Interstate 555 is finally a non-fiction story after seemingly years of talk.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Jack's new "cozy chair"
The bunny left Jack a beanbag! Interestingly enough, the bag appears to just like another one we have. It was such a hit we needed two so it was a gift for Elle too in a sense. He also got yet another small Star Wars lego set and a HexBug.
Elle's new dress!
The bunny left Elle a new dress - among other things including a bunch of Zootopia minifigures!
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Model Train Enthusiasts
Here Jack and Grandpa play with an electric train. A gift from Jack's other
Grandpa. Turns out the "model train enthusiast" label has applied to both!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Water from Folsom Dam
Jack and I went for a hike to get a cool view of the water being released from Folsom Dam. We've had enough rain over the past few weeks for them to need to reduce the water levels in Folsom Lake for the first time in 4 years!
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Nice evening for a picnic!
We had a plumber in to work on what seems to be our monthly sink leak issue in the kitchen. The weather was pretty incredible so the kids dined on McDonalds in the back yard!
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Steven Tyler channels Janis Joplin
Got to attend a Steven Tyler (and the Loving Mary Band) show last night. As you might expect, they mostly played classic Aerosmith stuff but also did a few covers from the Beatles and this one from Janis.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Sandcrawler Progress Volume 2
Jack continues his progress on the sandcrawler and started working on the wheels. They are pretty cool and include an elaborate turning mechanism.
Wheels done... retractable front panel done!
Starting on the walls next!
Only a few bags remain...note the AT-AT in the background! And the orange Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. He has all 10 of them now and has read each of them twice already! I've read one myself.
Lunch with Jack!
Jack was student of the week last week so we were invited to come eat lunch with him. Fortunately it was "chicken and waffle" day so I got treated to the following:
Cheese quesadilla was the other option but I followed Jack's lead. That explains the salsa though which I selected before I knew what the entree was! The chicken wasn't bad! The waffles weren't great however.
Jack was a bit confused in having us around I think. The teacher told us he was excited that we were coming but he didn't really act like once we were there!
Monday, January 18, 2016
Locked Out!
A couple of weeks back Steph tried to open the door leading into the garage and the knob wouldn't pull the latch in all the way meaning we were effectively locked out of the garage. She managed to pull the latch in and open the door with a super thin screw-driver (which we kept in the house - not in the garage obviously!)
We messed with the door hardware a bit and it seemed to work until it did the same thing a few days later. Steph managed to open it again and off we went...until it did it again.
The third time was the charm and we couldn't pull the latch in. Fortunately, the garage door was open so we had access to our tools. We pulled the knob off but couldn't pull out the core. After trying Steph's old tricks we were left with only 1 option. Brute force. Some of the results of that are below...after about 20 minutes we got it out!
One of the stars of breaking the lock was an old hacksaw blade from the famous "Mr. Spain" collection. It was brand new despite being probably 40 years old. I opened it and between the hacksaw blade, a dremel and a strong pair of wire-cutters we got in! Mr. Spain and Dad would have both been proud!
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