I spent six days away from home last week attending the annual ISTE conference, this year held in Chicago. This is my fifth ISTE conference and it never ceases to amaze. A record-breaking 23,000 people attended this year! We arrived on Friday night and got settled – late due to weather delays all around theContinue reading “ISTE 2018 Chicago”
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Summer begins!
Summer 2018 is finally here! On a gorgeous hot day, with nothing to do, the kids welcomed summer to the neighborhood. Within minutes, there were five children playing wiffle ball in the field next to my house. Love it. Also, Haley and JT played tennis with Grandpa Cole at our neighborhood tennis courts. Haley wasContinue reading “Summer begins!”
Baseball Barbecue
We had such a fun time at the Father’s Day barbecue that JT’s baseball team got together for. His coach lives on the lake and invited all the families after our games on Sunday – and the weather cooperated. It was 85 degrees and gorgeous all day long. So after two great games (in whichContinue reading “Baseball Barbecue”
Jim’s Birthday Surprise
Every year for his birthday, Jim asks for the same thing: skiing and floating. With his wife. 🙂 And anyone else who wants to come. So this year his birthday fell on a Monday (which he has off, and so can I) and we didn’t have baseball over the weekend. I booked a surprise tripContinue reading “Jim’s Birthday Surprise”
Lake Wilderness Tri 2018
I’ve been able to focus more on triathlon training this year since post-surgery recovery, and in January I started getting back into it. Six months of working out consistently totally paid off for my first triathlon of the summer! Jim came along to cheer me on so we got some photos too. Here I amContinue reading “Lake Wilderness Tri 2018”
Fort Worden
We were invited to Fort Worden by our friends the Drews for Memorial Day weekend, months ago. They have gone for the past few years with a group of people from local churches and they’ve enjoyed including more friends with young kids over the years, and this year there were two open spots – soContinue reading “Fort Worden”
Lake Pleasant
We spent another overnight in the camper at Lake Pleasant RV Park in Bothell as JT had a tournament in Meadowdale over the weekend. What a lovely spot! On Sunday, the weather turned rainy (surprise to everyone) and we got soaked with that fine misty rain that never ends here in the PNW. Fortunately, weContinue reading “Lake Pleasant”
Mini-Olympics 2018
Each May, Haley’s gym puts on a mini-Olympics for the students in their recreational classes. Since gymnastics is her only sport and there are no games to attend, all family members marked their calendars and showed up to support her! Haley performed a short routine on each apparatus, and then collected her medal and certificateContinue reading “Mini-Olympics 2018”
Haley’s photo shoot
Our niece Ali is taking photography at school and she got a nice DSLR camera for a gift, so she takes great photos. She invited Haley to do a photo shoot at an ice cream shop for one of her last projects. Of course, Haley said yes! Ali sent me the photos and I pickedContinue reading “Haley’s photo shoot”
Northwest Trek
JT’s class had another awesome field trip! They’ve actually had four this year, but I’ve only chaperoned two. It was a gorgeous day for outside adventures, and I always get the best group of well behaved boys who are in JT’s friend group at school. They all posed and then asked me to take aContinue reading “Northwest Trek”
The Keene Family 