I love this photo

Photo credit: Snugabell Mom & Baby Gear

Un-class photo

It's been six months since LIFE is Good 2010, so I figured it was about time to get my photos off my camera. Here's my favorite, our poor isolated homeschooled kids in their version of a class photo. The age range in this classy, classless group is about 13 to about 20. Click the photo to see it larger. Friends on Facebook can see it with name tags here.

The [Big] Doings Report

Last I heard, Frank and Chloe and MJ are all doing NaNoWriMo. I have been writing some fiction, and I think I'm going to characterize it that way so it stays fun.

Work has been somewhat intense recently, but I've been really pleased with the work I'm doing. I'm making a significant contribution. (Yeah, yeah, it'll all be obsolete in a year, but if people in the computer industry were to think about that for too long, there might not be a computer industry.)

Chloe went to Corvallis for Halloween, where much fun was had by all.

Qacei and Chloe in Corvallis
Photo credit: Mary Gold

Chloe got home yesterday and promptly announced that she wants to go back in less than two weeks for another costume event: the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. Ah, well, it's her money.

MJ and Sean and Anders and Jamie were here for Halloween. They came up for a big camper Halloween party in Seattle, and spent Halloween day with cardboard and spraypaint and makeup. I was a bad mom/hostess and didn't get photos of them in their costumes. Sean and Anders were skyscrapers, and Jamie was a airplane. MJ was very scary.

MJ De Vil
Photo credit: Pat Punteney

And the big news is...

MJ and Sean are engaged!

Photo credit: Lynelle Wilcox

MJ has a lovely engagement ring (which I also failed to photograph) and seems really, really happy. (In fact, I had commented on her happiness before she showed me the ring.) They are only barely thinking about wedding planning at this point. MJ says it will probably not take place for a couple of years.

But that hasn't stopped me from thinking about shopping for wedding dresses... Heh heh heh.

The evidence

One of my best gifts ever!

Awwww...

A Godiva breakfast

A pause in the frenzy

For remembrance

(Re)Action shot

(Meme)nto mori

Frank helped get this meme going around again. You're supposed to post the sixth photo from the sixth photo folder on your computer. Well, my computer doesn't have six folders of photos, but I grabbed the sixth photo in the last (third) folder. It's a good one!



This was taken at the first Maier family reunion in Manzanita, Oregon, summer of 2007.

Front row left to right: Aunt Loretta, Aunt Helen, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Grace
Back row left to right: Uncle Ed, Uncle Ferd, Uncle Pat, Aunt Jorene, Uncle Morrie

Ferd, Pat, Morrie, Loretta, and Grace are Marty's surviving siblings. Ed is Loretta's husband; Jorene and Ruth are Morrie's and Pat's wives, respectively; and Helen is Uncle Paul's widow.

A terrific trio

Wordless Wednesday

More

The Greybeards

From left to right: Jeff Sabo, Frank, Alex Hoeltzel (who needed a little augmentation to qualify as a Greybeard), and Russ Anguish.

Alex's mom, Nancy, has more photos from the show posted here:

http://tinyurl.com/o5lbyh

More posts about Good Vibrations

If you're looking for NYE pictures...

...visit the photo blog.

What a hoot

Some Hooter girls wishing Marty a happy 90th. There are more girls where he's gazing (in case you had any doubt).

Photos

Gail's blog has some photos of Frank, Bob, and Gort, not to mention some other people I'm rather fond of.

MJ's Flickr account has some photos from Chloe's play, not to mention some generally stunning photography.

On the home front

I'm working a lot, trying to make up for the week I missed while we were in Canada (no regrets!) and prep for the month I will miss while we are in Europe. The girls have been entertaining themselves with a long, video-centric visit from Chelsea, some reading and writing of fanfiction (MJ), some helping Mom out (both), and some creating of a video-game walk-through (Chloe).

We're a little lonely for Frank, but life is good.

From a less lonely day:

Sleep is good

Okay, you all have to see these pictures if you haven't already. I'm going to "leverage" them since I didn't take a photo for my photo blog today.

http://gail-hummingbirdhaven.blogspot.com/2008/06/sleep-is-good-at-life-is-good.html

Thanks, Gail and Broc!

The Fourth

There were unschoolers...


And pyromaniacs...


There were connections...


And the greatest toys...


And, of course, there were pirates...

Cast party

Back row from left (primary role): Josephine (Widow), Nora (one of the Lords Dumain), Tessa (Lafeu), Angela (interrogator), Mike (Parolles), Chloe (Diana), Mai (Countess of Roussillon), Hannah (Helena).

Front row from left: Morgan (King), Isabella (Bertram), Sam (Clown)

Not pictured: Forrest (Reynaldo)

A picture of me I actually kind of like...

...which probably means it doesn't look anything like me. :-)

LIFE is Good

Just one of the things we purchased at the untrepreneurial fair.

Photo credit: Violet, I think!

That's my man

Photo credit: Toast

Marty's greats

From a little Christmas message in our e-mail this morning, Molly (11 mos.) and Brian (14).