Gabrielle sends along this valentine … these are her two youngest.
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Category: family
This One Rings True
Last night, we were joined by Nik, Ivi & Jordan in watching the first season of Portlandia via Netflix stream. Highly recommended, by the way, whether you are familiar with Portland or not. The second season starts this week. We — speaking mainly of Nik and myself — are big Battlestar Galactica fans, so I was particularly amused by this preview clip from the upcoming second season:
You can see an extended version of this hilarity and more on the new season at http://www.ifc.com/portlandia/videos/portlandia-one-moore-episode
Ivi Skypes Us Tonight
Video quality was down, and color was way off, so here goes with some desaturated evidence …
Lots of laughter and planning for the impending T’Giving visit.
It’s All Relative
In the run-up to our next-week departure for the west of Oregon, we were able to socialize and dine with two of our favorite relatives.
One Long Weekend
Spreading across the entire lawn and consuming the entire weekend (well, almost), the girls — Ivi and her buddies Marina and Jeanie — attempt to raise some cash for college this fall, Europe this summer, etc. using the time-tested expedient of a yard sale. Of course, they supplemented their offerings with very well-received homemade lemon bars, chocolate chip cookies and Russian tea cakes (aka Mexican wedding cakes?) as well as free lemonade, ice tea and water.
Jabberwocky
Post-Graduation Dinner
We walk downtown in the rain to join Grandma Janet for dinner at Foley Station.
Ivi Graduates
Happy Camp Epilogue
Remember the Happy Camp post from August 2010? Click here to see where this image ended up. Yet another surprise from a daughter who had forgotten to tell us about this.
Senior Awards Night
Shameless (I promise it will never happen again) list of …
Solo Awards:
- Outstanding Senior – Mathematics
- Outstanding Senior – Calculus (Advanced Placement)
- Outstanding Senior – World Languages/French
- Outstanding Senior – English
- Outstanding Senior – Composition (Advanced Placement)
Group Awards:
- Outstanding Seniors – Instrumental Music
Other:
- Mid-Columbia Scholarship Award
Other (Not on Program):
- Lewis & Clark College Dean’s Scholarship
- Lewis & Clark College Endowment Scholarship
- National Merit Program – Commended Scholar
- Class Rank – #1
- Valedictorian
[Apologies for the poor photo quality — low resolution, electronic noise, overzealous ISO, adverse lighting conditions, a fool at the wheel shutter, etc. If you want any copies, improved versions with some rework with special software tools can be made available.]