Archive for May, 2015

Building Computers.

So, Hannah and I have a friend (Charles Gantt) that evaluates electronics, and gets all sorts of stuff free in the mail. He surprised Hannah with all the makings to make a gaming computer, but the stipulation was she had to put it together. We helped, but she did it!

Here she is getting the processor ready to mount the heat sink.

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Here she is organizing the wires getting the case ready to mount the mother board.

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Putting the mother board in.

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Connecting the hard drive.

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We loaded up Windows 8, and she was pretty much done! A job well done. Now she just had to get it set up at home with a couple of monitors and she will be all set!

Posted on 23 May '15 by , under Activities, projects. No Comments.

Prom and a dance

Hannah got to attend her High school prom this year!

So beautiful..

 

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She invited Amber as her date. Amber did not get to go to her HS Prom, so this was a first for both of them.

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The tickets! It was Vegas themed.

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Turns out she made the front page of the local paper the next day.. She is the one walking out of the building with a giant Die.. lol.

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Melinda went to the 8th grade dance with her friends.
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She wont admit it, but I can tell she is popular.

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Group photo!

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I volunteered to make cotton candy at this dance, so I got an insider view. Rockwell did not get to go to any of these.. He was disappointed.

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Posted on 23 May '15 by , under Activities, Events, Friends, kids, school. No Comments.

BMX.

 

This is just a BMX post.. I will post the dance and prom pictures next post.

These pictures where taken by Debbie Gill, a BMX parent. Her husband races in my old man cruiser class. Wish I had video saturdays old man race.. we “did good”.

Rockwell at the gate. He does well too.. but he has a WEIRD QUIRK he desperately needs to get rid of.. he slightly back pedals when the gate goes down. don’t know why.

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Here is Rockwell in first place! he sandbagged a bit, and ended up in second place at the end.

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Melinda at the Gate!

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Wide shot of Melinda at the gate 13 yo/girls/intermediates.. three guys, two girls.. and the girls were not pushovers. The other girl is a expert class.. she can beat the guys regularly. Melinda is getting there!

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All of the nights racers!

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Melinda near the back.. that said, she was in front of the boy in front of her by the end of the rhythm section.

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Posted on 18 May '15 by , under BMX. No Comments.