Robert Peterson visits

Robert Peterson, OSU '14, visited before heading up to the cottage, and we all got together to get reaquainted, and also to celebrate today's announcement that Alex has indeed matched for an ENT residency somewhere (but we won't know where - here? Baton Rouge? Iowa City? Seattle?) for 4 more days.
Robert will head for the mountains tomorrow for several days of recreation at the cottage (and hopefully will have some photos to share).

44 images 1. BUT FIRST - Joan and Bill just returned from a week on Kauai. This is Joan, on the patio of their condo, searching for whales.

2. Sunset from the patio

3. the wonderful palms...

4. Back home, before dinner, Bill picked up Zachy and Clara at school. Zach was on the playground...

8. Ms. Lisa Easterwood is Zach's second grade teacher, and she helped him produce this interesting report about Costa Rica

9. Then it was over to pick up Clara at her school nearby. Here are Zach and Clara with her teacher Ms. _________.

10. Clara's classroom

11. Story time in Clara's class

12. Back home, Emmy had arrived with Matilda (here eating her shoe) and Thalia. The roller coaster (the latest grandchild bait) has proven very popular

14. No hands!

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17. Cousins

18. Zach on the climbing mountain, ready to leap onto the bouncy castle...

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21. perfect leap (those are Zach's feet). There followed a near perfect handstand.

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23. In the craft room. Robert, Katie, and Tom chat while Zach, Emmy, and Matilda prepare for the puppet show

24. Matilda especially loves the puppets (here a show presented by Clara)

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27. Robert (named after grandfather) and Tom IV (named after father, grandfather, and great grandfather), second cousins

28. Not an ad from planned parenthood...

29. Thalia and Old Man Zach

30. Katie, Tom 4, Robert

31. Katie, Matilda, and Debbie

32. Clara and Debbie

33. Tom 4, Bill, Robert

34. Katie and Alex (future ENT resident somewhere...)

35. Katie, Alex, Tom 4

36. Zippy

37. Jen arrives to (1) hugs from Zach and Clara ....

38. (2) glass of wine, and (3) greeting Robert....

39. (4) congratulating Alex

40. Michael arrives

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42. Pizza, calzone, salad, chocolate-covered macadamia nuts

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.... for some reason, quite a few pictures, including the arrival of Matriach Joan, were lost, for reasons that are not entirely clear, but probably involve cockpit error by the host....