Yesterday, ALL four kids started back to school the day after Labor Day!
A couple note-worthy points: 1) Cameron started middle school (6th grade)...not so big a deal if it wasn't that this was his first time in ANY school since he's been homeschooled for 6 years by Maria!!! and 2) Nicholas started kindergarten with Maria (homeschooling, that is).
Cameron was a little nervous, and it surely couldn't have helped that his older, popular sister was saying that the large backpack he picked for his heavy textbooks was the kind the "geeks" use. But, in true Cameron form, he ignored her anyway and lugged that heavy bag of books all over campus. ;-)
Nicholas and Brandon are our last two kids that we're still homeschooling. Maria is considering keeping these two through middle school, but she has six years to think about it. In any case, the mad school rush for the Yee Family is off-and-running!
Nicholas sings Happy Birthday, Uncle Mike!
Birthday greetings from Nicholas...have a good one, Mike!
Happy Birthday, Mike!
Today is my "baby" brother's XX birthday (LOL, you think I'm gonna disclose which birthday it is HERE on the Internet????!!!! If I did, you could figure out MY age! ;-)Anyway, Mike, hope you have a terrific birthday with the family. You're probably sunning yourself in Hawaii as we speak!
Some folks have ALL the luck...
A little "catch-up" is in order...
Well, I didn't want August to slip by without me posting at least something on my blog. It's been a very busy time, especially at the airport where we're at Orange Alert. For awhile there, it was long hours and no days off.
This past weekend, Alexandra, Cameron, and I took pictures and video of my dad's Harvest Moon Dance at his church--over 300 people attended. I thought it would be nice to use all my technical "talents" to produce a memory DVD that captured the event. Alex and Cameron took candid pictures moving table to table. I recorded the dance performances and then the open ballroom dancing. We got home late, but I went right to work putting it all together using Roxio's DVDMaker. I probably spent about 3 hours total downloading pictures, video, authoring the DVD, adding music and chapters, then burning it.
It turned out GREAT! Just gave it to my dad this morning right before work.
Speaking of Cameron, he will be starting middle school next week after being homeschooled since Kindergarten by Maria. Needless to say, he's a little anxious (and Alexandra the "Senior" isn't helping things by threatening to make his Freshmen life "miserable")...hahaha. Nothing like a loving big sister (grin). No, actually she's sounding more protective than ever--it's nice to see.
On the homeschooling front, Nicholas is JUST starting Kindergarten with Maria along with Brandon who is starting third grade. Looks like Maria may be homeschooling for many years to come (at least 8 more years)!!!! Brandon's birthday is coming up in September...I'm sure I'll ahve more to report on that shortly.
Hope you're all doing well...thanks for visiting.
This past weekend, Alexandra, Cameron, and I took pictures and video of my dad's Harvest Moon Dance at his church--over 300 people attended. I thought it would be nice to use all my technical "talents" to produce a memory DVD that captured the event. Alex and Cameron took candid pictures moving table to table. I recorded the dance performances and then the open ballroom dancing. We got home late, but I went right to work putting it all together using Roxio's DVDMaker. I probably spent about 3 hours total downloading pictures, video, authoring the DVD, adding music and chapters, then burning it.
It turned out GREAT! Just gave it to my dad this morning right before work.
Speaking of Cameron, he will be starting middle school next week after being homeschooled since Kindergarten by Maria. Needless to say, he's a little anxious (and Alexandra the "Senior" isn't helping things by threatening to make his Freshmen life "miserable")...hahaha. Nothing like a loving big sister (grin). No, actually she's sounding more protective than ever--it's nice to see.
On the homeschooling front, Nicholas is JUST starting Kindergarten with Maria along with Brandon who is starting third grade. Looks like Maria may be homeschooling for many years to come (at least 8 more years)!!!! Brandon's birthday is coming up in September...I'm sure I'll ahve more to report on that shortly.
Hope you're all doing well...thanks for visiting.
Wow, have I been BAD!
I'm not exactly sure WHAT I've been so busy doing, but I sure haven't been very good about keeping my blog up-to-date!
Since I'll be "aging" on Monday, I figured I better get some writing in on this blog while I'm still young enough to do so (hehehe).
It has been incredibly hot where I live these last couple of weeks--the A/C has been running almost 24/7 (sounds like I'm writing in code, huh?) for days now. We moved the rabbit into the house--it was TOO hot in the garage! I can't wait to see my utility bill this month...
Alexandra has a dance recital this weekend--she's in about 13 dance numbers, I believe. Obviously, she'll get a nice workout...hope it's not 108 degrees like it has been. Groan.
On Sunday, I'll be having dinner with my aunt who I share the same birthday with...a year ago, Auntie Willie told me she wanted to have a birthday dinner with me and my family to celebrate--I forgot, but she remembered! I'm really looking forward to it...don't seem to spent much time with any of my family beyond Maria and the kids as of late.
I'll continue this blog entry when I get home...now, BACK to work!
Since I'll be "aging" on Monday, I figured I better get some writing in on this blog while I'm still young enough to do so (hehehe).
It has been incredibly hot where I live these last couple of weeks--the A/C has been running almost 24/7 (sounds like I'm writing in code, huh?) for days now. We moved the rabbit into the house--it was TOO hot in the garage! I can't wait to see my utility bill this month...
Alexandra has a dance recital this weekend--she's in about 13 dance numbers, I believe. Obviously, she'll get a nice workout...hope it's not 108 degrees like it has been. Groan.
On Sunday, I'll be having dinner with my aunt who I share the same birthday with...a year ago, Auntie Willie told me she wanted to have a birthday dinner with me and my family to celebrate--I forgot, but she remembered! I'm really looking forward to it...don't seem to spent much time with any of my family beyond Maria and the kids as of late.
I'll continue this blog entry when I get home...now, BACK to work!
