First week back

It's been a long first week back at school. Here's a peek at the week-aren't they adorable!

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Heather all dressed up in a sari.
They love seeing their picture on the digital camera.

Watch out Heather, that baby isn't wearing a diaper....oops, too late.

Heather learning to sew in exchange for English lessons.

Heather and Eric have been in Bangladesh, working at an organic tea farm. Check out their sight:http://www.kazitea.com/index.html.

Gillette Rookie Reporters

MLB ROOKIE REPORTERS

Beginning August 25, MLB® will put 48 Gillette® MLB® Rookie Reporters to the test! My friend,Kathy's son, is one of the finalists in this contest!
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PLEASE Vote August 25-September 14 for your favorite. The top vote-getter will land the ultimate sports reporter gig: covering the 2008 World Series® for MLB.com. I know that everyone out there will send out an e mail blast for me to help get Lane the top vote.Here is the MLB link to pass on to your friends.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/gillette/reporter/vote.jsp?loc=astros&vid=c9361934ebf7a1dbb5a2c33922a8524f

Lane is the body wash guy so click on the "vote for your candidate" under his name. You can also see one of the commercials he did for TV. whenever the Astros are playing

Please vote everyday!

Ketchikan

Eddie sat in the co-pilot's seat on the float plane.

The float plane we took to go see the bears

Baby black bear

This bear just caught a nice salmon to eat.

Hunting for more fish.

Sitka

Getting ready to board our fishing vessel

Look who caught the only salmon!

Too small to ship back to Texas, so we gave it to the captain

Eddie's trying....I think he caught a little fish, not a salmon

Little white birds, i think seaguls

Redwood trees in Alaska!

Yep, it's a starfish

A slimmy sea cucumber, YUM!

Totem Pole Artist

Preparing to lift the pole.

This pole is in memory of a man who spent his life dedicated to the bears.

He was like the Jane Goodall to monkies.

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Juneau landscape
A view of a distant glacier

Humpback whales

A whale calf giving us quite a show! Flap Flap Flap

Humpbacks in the distance

A rare look at the humpbacks bubble netting. This is where a group of about 12-15 whales swim in a circle, blowing bubbles to confuse the fish. The whales come up out of the water with their mouths open, catching the fish.

Glacier Bay

We went on the cruise with Dennis and Mike

Eddie, Dennis, and new cruise friend-Ron.


Me, all snuggly and warm


Eddie, binoculars in hand

Coming on the first glacier...solid ice

Love the blue colors of the glacier

A smaller ship can get much closer to the glaciers.

Notice the size of the ship compared to the glacier!

At least 25 feet tall.

Caving

Our first day on the ship was just cruising out to sea. The second day we arrived in Glacier Bay.

Seattle and Alaska

We just got home from a 10 trip to Seattle and an Alaskan Cruise. Never have I seen such beautiful landscape. We have been on alot of cruises, but this was the best one ever! So many people told us not to take it b/c it was for seniors....well, they were wrong. This was a perfect cruise for families....I just wish we had our whole family with us. Next time....

Here are some pics from Seattle:

The first original Starbucks.

Wonderful, fresh produce in the Farmers Market

Seattle skyline

Salmon jerky at Pike's Fish Market

Flowers galore, beautiful!

Pikes Farmers Market

Tomorrow's post: Juneau

Pilobolus

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3n8gxEwLx0w

Pilobolus began as an experiment among three guys and one puzzled professor in a Dartmouth dance class back in 1970. It was survival of the giddiest, as the three non-dancers goofed around with the material they'd been given -- themselves -- and got entangled in science-inspired poses (think: "soft-belly protoplasmic thing") and movements. From these humble, biological beginnings has emerged an innovative, unlikely and almost-uncategorizable dance company that combines athleticism, grace and humor with a profound sense of unity.

Their smooth, organic choreography -- featuring unusual partnering and lifts -- often blurs the lines between individual performers, creating a sense of dance-troupe-as-organism. Still evolving after 35 years, Pilobolus has built up a repertoire of more than 85 works and received numerous awards, including the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement in choreography. Their hilarious appearance at the 2007 Oscars -- where they built witty silhouettes to punctuate the ceremony -- brought the troupe further into the public eye.