[blip.tv ?posts_id=991464&dest=29357] Katy scores from second base in a recent double header in Renton.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojU06uALxtk] Luke’s 3rd grade team at the Ballard Boys and Girls Club is almost finished with their season.  Michelle shot some video of last night’s game. Luke is #9 on the blue team.  The team name is the Griffons. Luke wanted to use the name of my college team (Missouri Western).

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojU06uALxtk] Luke’s 3rd grade team at the Ballard Boys and Girls Club is almost finished with their season.  Michelle shot some video of last night’s game. Luke is #9 on the blue team.  The team name is the Griffons. Luke wanted to use the name of my college team (Missouri Western).

Here’s a 2002 article from Campus Technology that provides a good background on how electronic portfolios are being used in colleges and universities. The article mentions a Phil Long (MIT) comment about higher ed being in the “tribal discussion” phase of implementation where faculty are trying to figure out how to best use electronic portfolios. […]

We had a great time in Metlakatla, Alaska this summer. You can see pictures by going to our Flickr site which can be accessed by clicking on the picture on the right side of this page.

Michelle celebrated her birthday while we rode on a train from Seattle to Hastings, Nebraska. In Hastings, we stayed with Nancy’s family before they left on their trip to Thailand. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8PJQ1333W0]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr5cjSMofQM] Luke Wicks (#11) and the Flaming Firehawks played the Falcons in a Ballard Boys and Girls Club 2nd Grade Game. Both teams were flying up and down the court in a fun-filled shoot-out.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs16fT86ebI] Luke had a great 8th birthday. Eight friends came to the house with expectations of playing outside. The rainy weather forced us to come up with indoor cames such as the football toss and having kids say “Matt Hasselbeck” with a mouthful of marshmallows. A good time was had by all.

We had a nice trip to Vancouver and Portland to see family last weekend. We stayed with Sweetie and Ray in Vancouver and went to Portland and visited Milo, Lois and their son Evan. Lois is recovering from a car accident that she and Milo were in. Milo gave us about 100 dahlia tubers. Sweetie […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQFIMX6VbZ8] Singing Happy Birthday at Reuben’s 82nd birthday party. Kazoos provided by Ben Hilton, Gwen and Reuben’s son from New Orleans.