Second year of ballet for Kyra

Here are some photos from various family days at ballet practice. Kyra has a love - hate relationship with the sport. She loves the idea of being on point. She dislikes the repetition of the sport.

Ballet photos.

Hockey Season Snapshot

Here's a hockey season snapshot, or should I say slapshot.

Matt had a great season playing recreational hockey (that means no traveling!)

One of his first games. Matt is in navy with the red helmet reaching for the puck. He play defense, but is an offensive minded defensman. that means if the opportunity occurs, he can score goals.

He's right side, red helmet.

Navy jersey, center photo, he is flying like superman.

Taking the puck from behind home goal.

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They won the championship for the season. He is hugging his good buddy.

Matt is center.

First day of the 2015-2016 school year

Matt and Kyra's first day of school for the 2015-2016 school year. Matt is in fifth grade, Kyra in first grade.

DC Trip Part 3

We spent an afternoon at Yorktown. We had an amazing ranger, Mac, who was an excellent story teller. He spent an hour with the tour group, explaining the history behind the battle. And he kept everyone's attention.

Matt  with the cannons that were shooting at the Brits many, many years ago.

Kyra going for a hike, the cannons did not interest her at all.

At the families favorite museum, the air and space museum, checking out all the neat air planes and space craft.

The wright brothers plane.

Butterfly exhibit at the museum of natural history.

Pandas at the national zoo. Kyra loves panda bears.

A relaxed gorilla.

Chimp going along the O-Line, high above our heads.

A snapping turtle. The only reason we have this photos, is when we were crabbing at grammy and grampys, we never caught crab, but our bait attracted a very large snapping turtle. It was very exciting.

washington monument

Krya with a panda.

Kyras favorite painting at the national museum of art.

Matts favorite painting.

On the flight home, we flew near Mt. Hood in Oregon. Beautiful.

DC Trip Part 2

We visited an old time farm that is across the river from Mt. Vernon (where Washington lived.). It was a rainy day. The kids are inside a two room cabin. The farm used to be a tobacco farm. It is now a national park, to preserve the land across from Mt Vernon..

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Then we headed west to go explore Shenandoah National Park. A storm came through.

Kyra posing.

Matt climbing rocks.

Hiking the Appalacian Trail.

Kids at a waterfall.

Then on to Virginia Beach to go visit cousin Porsche. Here's Matt going into the Atlantic Ocean to boogie board.

Curt and Kyra having fun in the surf.

Porsche and Archer hanging out..

Kyra boogie boarding.

Archer buried Kyra.