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A place for photos, video, posts, etc. on what our family is doing. Pages Home Halloween Costumes Christmas Puzzles Puzzle Blog Thursday, December 26, 2019 Annual Video and Puzzle for 2019 Our annual video and puzzle is available now. Simply solve the puzzle to get the password. Click on this link to the annual video and type the password to see what we have been up to in 2019. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. For those that might still be struggling, there is an answer key , but please only click on that as a last resort. Posted by Blaine at 8:00 PM 2 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: kids , video , xmas Thursday, December 27, 2018 Christmas Puzzle for 2018 Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. Follow the simple directions, eliminate those words and see what's left... As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle . Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. If you need help with the puzzle or if you missed the reference in our Christmas family photo, here is the answer to the puzzle . But try to solve it yourself before looking there. Posted by Blaine at 8:02 AM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: kids , video , xmas Monday, December 18, 2017 Christmas Puzzle for 2017 Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle first . Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here , but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. Posted by Blaine at 2:45 PM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: kids , video , xmas Monday, December 26, 2016 Christmas Snowflake Matching Puzzle for 2016 Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle first . Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here , but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. Posted by Blaine at 9:55 PM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: kids , video , xmas Thursday, December 17, 2015 Christmas Puzzle for 2015 Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle first . Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here , but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. Posted by Blaine at 12:24 PM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: newyears , xmas Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Power of TEN - Christmas Puzzle for 2014 Our annual Christmas puzzle "Power of TEN" is available now. Every answer is a word containing the letters TEN. For example, if the clue were "These keep your hands warm when playing in the snow" , the answer would be mit ten s . As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by using the first letter of each word . As a hint, the password could be used to describe an occasion such as the new year. Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here , but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. Posted by Blaine at 10:35 AM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: newyears , xmas Monday, May 26, 2014 Cosplay fun at Fanime Convention in San Jose Over Memorial Day weekend, the family headed to San Jose and attended "FanimeCon", an annual convention of fans of cosplaying, video games, animation, etc. On Saturday, Felicia and I dressed up as Mario and Princess Peach from Mario Tennis . Jason and Amara dressed up as opposing scouts from Team Fortress 2 (TF2). On Sunday, we all dressed up as characters from the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario, Princess Peach, Toad and Toadette. Click on the picture above to see other pictures from the convention. Posted by Blaine at 11:59 PM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: costumes , kids Sunday, December 15, 2013 Christmas Puzzle for 2013 Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. Follow the simple directions, eliminate those words and see what's left... As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card , but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle . Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here , but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way. Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle , so submit those too. Posted by Blaine at 5:39 PM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: video , xmas Monday, September 30, 2013 Jason's 12th Birthday - Indoor Skydiving For Jason's 12th Birthday, we went to iFly Indoor Skydiving. It was a blast and we all had fun! Can't wait to try it again. Check out the video of Jason's 12th Birthday - Indoor Skydiving Posted by Blaine at 1:12 AM 3 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: birthday , kids , video Friday, July 19, 2013 Amara's 10th Birthday Party - Olympics Theme For Amara's 10th Birthday, she chose an Olympics-themed birthday party with various sporting events and party games. The party began with guests entering the "Olympic Village" and decorating their water bottles with markers and stickers. The first events were Synchronized Ping Pong (like "Simon Says") and Basketball-bomb (like "Hot Potato"). That was followed by a Parade of Nations Quiz where the teams tried to match pictures of flags to their respective countries. The rotating events included Candy Matching (like "Memory"), Javelin Throwing and Sailboat Racing. After each guest had a chance to compete in each event, we had the Gold Medal Piñata ceremony. Back inside, as we were grilling hamburgers, we kept the kids busy with our version of Scattergories followed by several rounds of Olympic Events Bingo. Finally, Felicia brought out the homemade Gymnastics cake, with a fondant-wrapped cookie dough mat. Posted by Blaine at 2:23 AM 0 comments Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: birthday , kids , video Saturday, January 26,...