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December 28, 2018December 28, 2018

Christmas Traditions

Here are a few more pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas day…

Nora in her Santa hat

Kai on Christmas eve

Nora making Reindeer Porridge

Kai and Nora keeping straight faces

Concerned that one is mocking the other

Smiling anyway

Sorting gifts on Christmas morning

Merry Christmas!

Nora tries out her new sealing wax for letters.

Christmas eve tradition - meat and cheese fondue!

The other Christmas eve tradition - driving around camp to look at lights. They were few and far between this year.

Kai on the Christmas eve drive

Reindeer porridge is coming along nicely

Another Christmas tradition - the making of the Reindeer porridge

Christmas morning in Chez Jacobs

Crystal in her farwa on Christmas morning

Ben and Nora opening presents

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018

Jebels

Late on Christmas day we took a walk in the Jebels with the dogs. It was a great chance to get some fresh air and take a few more pictures.

Crystal wrangling both dogs while Ben takes pictures. You can really see that Suki is a desert dog

Kai and Nora scramble up a Jebel

The amazing Webster

Suki - sometimes she just needs someone to lean on.

Kai sitting on a jebel with his new headphones in.

Sunset over industrial landscape

Nora goes trekking...

Face masks!

Nora on a jebel at sunset

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018

December 2018

Another family gallery from December 2018….

The purple (jasmine?) flowers are in full bloom in the back yard.

Suki in the back yard

Suki detects attention being paid to her and comes running

Webster!

After a trip to Bahrain we had a bread & cheese platter dinner with Manchego, Tomme de Savoie and a wedge of "Stinky Bishop"

When your Dad keeps taking pictures of you on the outside you are like...

...and inside you are like...

Rare picture of Ben when Nora wanted to try the new camera

Nora is thrilled to be a photography subject

Relaxing in the evening

Kai home for the holidays

Kai and Nora haivng thier favorite snack. Pickles.

Crystal with her stress reducing coloring book.

Getting ready to start the Gingerbread houses

It is nice to have Nora and Kai back under the same roof.

We alternate Gingerbread house partners each year. This year it is Crystal-Kai and Ben-Nora

Structrual work on Gingerbread houses

Kai dipping mint chocolate truffles in a white chocolate shell

Goofy at the City Center mall

Crystal and Kai at the Ithra theater

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

August 4, 2018

Bass Lake Gallery

Here are a few pictures of time spent on the lake in the latter part of July.

Thunderstorm passing to the north.

Kai watches a thunder cell pass to the north

Kai with Dad's hat

Fish watching

Foolin' around on the raft

Nora's new hair

Bass lake shore at sunset

Clouds at sunset

Fish watching

Kai, just happy to be here

Nora with blue sky

Spiderweb at the dock

Spiderweb on a dewy morning

Sunrise on Bass Lake

The wetlands to the west of the house

July 13, 2018

Attending the Spooner Rodeo parade is a summer tradition for the Jacobs family. We sat with Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs and the Post family and had the treat of watching Kai march with the Spooner Boy Scouts carrying a flag at the head of the parade with the Amvets.