Well that's it. Downloaded the photos off the camera onto the laptop and have to help with the last of the packing. This was a nice trip. We will probably return here again sometime...   more »

Breakfast was delicious today! Hungry Jack pancakes with maple syrup, scrambled eggs with chopped tomatoes and scallions, and maple bacon on the side. Mmmmm...   more »

I woke up at 5 AM and couldn't get back to sleep. I had an idea...   more »

Took a trip with my father in law out to Hannaford Supermarket in Norway, ME to buy fixings for omelets that I had promised to make for everyone. On the way back we stopped at a redemption center so Chuck (my father-in-law... yes he has the same name as me) could turn in the various bottles from the trip thus far...   more »

After another trip to the pond with Lynnea, the boys dropped by for more Magic and then some more HALO, and more of Jake's big mouth. So we switched to MechAssault for awhile and I discovered that, when losing, Jake shuts up. What a welcome break. Then we played "grinder" mode where two players fight cooperatively against more and more powerful attackers. That was fun. Finally we switched to DOAX (Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball). Corey was pretty good at volleyball but it definitely was not Jake's game...   more »

RELAXED. Finished "In Code". Marvelous book! You go Sarah!

Took Lynnea to the pond to let her wade and soak her toes at the end of the paddleboat docks. Neya says she'd like to try out the paddleboats but today is kind of cloudy and her mother is not about... off shopping with the girls...   more »

RELAXED. Started reading "In Code: A Young Woman's Mathematical Journey". The book is about Sarah Flannery who at 16 won Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year award in 1999 for her work in cryptography. Apparently she invented an algorithm for public-key-encryption that was significantly faster than the RSA algorithm...   more »