Night of the Dragon

These photos are for my mom and dad's benefit. They are taken at gala this month that I chaired. It benefits our school district; specifically, the teachers and students in the district through teacher grants. The details on the tables were cool but you cannot tell from the photos. We ended up with over 650 people and we had a wonderful time and made some good money for the grant fund. I have NO IDEA how this ice dragon stayed together. It was so cool (no pun intended).


This is an ice sculpture

View of the stage and a little detail of the tables. You cannot really tell though, sorry mom.

View the the left of the stage (to the right looks the same of course)

Easter with Andersens

No egg hunt for the older kids, but they did have to earn their keep by performing a song. They were thrilled, can you tell?



After the egg hunt with the younger kids. The Easter Bunny made it just a little too easy so it went pretty fast. Ben, you have connections with him I'm sure, so can you do something about that for next year?

April Competition

Alex was awarded "Queen" for her dance solo at the April competition. This was the second competition her team went to and there will be more. Alex worked hard for this and we are so proud of her! Way to go Alex!

March Update

So Max was finally awarded his Arrow of Light (he earned it several months ago). It's the highest award in cub scouts. Way to go Max!

Again?

So he did it again. The first time happened when he was eighteen months old and his negligent mother turned away just at the wrong time. When he fell off the bed, it wasn't a long fall, he just hit in exactly the wrong way. This time, he was snow boarding. I wasn't there. Can we can blame someone else?

Both breaks are similar and neither were very bad, but, there it is . . .

Reflections

Alex and Max both participated in Reflections this year and the theme is "Wow." They both took photos, and I absolutely LOVE what they produced. Max took the photo of our bird standing on top of our turtle. It took several hands to get our animals to cooperate, but it was fun. Alex took the photo of our good friend Johnny on the tramp. She laid down on the tramp and took several photos of him, his sister loni, and Alex's brothers while they did tricks. She got bounce around quite a bit. They are both going on to the next level, which is great of course, but what is most exciting is to see what a great eye they both have and how they worked hard, and patiently, to get some great shots.

Brutus Maximus

I swore for YEARS that after Chap was gone, there would be NO MORE DOGS. Well, less than than two months after Chap . . . enter Brutus Maximus.

Dan, who has never been a fan of small dogs (aka rats) suggested the less-than-wimpy name. We thought it was hilarious and it stuck.

I'm such a pushover.