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This is a test

Steve — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:11:39 +0000

I just installed the WordPress app on my phone and decided I should test it.

This is from a performance the kids had a couple of weeks ago. Emily, Jessica, and Zachary all performed with their respective school orchestras. Instead of holding the concert at the high school and middle school auditoriums, the director scheduled the Bing Crosby Theater in downtown Spokane.

And the WordPress app for Android works pretty well.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Steve — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:27:12 +0000

We have had a record-breaking snowstorm in Spokane over the past couple of days. Here are the totals at the aiport according to the National Weather Service:

Storm total accumulation:
23.3 inches over 36 hours

24-hour Snowfall record:
19.4 inches (highest since 1881)

The snow was heavier east of Spokane. We got 28 inches in Greenacres.

Pictures almost do it justice, so here are a few of them.

You can view the whole set of pictures on Flickr.

Here is the snow cornice coming down:

The girls jumping off the porch into the snow:

And Emily and Aubrey jumping into the snow:

Thanksgiving Dinner

Steve — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:31:07 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Pages and the Pages came to our house for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner.

Monte and Lon had a little wrestling match in the living room before dinner. Nothing like a grudge match between brothers!

Political ads in a polling place?

Steve — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:34:11 +0000

it’s election day. hooray.

Spokane County is a vote-by-mail county. Ballots are sent out about three weeks before the election and have to be postmarked by election day or dropped in one of the handy-dandy drop boxes by 8:00pm on election night. We completed our ballots about a week and a half ago and dropped them in the box at the Otis Orchards library, so we’ve been done for over a week.

Since Washington allows ballots to be mailed on election day, some ballots won’t arrive for several days. There was an article today in the news saying that King County (metro Seattle and then some –1.8 million people total) expects to have 40% of the ballots counted tonight and will have counted 97% by next Tuesday. We’ll likely know who the president is tonight, but the Washington governor’s race will probably take a week or more to decide. Forgive me if it’s a little anticlimactic.

The political ads, however, are still running. I was at the YMCA yesterday and the TV in front on my elliptical machine was running The View (talking about the election) interspersed with political ads. I don’t think there were any ads other than political ads. You would think they could have thrown a mesothelioma ad in there for variety.

Mindy is ready to be done with the phone calls. We’re also ready to be done with the political ads, but I have a better idea…

In 1992 the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits campaigning within 100 feet of a polling place. I voted at my dining room table. All of the televisions in my house are within 100 feet of my dining room table, as are all of the telephones. The mail gets sorted on the kitchen counter, literally just feet away from where I voted.

Political ads on television? Too close to the polling place. Campaign calls to my telephone? Too close. And the Obama channel? You guessed it.

If I can’t wear a McCain shirt or an Obama button to a polling place, surely this blatant attempt to sway my vote within mere feet of my polling place must be stopped!

My first orchestra concert of the year

Emily — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:40:46 +0000

This was our first concert of the year and our very first concert with the band and choir. We very sadly, stunk. However the band and choir insisted that we were better than them which I don’t think is true. Remeber this was our first concert so we had an excuse. Enjoy!

P.S.(We stunk!)

Video after the break.

Crystal Moon

Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space

For the Star of County Down

My Social Studies Project

Jessica — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:38:48 +0000

This is my social studies project, my friends and I spent a lot of time on the script. We also made bloopers. The credits are at the end, they don’t give as much credit to my dad as he deserves. He edited it, filmed it, and spent FOREVER working on it. It might as well have been his project. I hope you enjoy it!

The Iron Chef

The Iron Chef Bloopers

Garage bicycle hangers

Steve — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:38:03 +0000

Because my dad will think it’s cool.

Zachary's school picture

Steve — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:41:54 +0000

Zachary's school picture - Fall 2008

Main Salmon River trip

Steve — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:32:00 +0000

We took a trip down the Main Fork of the Salmon River in early August this year. I’ve posted all of our pictures on Flickr. We also took a few videos on our digital camera. Here is Jenny running the inflatable kayak through some rapids.

Aubrey's school picture

Steve — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:34:38 +0000

Aubrey's school picture - Fall 2008