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Fourth of July

Fourth of July started for us on July 3rd this year.   It was a special treat for us – it is the first July 4 that Kai and Nora have really been able to celebrate in the USA.   In the past we’ve arrived on July 4 but were too jet-lagged to enjoy it.

Our big fireworks were on July 3rd when Shell Lake had their display.   Color us impressed – not only were there big crowds but the fireworks far exceeded expectations.   Each time we thought they hit the finally it turned out there was still more.

The big event on the 4th of July was a Duluth Huskies game (they won 2-1).   Hard to imagine being more American than eating a hot dog at a baseball game on the 4th of July.

We capped off the 4th with an unexpected fireworks display over Bass lake that had to have Smokey the Bear needing a change of pants had it been any drier out there!

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End of the School Year

As we wind down the last few days of this school year we said goodbye to our long time house-helper Jaffar who retired this month.   Jaffar has worked for us since we moved to Dhahran and worked for Ben’s family when he was growing up in Dhahran.

In other news we said goodbye to Kai’s long hair.   He had been growing it out for quite sometime and was really enjoying the mop-head but it finally got too much and he decided to get it cut short for summer.  Enjoy the pics!

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End of Year Scouting Activities

Both Cub Scouts and Daisy Scouts closed out their year.  During the Cub Scout crossover Kai became a Webelo II.   All of the Webelo II’s welcomed the other advancing scouts by putting on their new kerchiefs for them.

Nora also said goodbye to her days as a Daisy Scout and had the crossover to Brownies with the rest of her troop.

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Dance Recital and Art Show

We are coming into the home stretch before vacation!   There is a busy round of birthday parties as those with summer birthdays (inlcuding Kai) squeeze them in before the school year ends.   Both Kai and Nora are ending the school year on a high note having had great teachers across the board!

Here are some pictures from Nora’s dance recital last weekend as well as the end-of-year Art Show at the Hills School.   Enjoy!

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More Jacobs Family Pictures

Still clearing out the picture backlog.  This set has the vacation countdown chains, Robin’s Run, Cub Scout building activities and some other end-of-school-year activities.  Enjoy!

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Pinewood Derby and Bahrain

The very last Pinewood Derby came and went last month and both Kai and Nora had a good showing.   Kai’s car was competitive but didn’t make the finals.  It did, however, win the “Best Carved” award.    Nora’s took first place in the Sibling race and won the “Shark Attack” award.    Also included are picture from a recent mini-vacation where we went to Bahrain for a weekend of water parks and good food before the sprint through the last month of school starts.

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Some Random Family Pictures

I finally went through and cleared out the cameras from the last few months.  Here is the first batch.  Enjoy!

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The Sandy Shores of Bass Lake and other Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures as I clear out the memory on our phones and cameras.   I especially like the picture of Kai and Nora searching for frogs in Bass Lake.   Can’t wait to spend some summertime there!

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Nora’s Bangkok Gallery

Nora took along her iPod touch with a camera during the Kid’s Club activities and snapped some photos.    483 photos to be exact.  Many prominently features a finger or two over the lens and there were extended photo studies of pant legs and what was probably the inside of a pocket.    I pulled out a few to post here…

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Bangkok Trip April 2014

Earlier this month we took a trip to Bangkok for the NESA Spring Educators  conference.  Crystal and Ben were mostly booked with the conference but we did have a couple of free evenings to take in some attractions.   During the day the kids participated in Kid’s Club where a tour group took them out to different venues each day which they enjoyed even though it was pretty much the same itinerary as last year.