End of Beach Week

We got back from the coast yesterday afternoon and have been trying to get ready for the work week and the last week before school starts today. The trip to Rehoboth and Atlantic City was a ton of fun and the boys loved the whole thing. Playing in the waves at the beach, the go-kart track, Funland with the bumper cars, haunted mansion and tons of video games. They really liked the carnival game where you took a hammer to a catapult and tried to get a frog on a Lilly pad. They won some stuffed animals on that one.

The Lewes ferry was fun and cut off over a hundred miles of driving to get from Delaware to New Jersey. Now, I haven't been to Atlantic City that many times and when I did, it was usually one of the boardwalk casinos that were pretty skanky. The Borgata is on the back bay part of the city and quite the scene. It's right up there with the best in Las Vegas. It was extremely jiggy.

Adam was a little tired from having the flu but put on a great show with Spearhead and Augustana anyway. The boys were totally into the playing with the band part during Hangin Around. Dylan was pretty serious about drumming well while Sam just wanted to smile at the chicks in the front row.

It's back to work tomorrow and then the grandparents are coming in for the weekend and another Counting Crows show at Merriweather Post on Saturday. Good times..

Here are the pictures from last week. http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerclees/sets/72157622188870060/

Ahhh, Jellyfish

Ahhh, Jellyfish
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

At Sea Blue at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Lots of jellyfish on the
wall. Counting crows in an hour.

Afternoon Bar Break

Afternoon Bar Break
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

We rode 15 miles on bikes, hit the waves and are grabbing a couple
drinks and a snack before heading back to the bumper cars at Funland.
Mom an Grandma are shopping. 87 and sunny here in Rehoboth.

Parnelli Jones and Mario Andretti

Parnelli Jones and Mario Andretti
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

More beach fun. I did a few races and feel sick now.

Surfer Boys

Surfer Boys
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

They are getting better in the waves everyday and will be boogie
boarding in no time. Had a great time at Funland on the boardwalk last
night. Just need to kick this cold soon. Off to the go kart track soon.

Bumper Cars

Bumper Cars
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

Shades of 4th of July, Asbury Park. The Boss.

At the beach

At the beach
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

Bug Attack

Bug Attack
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

Found this on one of my office windows this morning. It's big and
green. Kind of looks like a leaf.

Swirling Chemistry

Swirling Chemistry
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

This is the last day of the national meeting and I'm ready for some
business as usual. It's been a successful few days but tiring. I'm
looking forward to some beach time next week and kid play with the boys.

Nice Tomatos

Nice Tomatos
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

After months of watering and care Nicole has managed to get three
tomatos to flourish which is three more than last year. Should be good
eating soon.

50th Anniversay

Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad. This is a picture I dragged out of a real photo album (imagine that) and scanned from my Brothers wedding in 1991. They pretty much look the same but I doubt my dad has put a tux on since then. Love you both.

Spooky

Spooky
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

The boys got some vampire teeth at the dentist today. Sam also got
some spacers in his teeth. He seems to be handling it well.

Scary

Scary
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

The Face of Young Chemists



I thought I would share this video done by young ACS members on the eve of the summer ACS National Meeting. I've doing a lot of preparing for the next 8 or 9 days and have not been blogging much. I think I'm just going to post a lot of random shots of the stuff I see during the big event. That should get me back on track to keeping this blog going.

The kids are in summer kicks camp all week and are loving it. They play soccer in the morning and swim in the afternoon. School is coming up fast so they better enjoy the last days of summer while they can.

Queenstown Golf

Queenstown Golf
Originally uploaded by homerclees.

A perfect day for golf.

Draggin Work Around

Sometimes you can't help but drag workday problems home with you at the end of the day. Even if you think you've left them behind, they can jump up and bite you when you're trying to spend some time with your kids. I will find creative ways to deal with the little issues that work challenges me with and it will all be OK but it annoys me to worry about them when I could be paying attention to the munchkins.

Sam asked me at dinner tonight "how many fingers on a hundred arms" I told him 500. He then said, "their is only one finger per arm" then I said 100. He then proceeded to say that he was smarter than me because he knew the question. I had no defense for that so I agreed with him. Made me laugh anyway.

Hike and Golf

Well, got the hike in anyway. It was raining cats and dogs this morning so Modean and I kind of bailed on golf. The forecast and the radar made it look really wet but as it turns out, the whole front flew by much quicker and it's nice and sunny now. Kind of hacks me off to see a child free day go to waste like that. The boys went up to Baltimore for a birthday party and I'm sitting around the house thinking of things to do now. That'll teach me to put any faith in weather.com.

Anyway, got some pictures from yesterday that I put up on flickr. I was having trouble getting the white balance adjusted since the forest was so dark and it was so bright in the open. The pictures turned out kind a funky. Guess I'll go see what's on tv now.

Scott's Run Hike

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