Archive for January, 2014

After-dinner science experiments

Posted by jonesey on Monday, 20 January 2014, 8:33
Sometimes we just have brownies.

They said they were trying to turn their faces pink.

Elena’s friend (middle): “I can totally see my feet!”

Elena (left): “I can’t see my feet because I’m not long enough.”

Finding the Sun

Posted by julie on Monday, 6 January 2014, 12:16

When folks live in Eugene, and Eugene looks like this:

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then everyone in Eugene tries to escape the freezing fog. They climb mountains, they go to Hawai’i,  or at least they hit the coast. We hit the coast. And our friends were close to where we were headed, so we hung out with them, too!

And we bought wetsuits.

Wetsuit party

Wetsuit party

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Bro, I got completely bowled in that pounder and ended up with a brainfreeze.

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Umm, Dad, I have the whole ocean’s worth of salt in my eyes.

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We also got at least a little exercise climbing the world’s largest dune (not really), then running down. Fun!

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And, before dinner, a spectacular sunset:

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If you’re curious about Chris’s whereabouts, he spent the day sitting and reading in the sun. So no action shots, but plenty of contentment.