Launching Rockets

Eddie has gotten into building and launching rockets. We have launched several around our house, but there are too many trees and we have lost several because of how high they go.

Last weekend, we took him to his school parking lot, a lot less trees, and let him launch there. He launche two different rockets 5 times. We were able to recover all of them.

Here Eddie was trying to catch the rocket as it came down. The look on his face is so funny!

This rocket is called the Eggs Calibar. It has a place at the top to hold a raw egg. Eddie is loading it to get it ready for launching.

















This is the smaller rocket that he launched. Ed estimated it went about 300 feet in the air.












The Eggs Calibar on the launch pad
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Blast off!!














Eddie is the launcher and the recovery team!!







The egg did not survive...both times.

Kailas Graduation

Kaila graduated from high school on May 29, 2010. We had lots of company in town for the graduation and party!

Of course, my pictures are out of order!

We roasted marshmallows from the coals left over after Ed smoked some ribs.

Peg, not to be out done by everyone riding the four wheeler, got on the tractor and took it for a ride!

Pat took Mom for a ride on the four wheeler and I think everyone else got a ride too!

Nathan, Kaila, Peg, and Jay made the trip for the party weekend.

Pat, Erynn, Sean and Hadley were here for the weekend too.

Grammy and Pop with Kaila.

As Kailas graduation present, I made her a t-shirt quilt with t-shirts that I had saved of hers since she was in preschool. The middle two squares have her name and the date embroidered on them.

And finally, the graduate!! Congratulations Kaila!!

Kaila getting her diploma from the principal.