Photo Gallery January-March, 2006

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January
Sissy finally gets her official birthday cake (what other colors would you expect?)
Feburary
Student Television Network National Convention.
Anaheim, CA

Spending 4 days as a volunteer with 1500 middle and high school broadcasting students and teachers from 144 schools was another exhausting blast. This year, I moderated and judged the new middle school on-site contests. Unfortunately, the stress of the anchoring contest got to one young student and I had my first experience in 20 years of teaching of being hurled on as he lost his lunch.
"OUCH!"

Poor Goldie got slammed in the right rear buttocks by a woman who lost control of her SUV and spun on the icy road. Goldie was neatly parked and minding her own business when along came the lady. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Goldie was parked on snow which allowed her to slide away from the brunt of the impact and not sustain frame or axle damage. She is still drivable until she has her repairs.
Middle School Bands Winter Concert

"They sound GREAT!!!"
"There's Bubby, you can BARELY see him!"

"U.S.S. Hornet; A Day at the Zoo: Introduction, Butterflies, Birds, and Things that Crawl, Elephants and Monkeys, The Aquarium, Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Finale'; Pevensey Castle"
"Bravo, Bravo! Look this way, Bubby, over here!"
"Over HERE!!!"

"Oh, Dear, he's not going to look up, I'm afraid!"
  Middle School Choirs Winter Concert

"Sorry, Sissy, Daddy was teaching an evening training class and missed your concert."
March
"Happy Birthday, Big Bubby!"
"Blow gently!"
"I used my birthday money to buy an MP3 player so I can listen to my band and other music!"
"Yippie!!! We finally got Goldie back from the body shop! And just in time, because Big Bubby passed his written driver's test for his learner's permit!"
"C'mon Dad, I'm ready to practice some more!"

"Besides playing in the snow, my favorite thing is riding in the car! I hum to myself, 'Riding in the Car, Riding in the Car, I love Riding in the Car!'"