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Learning

The Accident

By Leslie Parks - Monday, June 21, 2010
On a Friday morning John drove out to work just for a few hours.  He works four ten hours days and so he doesn't really need to go to work on Fridays but it is a chance for him to get ready for the next week, tidy up, go through emails and stuff like that.  He had a project meeting coming up and...

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Exploring

Frangrance Lake

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, June 20, 2010
This year John has decided that he wants to backpack.  I'm for it but want to start small.  First off, we have no gear.  Ok, we do - 1 backpacking sleeping bag, 2 backpacking sleeping mats, 1 backpack camp stove, lots of water bottles, 1 waterfilter.  That isn't quite enough of the gear that we would need for 2 adults and 3 kiddos...

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Learning

The Field

By Leslie Parks - Monday, June 07, 2010
I've been  participating in this photography group and this week is light.  I saw this incredible photo of a girl in a long grassy field and the light was hitting her from behind and it made her glow!  I loved it and thought maybe I could somehow reproduce it.  There is a field near our house and the soccer field that has long...

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Family

Close Encounters

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Last night at dinner it was just four of us, Isaac having gone to Youth Group.  We were sitting around talking and laughing when I noticed Job sculpting his mash potatos.  I turn to John and reminding of the movie where the guy sculpts his mash potatoes into a model of Devil's Tower.  I've actually been there.  Wierd. Anyhow Job starts in with...

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Activity

Piano Recital

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, June 01, 2010
We had a piano recital last night.  I was so proud of the kids.  They worked long and hard on their piano songs and their projects.  Over the course of the year the kids were assigned a big project about Beethoven.  Piano lessons morphed into music appreciation class as well.  All of Mandy's students studied Beethoven.  Isaac made a movie with Lego figures...

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