Still more senior pictures

More senior pictures

Here are a few more of Rachel's senior pictures. Still more to come...

Halloween

Yeah, so I'm about three weeks behind, but here are a few photos of Halloween. Everybody went their own ways with friends this year, so I didn't even get a photo of everybody together. Oh well, everybody had fun.

Senior pictures

Rachel got her senior pictures back. Here are a few of them. More to follow one of these days...

Eagle Project

Last month Andrew did his Eagle project. He installed some fencing for the Ridge to Rivers trail system, which is a series of about 130 miles of hiking / mountain biking trails in and around the Boise foothills. The fences were put in to keep people on the right trails to help prevent erosion, etc.

Since the area is up in the foothills, we had to haul in all the materials by hand.



The sections of fencing he installed were scattered out over about a mile of trails, so there was a lot of hiking between the different locations.



He had a really good turnout, and got quite a few people there helping.



Getting ready to install a couple of sections.



Dad, Jeff, and Matt got assigned to the longest and farthest-away section. Here they are just getting started.



Making it all precise. That's what you get with a bunch of engineers and physicists on the job...



Jeff and Matt working really hard. Hey, somebody's got to keep those digging and tamping bars from rolling down the hill. :)



Getting it all straight.



Nearing completion on this section.



All done with this one!



Andrew.



Another one of the sections. He did eight or nine total.



Rachel, Andrew, and Lisa being goofy.

Fiction 101

Lisa had an interesting assignment. They were supposed to write a story that was 101 words long. A lot harder than it sounds at first! That's not very many words.

Anyway, here is what she wrote...

Green Eyes

I smiled at Kyle before the door closed. Last time I ever saw him. It happened so fast.

He sent flowers, flowers I couldn't see. I was fine, I said; forgiveness wasn't easy, but what could he do? It's over. I just listen now.

Incredibly, it's a new world. A fly buzzes. The phone rings; my fingers find it.

Kyle. He apologizes over and over. I just want to be friends again. Not his fault; he didn't know our project would literally explode in my face. Now I dream about color, form, vivid markings of life.

I miss my green eyes.

More Swimming

Well, the swimming season is over. Andrew seemed to enjoy being on the swim team this year. It was a lot of work, with practices or meets five days a week, but he made some friends, had fun, and got better. I'm impressed at how well these kids can swim.

Here are a few more photos. I still haven't figured out how to get good ones...






Yumiko, Lisa, and Andrew in the stands watching other swimmers.



Since most of the pictures come out blurry anyway, let's call it an abstract and pretend that it's artistic... :)