Tony and Beth and Beautiful Cousin Kids!

Any mention of "rocket fuel" will captivate the attention of a teenage boy with a pulse...But Uncle Tony's chemical and mathematical explanations punctuating his narratives and description of work at NASA......were jaw dropping and vista expanding for Mark and Kevin Adams as they huddled infront of the swamp cooler fan and talked about propulsion accounting, and the chemical nature of rocket fuel.

Gabriel and Abraham played several rounds of Star Wars Pocket Models, while the little girls played dolls. Squirt gun fight, and even a pillow fight broke out as the kids played on and on. Jason and Kevin and I accompanied Gabriel on one of his fiddle tunes...that he will be using at a contest this weekend, and all of the kids got to play together on Suzuki tunes, and share their favorite tunes to wild applause. Aunt Beth and Uncle Tony have done an amazing job with their beautiful children...they are delightful, fun loving kids.
I remember those early Suzuki days, and what a challenge and commitment it is to work musically with children almost every day. Both Ezra and Abraham are amazing developing musicians and great kids.

Isaaiah had a great supportive crowd to encourage her at her yellow belt pre-test, which she passed and Tony got to ride in the electric car with Mark as we headed out and back to and from that test in SE Portland.

Markie started a fire (I still call him Markie)...in the fire pit and Mark barbecued delicious chicken. We also had a garden grown salad. The kids played poking sticks into the fire while Uncle Tony posed chemical puzzlers to the delight of the older boys.....and explained the chemical nature of fire. (I should have video taped that)...Kevin later commented that he had no idea that fire had such a "back story".