June 2017 – The Keene Family

ISTE 2017

I’ve been to the ISTE conference for the past four years (Atlanta, Philadelphia, Denver, San Antonio) and it just gets more fun. I know more people, I have an idea of what to expect, and I have fewer commitments. It’s like an exhausting vacation. 😉 I flew in on Sunday in first class with myContinue reading “ISTE 2017”

Ending Baseball

Haley’s season ended with a couple of games and a party, as usual. We were in the same location as last year because a family on our team lives in a neighborhood with beach access in Olalla. It was a sunny day and we had so much fun on the beach. Haley thinks her coachContinue reading “Ending Baseball”

Quick Trip to Florida

I get to travel less and less nowadays, but occasionally someone asks me to do a certain type of event that we can’t send anyone else to do. This was one of those times, and it ended up that I would be in Sarasota, Florida. So Sunday I flew to Tampa and had a lovelyContinue reading “Quick Trip to Florida”

Game Night

My brother recommended we start a family game night once a month. We’re on month two and we’re having so much fun. We meet at my brother’s house for “Substantive Snacks” and a game selected by a family member (we all take turns). This month we played Taboo. The kids and I worked on kid-levelContinue reading “Game Night”

Haley’s PPL

Haley had her PPL this week! (Reference on PPLs – JT already did his.) Her topic was flowers. That is a broad topic so we had to work on narrowing it down to several questions she wanted answered about flowers. She started by explaining that we planted lots of bulbs last fall, and they grewContinue reading “Haley’s PPL”

Jim’s 38th Birthday

Jim had a birthday again! We tried to make his big day pretty special. It started with a cinnamon roll breakfast before church. The kids gave him their gifts at breakfast as well. I enlisted JT to take Jim’s birthday photo. With me. 🙂 After church, we took the boat out on the lake. HaleyContinue reading “Jim’s 38th Birthday”

Lake Wilderness Tri 2017

Jim and I are signed up for three triathlons this summer. Our first one was this past weekend at Lake Wilderness. We both have some work to do to meet our goal times for later races, but it was a good first race. The weather was perfect and we had all the right gear. MyContinue reading “Lake Wilderness Tri 2017”