A family event!
Spring Concert – 2013, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
Spring Concert – 2013
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First camping trip of 2013 – Baker State Park
We joined the Netzinger family and friends at their annual first camping trip of the year. We had not been on this trip since 2009. I went early on Friday afternoon to setup the camper and then picked up Carolyn and the kids after school to avoid setting up in the rain.
We enjoyed Friday night and most of Saturday but it was certainly muddy especially after all the rain on Saturday morning. The time with friends and family was great and the kids all had a great time together. A little (or a lot) of mud never killed anyone 🙂 I hope to join the crew again next year.
Playing at the park
Chloe and Broady’s first Geocache
A little rain while I prepare breakfast
Bubbles!
The kids were having fun with bubbles the other night and I found it to be a good opportunity for a shadowed shot.
A Mother’s Day Eve dinner
Three generations of Moms and a special guest (Ruby) getting ready for some good eats.
A Mother’s Day Eve dinner, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
Our first model rocket launches!
After building our rockets and fixing some mistakes we received our order of rocket engines today in the mail. It was perfect timing because tonight was a beautiful night with little wind. So, we all jumped in the car and ran down to a local park for some initial launches.
We were worried about losing Elizabeth’s rocket because of the small size and the altitude that it reaches so we stuck to the larger rockets that Joey and I built.
As instructed, we started with the smaller engines and then got a little more confident and went with the ‘big boys’ on the second launches (my launch was not recorded).
Thankfully we recovered the rockets with each launch and have more rocket engines for future launches. Carolyn is saying that I am enjoying this more than the kids 😉
Next up is taping a small HD camera to the rockets to record the flight – stay tuned…
I recommend this activity for anyone with kids as it has been a fun journey!
Elizabeth launches “Big Bertha” – 200 ft
Joey launches “Amazon” – 200 ft
Joey launches the “Amazon” again with a cheering section and a larger rocket engine – 600 ft
Elizabeth had a big day at Mass
Our little girl read the opening announcement this morning at Mass and sang with her class in the choir 🙂
May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Day
It was a lot of fun to watch the Star Wars saga with Joey a couple of years ago. It has been even more fun seeing him become such a fan through the Disney experiences and toys that he has enjoyed since watching the movies. Today he proudly wore his Darth costume 🙂
May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Day, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
Pogo Sticks!
The neighbor kids introduced Elizabeth and Joey to their pogo stick and Elizabeth has been on a mission to get one of her own. We found some at TRU last weekend and the kids have been on them everyday when there is not snow on the driveway 🙂 Brings back memories and they are having a lot of fun counting their jumps before falling off.
Model rockets – finishing touches and blunders
This weekend we began to paint our model rockets. All was going very well with the kids picking their colors and learning to use spray paint. As they came in and out of the garage between coats of paint, I decided to ‘help’ the drying process on Joey’s rocket. His fins happen to be plastic and as I was looking around and holding his rocket in front of the heater I was shocked to look down and see the fins all curled up 🙁 Thankfully Joey took it well but I have been beating myself up hoping that I can get replacement parts or simply start a new rocket for him.
More to come! We plan to launch them on a WARM spring day with little wind. With some success launching these rockets, we are going to attach a ‘spy’ HD key ring camera like the one on this video. Should be fun!
The first pass…
The ‘overheated’ fins of Joey’s rocket compliments of Dad
Finished products minus Joey’s rocket 🙁 …
Building model rockets
We bought the kids model rockets for Christmas and we decided a rainy afternoon was a good time to start building them 🙂
The kids are very curious but also commented that they “just want to launch them”. I guess this is an example of our instant gratification based society. In the end, I hope they are proud of their work 🙂
