Annabelle's calculus project

I can't even begin to explain this except to say that it's The Doctor's bowtie (from Dr. Who):

Teacher's pet(s)

Trying to grade papers, and Eddie and Harvey want to "help":

Gratuitous cat selfy

Iron? Pumped.

Mike spent the past weekend in south Florida at a powerlifting meet. Apparently FSU's teams, both men's and women's, came in first. Here's Mike with his teammates:



Here's a video of Mike's lifts:



Way to go, Mike!

Just . . . no

I'm sorry, but this is spring break. Spring break isn't supposed to look like this:



Or this:



Fred was up this morning clearing the sidewalks with his electric shovel:



Our neighbors seem to have maintained a sense of humor where the weather is concerned though:

Back to Kansas

Annabelle got home late last night from her choir trip to Orlando and the Bahamas. It sounds like she had a lovely time and is now ready for a week of stay-cation.



An envelope arrived from the University of Rochester right after she left. It was the results of her application to their GEAR program, a 5-year undergrad/graduate program in the engineering school. It was killing me not to open it, but I was a good girl and waited (especially because when I accidentally held the envelope up to a bright light and squinted, I could make out the word "Congratulations!"). She had me open it and tell her the results while she was travelling from Orlando to Kansas City by way of Chicago, and it was indeed good news. So assuming she sticks with computer science (or another engineering field), she's already got one acceptance for her masters degree!

Spring Break season is upon us

Here are Mike and Sarah being totally adorable at Disney World earlier in the week:



Meanwhile Annabelle is off to the Bahamas with her school choir!

Woof!

I had such fun knitting the corgis for Mike and Sarah that I decided to do a basset hound for a friend who has THREE of them! I think it came out pretty cute:

Spring survived!

Quest

Back in December, Annabelle's Scholars Bowl team traveled to Washburn University to take part in a competition that would eventually be broadcast on our PBS station. Today was the first installment, and they won this round.



Hooray, Leavenworth High School!