Daniel graduated from his post-graduate senior year at Proctor Academy in New Hampshire
in June. He discovered new passions for whitewater kayaking and arguing Adventist doctrine
on Facebook, built a beautiful wood sea-kayak, worked very hard in 3 AP courses and decided
to attend University of Puget Sound in Tacoma in the fall. He's enjoying his courses there,
kayaking, playing bass in a Christian band and coming home most weekends to sleep and do his laundry.
At Proctor Daniel did ceramics on his own, helping other students to perfect their technique. At UPS in the fall he took Introduction to Ceramics. At the end of the semester his teacher remarked that if he graded on a curve, Daniel would have received an A and everyone else would have failed. Here are photos of some of his pots.
Kayaking on the Nooksack
Inverted over Boott Spur
In Christmas igloo entrance
At Proctor Daniel did ceramics on his own, helping other students to perfect their technique. At UPS in the fall he took Introduction to Ceramics. At the end of the semester his teacher remarked that if he graded on a curve, Daniel would have received an A and everyone else would have failed. Here are photos of some of his pots.
Vases at Proctor, spring 2007
Glazing a large plate, fall 2007
Mugs and vase, fall 2007
David
David began his senior year at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma. He's enjoying drawing and
painting on his laptop (over 200 drawings in 2007), playing Halo with friends at home and
giving backrubs to all his friends at school. He's applying to half-a-dozen colleges around
the country. We don't know where he'll end up next year, but we do know that we will miss him.
with friends, fall 2007
with Daniel at the fair, fall 2007
with Silas on South Sister, Aug 2007
Look At It
Sunrise Crucible
Alone, or Maybe Not
Brian & Susan
Brian has been running quite a few marathons, including Boston in April as a charity runner
for the Tufts PMC team and Maine in October where on his 44th marathon he finally achieved a
Boston qualifying time and a new personal best. While not running he's still working as a
database developer at Expedia.com and doing a little programming on the side for the
Marathon Maniacs.
Birdwatching (88 species from our property in Auburn in 2007) and an occasional rockhunting
trip provide additional distractions from work.
Susan is taking care of us all and delighting in still having David at home. We've enjoyed
several little vacations together during the year. Our marriage continues to grow richer
and our love deeper by God's goodness and grace.
with niece Kirsten after Boston qualifier
Day 2 of Tahoe Triple marathon
Heartbreak Hill, Boston marathon
Steller's Jay
Red Top Mountain Agate
Still together
Susan w/ Silas, Kirsten and Bridget
Puss continues to put up with a lot of affectionate abuse from her humans in exchange for
room and board. She's useless as an indoor mouser but is soft and cuddly so we keep her
around. Our two goats didn't manage to break into the garden in 2007 but had a pretty
good year nonetheless. It was a good garden too - lots of tomatoes and zucchini but no
raspberries - Brian was too busy running to harvest them.
We also enjoyed several visits with Brian's extended family in New Hampshire; his parents are still very active, skiing in the winter, bicycling in the summer, busy with local politics and historical society.
Puss
Goat
Hover Fly
Brian's parents
Happy Rock
We also enjoyed several visits with Brian's extended family in New Hampshire; his parents are still very active, skiing in the winter, bicycling in the summer, busy with local politics and historical society.