John Calambokidis on the Whale Trail

On June 17, vaguely around 6PM, Dad and I drove down into Seattle, to the Duwamish Longhouse. The Longhouse is the first built in Seattle since the last one burnt down, and is now also a cultural center. One of Dad's former co-workers was doing a presentation for the Whale Trail with John Calambokidis (who conducted the necropsy on the whale beached on Arroyo), and had asked dad to help her with the technical part of it. When we got there Dad and I started with setting up the projector, checking the sound equipment, microphone, and setting up the power cords.After we finished,and all the people came, we took some seats so we could sit near the sound equipment while we watched the presentation. Everything ran smoothly, except once when the computer displaying the logo started to go into screen saver mode (so we had to move the mouse occasionally).
-Caleb

Toy Story 3

For Rilla's 7th birthday we suprised her by going to see Toy Story 3 in theater. Even though she didn't know where we were going she brought along her Toy Story 3 barbie doll. The movie was realy great ( especialy because we got to see it in 3-D) and mom even cried. We can't get Dad to go see it in the theater but he did agree to by it as soon as it comes out on DVD (he normaly waits till the price comes down to $12). All-in-all geting to see Toy Story 3 in 3-D was amazing and I can't wait till it comes out on DVD.

-Emma

Red Robin

For Rilla's 7th Birthday we went to Red Robin. I orderd mac -n- cheese because it was all you can eat and strawberry lemonade because it was ( you guessed it ) all you can eat. After we were done eating our dinner some of the waiters sang a birthday song to Rilla and gave her a ice cream sunday. As soon as the waiters left Colin stood up and and announced " I'm going to sit next to Rilla". -Emma

Officially 11 and a Half!

On the 5th this month I officially turned 11 and a Half! That means only 6 more months till I'm 12! I have been keeping track of things I see and want since January and have a pretty good list already. The two main things I want are a new bike with gears and a 4-person innertube for our dinghy. I still am amazed that next year I'll be 13; the same year dad turns 50 (I can't believe I just revealed his coming age). Anyway, I'm happy Being 11 (for now). -Emma

Caleb's First Place Art

At the Valley Art Show in Duvall this year Caleb took first place for his oil painting. Emma had a first place entry a couple of years ago. Here is Caleb's on the wall at a local restaurant.

"Whidbey Hill" by Caleb (14)

Emma's Keyboard Creation

Here is a video of a song that Emma composed on our Yamaha keyboard. Caleb did the camera work and Dad did the video editing. Enjoy!

Colin's Art

Colin created some artwork in Paint. Looks strangely like Mario, doesn't it?