Saturday night- cool party

Just finished a cool party for Gabe and Jack;s birthday.. and I do mean a ‘cool’ party.. It’s in the low 50’s outside now.. we actually have a fire goint.. and to think it was 92 2 days ago !

Despite the cool and rainy weather  about 40 kids. ran around outside.. playing volleyball, swimming jumping on the tramp, throwing water balloons all like it was mid summer.. oh.. wait.. it is mid summer

Lots of really nice kids..

 

My freind Mary’ daughter and grandaughter were in the crowd.

THen  time or cake.. 3 of them !


Afterwords, gabe went outside for a hot air balloon launch.. it was tricky with he wind and bits of rain.. but ultimately, gabe triumphed..

THen they all cae in from the cold to watch movies..


A great night..for our sons and their friends

 

Sons reminds me of suns.. which reminds me that my friend scott sent me a cool picture of a MAOR coronal mass ejection evnt from our son observed two days ago.. This happens freqnetly.. but this one is a real  whopper !. It’s photographed iusing a hydroen alpha filter.. that’s how you can see the detail.. that ejected mass is hundreds of times bigger than the earth.. wow..

OK.. gota sleep.. I have a sore throat and need my beuty rest..

nite all, nite sam
-me

Thursday night – Sweet sixteen

Happy Birthday Gabriel Mariano Cohn…

Today is Gabe’s 16th birthday.. what a great kid.. really nice, funny,. , creative, athletic and a great  student…i love hearing how he thinks.

I love you so much Gabe..   !!!!

 

The big deal for today was Gabe’s driving test.. I picked him up at shcool and took him to meet Dave B.. his driving teacher.. and my old friend.

Gabe sailed through his test..  Congrats !!

THen we went home and did presnats .. (I got him a throwing knife.. every 16 year old hould have a throwing knife)

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a mid presents, Gabes buddy Austin came over with an interesting idea for a gift. He taped his ipone to his electric Rc plane and flew over or house taking movies..

here’s a link to the vide Austin took: Austin\’s flyover of our house

Then it was off to dinner at Bridge street with the townsends, the kennys, kevin and us.. .. fun !

Then home for cake ..

Nice kid, nice birthday..

 

Happy birthday my son !  We love you so much !

 

nite all, nite sam.. we’re thinking of you today… always on our birthdays..

-me

 

Wednesday night – Ahhhh home

First of all.. sorry .. last nights post was made from my phone and did not seem to make it up to the server.. I think it’ su there now

I flew home last night.. a long red eye from San Diego to Chicago with a very unhappy baby right by my left ear. I got into Ohare at 4 AM.. which actually worked out fine.. I had a good hour and a half call with some work friends in China.. By the time I got back to Vt it was about noon.. I was beat.. but so happy to be home..

Being here I have trouble even relating to the weird sense of displacement I had in California.. I felt instantly grounded when I got off the plane It’s high summer here.. hot and breezy.. the air smells like flowers..  Diane and Gabe are buzzing around the hose.. Ian. Hannah and Deb are here too…

i’m happy again.

nite all, nite sam

-me