Monday, April 30, 2007

Lindsay accepted to UC Berkeley

She is going to be turning them down as she has already decided on Santa Cruz, and turned in her intent to register.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Ginny


Ginny
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Also holding a winning ticket at the horse races.

Barbara


Barbara
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Holding her winning ticket at Goldeb Gate Fields.

Horse Races


Horse Races
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Golden Gate Fields

Mama duck and babies

Mama duck and babies.
These ducks were walking down the center divide of a ten lane freeway. How did those ducks get there? How will they get safely away from there with so much traffic?

Freeway collapse


Freeway collapse
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
A section of freeway in the Oakland maze collapsed after an oil tanker went over the edge. The fire that ensued was so hot it melted the steel structure of this overpass. Fortunately it happened at 3:45 in the morning when there was little traffic.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Phoning tech support

Isn't it great to have a sister around who can fix your computer! Lindsay's laptop was having a problem and Jessica called tech support to try and fix it. Tech support wasn't helpful, but Jessica went on line to figure out the problem and fix it.

Jessica


Jessica
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Getting ready to show us the video she brought on Africa. We got to view what last year's missionaries did, and this gave us an idea of what Jessica will be doing when she goes to Uganda this summer.

Lindsay


Me and my new car
Originally uploaded by acrolinz.
Getting in to drive her new car. She got a Hundai Elantra. She was all smiles all afternoon and evening.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Happy Birthday, Neal!

Neal is lighting the candles for his "birthday cake." He wanted strawberry shorcake for his birthday.


The cake

Neal is counting in Aunt Bernice years.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Robot picks up a ring


Robot picks up a ring
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
International competition in Atlanta.

Announcer

From a headstand, this announcer introduced teams competing by pointing with his feet.

Competition Floor


Rack is set for the finals
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Robotics finals in Atlanta

More Mascots


Skunk Mascot
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
This skunk is from a Seattle team called Skunkworks.


Bull mascot

Bull Mascot

Robotics Mascots


Metal Jackets Mascot
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Metal Jackets Mascot


Tiger Mascot

Tiger Mascot

Turtle mascot

Turtle Mascot

Lion mascot

Lion Mascot

Monday, April 16, 2007

More Robotics fashions


Pink Team
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
This team gets the prize for the most bodacious outfits.


Another robotics fashion

Cowboy hat and inner tube skirt

Team socks

Some teams even had special socks with the team name!

Red heads

Some teams sported special team wigs.

Robotics Fasihions

This girl is covered with pins she has collected from other teams.


Pointy orange hairdo

Pointy orange do


Cheerleader look

Cheerleader Look

What is with these donut headdresses?

Donut heads

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Marilynn snapping photos for her blog

While Becky and Linsday work on the computers. If you go to Marilynn's blog you can see her picture of me taking this.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Fish jumping in the canal


Fish jumping in the canal
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Caught just as this fish jumped out of the water.

Fish jumping over each other

The canal fish were quite active today, jumping and splashing and frisking about. Even Murray was fascinated. Heading upstream to spawn?

Canal fish


Canal fish
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Close up of the fish inhabiting the shallow waters of our canal.

Team 1280 booth


Team 1280 booth
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
Complete with banner from the Silicon Valley Regional.

Gary and Neal look over the robot

Safety glasses must be worn in the pits at all times. This competition is taking place at UC Davis, in a nice building that wasn't here when we attended.

Robot is in place to start


Robot is in place to start
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
The robot is on the competition floor, ready to go.

Readying the robot


Readying the robot
Originally uploaded by Ginny Winblad.
San Ramon Valley High students prepare robot for competition