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Museum of Flight

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, March 29, 2011
One of the things we have to do four times a year is go to Woodinville for Isaac's doctor appointment.  Why?  Well his peditatric endocrinologist is in Woodinville.  It is a bit of a drive (1hour 45 minutes) but really not bad.  Since we are down in that area I always try to plan something to do and spend the day.  I try...

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Thoughts

Signs of Spring

By Leslie Parks - Monday, March 21, 2011
I am so ready for spring.  I am looking forward to sunny days during soccer practices and games, to longer hours of daylight, to flowers and green things growing, to school finishing.  I am looking forward to spring. Je suis pret pour le printemps.  J'aime les jours avec le soliel pendent nous jouons le football, plus heures de lumiere, des fleurs et des...

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Family

Grandpa Parks and technology

By Leslie Parks - Friday, March 18, 2011
Every once in a while John's Dad and Pat come for a visit.  We try to schedule those visits around soccer games.  The schedule is typically arrive sometime Friday afternoon, go to a game, spend the night, have breakfast, and around noon drive back home.  The last few times, Jim brought his computer with him and John has worked on it, formating, trying...

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Welcome Sun

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, March 17, 2011
Yes, in the last two weeks we have had sun.  Here is proof. Oui, c'est vrai nous avons vu le soliel. ...

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Family

Middle Schoolers wear what?

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Apparently the thing in middle school is to drown your BO with cologne. I guess that when Isaac has been getting ready, he goes in and uses John's cologne.  Thankfully he doesn't drown himself in it.  I have noticed just a hint of it when he leaves for school in the morning, but it doesn't linger in the air.  John has let me know...

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Learning

Practice makes better

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, March 01, 2011
So I have finally wrapped my little brain around a metering technique with my camera - the elusive grey card.  I don't know how many times I've read this same thing but really didn't understand it.  I would read the article and then try it out but things would go wrong and I would do something else.  I didn't ever get the concept. ...

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