Finally Friday

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: Thought I was through posting camping memories from the kids' recent trip, but this morning we received an email from Uncle Steve and Aunt Therese with a couple more cool pics.

The neat-o boat the MPA trio is on, a catamaran, belongs to Uncle Steve. It was the first time the kids have been out on the water under sail power.

Pretty scenery, and it looks like they had the reservoir pretty much to themselves.

Christian said he kept the catamaran level/(both hulls in the water) during their sail, not wanting to dump anyone in the water or tip the boat over.  Good idea. :)

HARD LABOR:  Guess what Christian and I did today? Moved rocks.  We have managed to wrestle a little over fifty 200- to 300-pound rocks down our cliff so far this week, just the two of us, plus ropes, pulleys, a couple of BIG hand trucks, lots of sweating, and some swearing. We're working safely and slowly, no real injuries to speak of, which is great.

The top of our lot was starting to look like we were making a serious dent in the 15 tons or so of rocks we procured a couple of weeks ago, but guess what? We're picking more up tomorrow.  We have another 5 tons or so to get, I'd guess. Super! At least it's not going to be 93 tomorrow, like it was last time we gleaned rocks.

While Christian and I rocked it, CJ and Annabelle did lots of reading (Time for Kids, chapter books and online), and Annabelle worked on some artwork.

We will all be glad when the rock project is over.

CAMPUS TOUR: The University of Washington has a lovely  690-plus acre campus here in Seattle. This time lapse video gives a unique and beautiful tour of it. http://vimeo.com/68808396

University in Motion (Hyperlapse) from Edward Aites on Vimeo.