Folklife Festival. Release your inner Hippie

We took the kids into the city for the Folklife festival today which is basically like a Hippie convention. There is alway some decent food, random music, art, etc. but this year we discovered a new part of Folklife that I hadn't observed before.....really bad dancing by those about 50 and older. I'm not sure if it was the "brownies" they had for lunch or just that something happens after 50 where your inhibitions greatly decrease, but there was some serious abuse happening of the art of dance. I leave you with this grainy montage from my still camera, I had to film it since it was really THAT bad.

Father and Sons Campout

Church organized a Father and Son's campout in Carnation (yeah, only about 15 miles from home :-) last night. I took Lucas and Jack and left Charlie at home since I lacked the proper feeding apparatus. The boys had a blast, especially with the fire. I'm not sure what it is, but boys and fire are a very natural combination. We were first to bed (about 10 PM) and last up (about 7 am) and were proud of it. I think the boys wanted to spend as much time in the tent as possible which was fine with me.

Getting out of the woods...

It finally feels like we are getting out of the woods with the move. We only have a hand full of boxes to empty and a few (as in 100) projects to complete. Britney's parents were here this week and helped out a TON. We were so lucky to have them here and help out so much.

Since we had a whole bunch of other milestones amidst the move (not in chronological order, just in the order they are coming to me) this is a bit of a blog barf.

1. Gracie turned 8 and was baptised. What can I say, it is amazing to see your own progeny take part in a saving ordinance. Makes you feel old and proud all at the same time.

2. Lucas turned 6. He is such a cool kid, he didn't want to go to Chuck E. Cheese or some jumpy place for his birthday, instead he wanted sushi.

3. Jack decided to try out the new hill our neighborhood and went down the hill full speed on his bike (he's still on training wheels) only to get the death wobbles and mis-judge a dip in the road. It resulted in a face to pavement incident and the following photo: