494966195&sr=1-3&keywords=the+zookeepers+wife" target="_blank">The Zookeeper's Wife</a></span>. </i></div>
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<i>We also enjoyed these this winter:<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/McFarland-USA-Theatrical-Kevin-Costner/dp/B00YCVCW68/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1494966237&sr=1-1&keywords=mcfarland%2C+usa" target="_blank">McFarland, USA</a></span>, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Figures-Taraji-P-Henson/dp/B01N0YCAOY/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1494966261&sr=1-1&keywords=hidden+figures" target="_blank">Hidden Figures</a></span>, and <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Katwe-Theatrical-Version-Oyelowo/dp/B01M1R7HWO/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1494966288&sr=1-1&keywords=the+queen+of+katwe" target="_blank">The Queen of Katwe</a></span>.</i></div>
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<i>Here's to a summer of learning and loving!</i></div>
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Sitting smart in the Governor's chair. </div>
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In March, she was a page in the House of Representatives. </div>
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She's pondering paging in the Senate next. </div>
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She learned a lot and had fun.</div>
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Me? </div>
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I eavesdropped on Senators and Representatives in the cafeteria. </div>
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A few conversations were deep, engaging, and involved.</div>
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A few were...hmmm....disappointing. </div>
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He made a friend in camp, which ironically, was the son of a man who attended the MATE ROV class we attended in January. They had a blast. They both, of course, did not pack enough clothing for the amount of water, sand, and salt they dredged up, and both their mothers were chagrined. <br /><br />
He too, is having a busy spring. He had a band concert, but I forgot my camera. It's amazing what a few months of band practice can do! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878326080675613814.post-23076330815532575502017-03-02T14:41:00.000-08:002017-03-02T14:45:29.499-08:00Almost Spring & Still the Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a cold winter, and the forecast says it's not over yet. </div>
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We boarded the NOAA Ship Rainier in Newport - that was cool!</div>
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We still have this squirrelly beast, and we added this one.</div>
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<i>Welcome, Asher. </i></div>
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He is as sweet as pie and FFA compatible!<i> </i></div>
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Times are changing. The fire truck bunk bed got taken down. </div>
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We'll be back soon with the spring blooms!</div>
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Because even adults can learn a thing or two! </div>
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If underwater marine robotics is of interest to your students or you, check out:</div>
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<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Parts-Undocumented-Teenagers-American/dp/0374534985" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><i>Spare Parts:</i></u></span></a> Your local library will likely carry both the book and movie.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.marinetech.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u>MATE ROV</u></span></a> and their workshops</li>
<li>The <a href="http://oregoncoaststem.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/student-experiences-mate-rov" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u>Hatfield Marine Science Center is hosting the underwater robotics competition</u></span></a> on Saturday April 29th. Go check it out! </li>
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I like MATE ROV for a couple of reasons: one, it seems less intense than Lego (and I do like FLL Lego Robotics)! Second, it does not start at the beginning of the school season like FLL, but starts in December which makes the start to your school year a bit less intense. Third, registration is a bit cheaper if you are in the 3 least experienced tiers. You register your team for the tier you feel they are ready for: beginner, beginner/intermediate, advanced, and expert. Fourth, students on teams must vote their team mates into positions i.e., you have to work your way into that position with intention. Fifth, the kits for underwater robotics are cheaper and teams are encouraged to do as much as possible with what they have on hand and with renewable items. Finally, the future of underwater robotics off the Oregon coast and for development is huge and interesting to many and will create great opportunities for many students. </div>
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Teachers: you can now sign up your class for one of these Pufferfish workshops at the <a href="http://www.crmm.org/maritime-museum-tours-schools.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u>Columbia Maritime Museum</u></span></a> in Astoria. Homeschoolers, you too, can get a group of students together and take this class. </div>
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What is required of future marine electronics in the world of energy?</div>
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1. They must generate enough energy to have their cost justifiable.</div>
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2. They must withstand extreme ocean conditions for years and years. </div>
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Did you know that the Pacific Continental Shelf has enough wave energy to supply 1/3rd of the United State's energy needs? </div>
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<a href="http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2016/dec/wave-energy-center-receives-40-million-construct-world%E2%80%99s-premier-test-facility" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><u><i>OSU Wins $40 Million for Wave Technology Facility</i></u></span></a></div>
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<i> "Applied curiosity; an insatiable desire to know and a drive to create." </i>~ Mark Lewis, STEM Director, Oregon Education Investment Board<b> </b><br /> </div>
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What is scientific literacy? </div>
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<i> Scientific literacy means that a person can ask, find, or determine
answers to questions derived from curiosity about everyday experiences.
It means that a person has the ability to describe, explain, and predict
natural phenomena. Scientific literacy entails being able to read with
understanding articles about science in the popular press and to engage
in social conversation about the validity of the conclusions. Scientific
literacy implies that a person can identify scientific issues
underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are
scientifically and technologically informed. A literate citizen should
be able to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis
of its source and the methods used to generate it. Scientific literacy
also implies the capacity to pose and evaluate arguments based on
evidence and to apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately. </i>~ National Academy of Sciences<i><br /></i></div>
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<i> "We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live, up or down, to expectations." </i>~ Mae Jemison, first African American NASA astronaut<br />
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The item above just returned from space and the student who designed and built it goes to Linn Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon.<br />
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<b>NASA Space Grant Symposium Take-Aways:</b></div>
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<li> <i>"It is statistically easier to become an astronaut than become a major league sports player."</i> ~ Catherine Lanier, NASA, OSU</li>
<li>You don't have to work for NASA to do NASA research. Students from all over the nation work on NASA projects at universities all over the nation. </li>
<li>Attending these kinds of events puts new vocabulary in their brains (and yours)! They, and you, may not understand it all, but it may create an interest that leads to a passion that leads to a future filled with intelligent and creative work. </li>
<li>The NASA leaders and professors that come to these events are passionate about what they do and are great at inspiration; they welcome younger students!</li>
<li>Science is a bunch of <i>"what-if's"</i> right now. We are once more in a creative, scientific, and technological revolution. Everyone in the room is learning from everyone else. There are very few experts, and if they are experts, they seem pretty humble.</li>
<li>Learning to navigate a very large college campus when you are 11 vs 18 can be a great confidence booster. The ability to navigate life with your God-given brain in a GPS world is mighty important. </li>
<li>NASA Space-Grant Symposium food is darn good, and they are happy to share it.</li>
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<i> "Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potential and a contribution of some kind to one's world." </i>~ Eleanor RooseveltUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0