Henry Builds a Car from a Mousetrap

For his science class, Henry built a car out of a mousetrap (chassis/propulsion), four CDs (wheels), two pen tubes (axles), string and balloons (adhesives to hold wheels to axel).

After a fair bit of trial and error, as well as persistence, Henry was able to get his car to speed off!

Lakeside Wins Walla Walla Tournament

Lakeside Recovery 15U won their first tournament this year in Walla Walla, defeating the home Walla Walla team in the finals. Lakeside swept the five games they played over the weekend, including an 8-3 victory pitched by Jack. Here's Jack pitching in that game:

New Bike For Henry

Henry got a new bike for his 12th birthday. Or, at least the promise of a new bike. We never got around to actually purchasing it. His birthday was last August, but with local sporting good stores going out of business, we weren't able to actually go purchase one until last weekend.

Here's Henry on his new bike after his first ride. Which, he went along the I-90 trail with Dad and went geocaching. He found 3 geocaches, bringing his total to an even 100!

Friday Night Lights: Lakeside 14, Mount Vernon 2

On June 2, Jack pitched the second game of a double header against Mount Vernon. He pitched a complete game, throwing 6 innings and giving up just 2 runs on 70 pitches. He walked just one batter and struck out four.

The stadium had a nice set of seats right behind home plate, allowing for some great photos and videos. Here's the full third inning plus the final outs of the game:

The full third inning

Under the lights (around 9pm) by the sixth and final inning. This is the last batter.

Joseph in Malawi !

Joseph has been in Malawi for nearly four weeks so far and we've spoken with him on the phone twice. There's also a blog they've published with semi-regular updates, and he's also sent some photos to us. Here are some highlights so far. Much more to come once he returns!

Joseph at the blackboard, teaching Physics

The road outside the house

Sunset in Malawi

Phalombe Secondary School, where Joseph is teaching

Joseph's done a lot of hiking, this is a waterfall on one of his hikes