The fort resurrected.

No blueprints needed here. Almost finished.
Sol used his hammer to finish up his fort.
Uncle Tae was showing the kids some short videos.
Taking a baseball break from all the nailing.
Mario sanding down the edges....

Goodbye 1st grade.

Principal Citrano. He's leaving us to move to China. We'll miss him very much.

Happy it's over huh?

Cynthia was manning the cooking table for the 6th graders and family only! Hands off them cookies people!

Sol wanted to paint something for Mrs. Young. Of course it was a baseball scene. Thx Mrs. Young for a great year!

After school, it was time for Sylvie's birthday treasure hunt. See ranger rick back there?
Clue in the mailbox.
Down the valley into the gated neighborhood.
We all ended up at the Van Doren's Landing park. While the kids were hunting treasure, Mario found the bbq that he'd like in his backyard.

Fun Times!

Start the morning off with a little ice cream cone.
After that sugar rush, they are trying to play some chess.

Finally!

Our China Town finally has a pergola at the entrance of the International District. Finally catching up with the world.

Father's Day 2008

Time to wake up Mario!
A letter from Sol....
Some derby cars for a project later.
Some classic vinyles for Mario.
Mario's favorite hole in the wall in tacoma for some.....

The Big Burritos Breakfast for father's day. It was a happy day!

Get your derby cars ready....

So we went to our first derby car race. Sol's friend Lily's girl scout troop had a race. Can you tell that this is Lily's derby car? Great job Lil!
Wooden track and all.

Line them all up.
Way to go girls. Way too much fun!

After the derby race. The Sanchez Kim family invited ourselves over to the Johnson's house for some grub and rock band.
Lois joined us for a drink and some drummin'
Mama B and Lois jammin away. Rock On!

Slug Finder

Little break in the rainy weather and we went looking for slugs.
Check this out. It's was about 6 inches long...wow!
Found a lizard also. It was a bit cold so it didn't move much.
Karate anyone. It was a fun adventure.

Low, Low, Low tide....

Low tide today. Went to the Des Moines Marina Park.
We found a sea snail. It was pretty big.
A sun star....
Found a statue of Gabo! Lots of shellfish,kelp and crabs.

Aldrin's Birthday Party

Some grub for the parents while the kids run around the field.
Aldrin's cousin's littlepuppy. So cute.
Now some games. First off egg toss. Sol and Kyle made it pretty far but....
Their egg finally broke.
Next is the pinata.....

Some volleyball for the adults.
Finally the cake, cupcakes and more cake. Great party!