November 2018 - The Jacobs Family Website

November 30, 2018

Starting to look like Christmas

Getting ready for Christmas at Chez Jacobs. As soon as the Turkey leftovers were put away the Christmas decorations came out.

When it is pouring rain but you want macaroni and cheese for lunch but the pantry is in the detached garage.

Storm clouds over Terra Ave

First night of Christmas lights

Crystal with some Christmas knitting

Nora is amazed that there happens to be an ornament with her name on it. Like what are the odds?

Decorating the small tree in the TV room

Crystal and Nora after putting up the tree

Nora by the Christmas tree

Hanging Christmas lights

Getting ready to hang lights on a bright fall day.

Kai with the tree

Thanksgiving dinner

Putting up the Tree

November 30, 2018

Holiday Performance

A real treat during the Holiday season is the chance to see Crystal sing some “seasonal tunes”.

Crystal and Nora after the show

Crystal singing

Getting snacks at halftime

November 30, 2018

Some pictures from the edge of camp

During Kai’s recent visit he had an assignment to bring a few pictures back of his home town. We went on a little photo safari around camp and here are some that we took from the R-field jebels.

kai and Nora in the Jebels

Kai and Nora in the Jebels

Panorama of the edge of camp by the R-soccer field

Sneeze!

Kai and Nora in the Jebels

Nora on the edge of camp

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018

Kai’s Eagle Court of Honor

November 20, 2018 was Kai’s Eagle rank Court of Honor. It was a wonderful ceremony with some touching reflections and much gratitude all around. (Scroll down for some video).

Here is the short video that played during the program.

Here is a video of the live stream that allowed some loved ones (like grandma and grandpa Jacobs) tune in from far away.

November 23, 2018

Kai at Brewster

More clearing out of the memory card on the camera. Here are some pictures from Kai’s first stint at Brewster including drop off, parents weekend and his first trip home.

Ready for Kai to come home for Thanksgiving

The banner fresh from the printer at Zamil's

HAMILTON!!!

Enjoying the game

At a Celtics game

Kai with the Franklin monument in the background

At the old granary Church burial ground

Boston North end in search of great pizza

Fall colors on Brewster campus

The main academic building

Beautiful Brewster campus

Ben and Kai during parents weekend

Kai sampling water quality in a local stream

Kai finishes up his Manadarin just before class starts

The view from the Wolfeboro Inn when Ben stayed for parents weekend

Kai's freshman dorm

Crystal and Kai in glamorous downtown Wolfeboro

Before heading off to Brewster a visit to Danbury and a chance to see the cousins

November 23, 2018

Random Fall Pictures

Clearing out the memory card on my camera. Here is a gallery of some random happenings over the fall.

Crystal was just about first in line for her Saudi drivers license

Fish 'n chips in London

Early lunch at the Mayflower Inn

On the London eye

At the Churchill war rooms museum

Look who we ran into in London

Nora shot first

The first day of school and that means HUMIDITY!

...and Crystal got a new car.

...and Crystal found that charming uzoria in Athens that we remembered from years ago...

...and we say a cool clown show at Ithra...

Cool russian clowns

Nora playing the "snow"

...and we carved some very expensive pumpkins...

Iteresting fact - we no longer have newspaper handy for messes.

clearly the fun part

putting in the lights

The finished product

Horsing around

Nora getting dressed up as a "creepy doll"

Volleyball season started

Nora up to serve

Nora serving

Crystal watching Nora's game

Nora works on her soldering

Finsihed product

Another fantastic Ithra show

Nora happy to be having Phuket takeout

November 23, 2018

Final Summer Gallery

This post is way late. I left it sitting in my drafts folder and never actually posted it. The images are no terribly relevant now but better late than never.

Summer passed all too fast. Here is a final gallery of pictures from a July in Wisconsin.