Alright lets see - these last days have been pretty crazy. I went to Minnesota to visit my brother David, his wife Jodi and their three kids Tristan, Gabriel and Sierra. My brother Tim wasn't able to make it out - but that's how it goes sometimes. Katherine came out with me which was super awesome and we had 5 days jam-packed with dodgeball, wiffle ball, the sound of music, popcorn and tons of family pictures and home movies. It's crazy to think how old the kids will be when I get back - i'm so used to seeing them every Christmas and summer that it's quite the change. Here's a pic of Sierra playing soccer at her soccer practice.


Yesterday I went to Pine Point to visit people and see the school and use their scanner to take many of the film prints I have and convert them to digital files so that I can print them all in one go and for much cheaper than if I just copied the actual photos. The school is really changing - in a good way I think. They have these crazy solar panels now and have built a new observatory with a 12" Meade SCT scope in it! How sweet. Anyway, it was good to see people before I left and get some email addresses and such and talk about where I was going and stuff - Burkina Wha????

And last night Eliza and I drove up to Boston to see Tiana for her birthday party. We went out to dinner and then to a strange bar with pretty drinks and loud music and danced for hours. Then we retired to her apartment where the real party began. We stayed up all night and finally crashed as the sun came up.

So now I'm getting together pictures and things for my photo album and tying up other lose ends. It's basically one week now.