| Museum December 29, 2010 |
We visited the Cleopatra exhibit at the The Franklin Institute. |
| Theatre December 26, 2010 |
We completed our last performances of A Christmas Carol at Hedgerow Theatre. Christine and Catherine did 34 performances. |
| Electricity December 23, 2010 |
We had no electric power for a few hours today while a transformer was replaced in front of our house. We had been using a temporary transformer for the past six months. |
| Telethon December 20, 2010 |
Christine and Matthew answered phones during the Greater Philadelphia Salvation Army telethon (article). |
| College December 17, 2010 |
Matthew returned from College, having completed his first semester. He is now one-eigth done college. He wrote a musical composition for one of his classes (sheet music). |
| Europe December 14, 2010 |
Peter and I returned from a conference trip to Germany and Italy. In Germany we toured Heidelberg and visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum, Porsche Museum, and a transportation museum. In Italy we visited the Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican Museum, and Hadrian's Villa. |
| Book November 27, 2010 |
Luke's online game guide is selling well. He sold ten copies in the past three days. He is now advertising on the RuneScape Wiki, which recently improved their advertising options. Luke is learning about sales, marketing, and customer service. Purchasers get a custom download link as soon as they pay via Paypal. |
| Matthew November 20, 2010 |
Matthew spent the day serving with a medical helicopter crew. During his shift he landed on a hospital roof and flew a critically injured traffic accident victim to the hospital. |
| Guest October 24, 2010 |
A medical student working at Albert Einstein Medical Center is staying with us for a month. |
| EMT October 1, 2010 |
Matthew had his first ambulance duty for his EMT
class. Our family listened to the
radio traffic. This was his first call:
Medical Emergency - 10/01/2010 21:02:19 West Lampeter Township, Southgate Dr & Hostetter Ln Medic 6-12-8His group is based at Lancaster General Hospital. |
| Museum September 29, 2010 |
I spent five hours vising the International Spy Museum. It was much larger and more sophisticated than I expected. |
| Conference September 25, 2010 |
Christine, Luke, and I attended the Do Hard Things youth conference in Virginia with Proclamation Presbyterian Church. |
| Tae Kwon Do September 20, 2010 |
Everyone except Matthew started a weekly tae kwon do class at Proclamation Presbyterian Church. Yes, Christine and I are also taking the class. |
| Maze September 6, 2010 |
Everyone except Matthew visited the Amazing Maize Maze in Lancaster. We have been wanting to go for years but this was our first visit. It is a maze made of corn (maize) and was difficult, both physically and mentally. It took us almost three hours to complete. |
| Matthew August 27, 2010 |
We took Matthew to Franklin & Marshall College today. He has freshman orientation (images) for the next few days and starts classes on Wednesday. |
| Matthew August 19, 2010 |
Matthew started an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) class in Lancaster. He completes the class in January. |
| 4-H August 14, 2010 |
Matthew, Peter, and Catherine competed in the Delware County 4-H fair. |
| Book August 7, 2010 |
Luke's guide, AGS Lover's RuneScape Guide for the Elite, is now on sale. |
| Book August 4, 2010 |
Luke has written a game guide called the AGS Lover's RuneScape Guide for the Elite. It is 248 pages and will be on sale soon. |
| Fundraiser August 4, 2010 |
We had a Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services fundraiser at our home. (article, image, image) |
| Eyeglasses August 4, 2010 |
Peter got his first pair of eyeglasses (image). |
| Ears Pierced August 3, 2010 |
After waiting many years, Catherine got her ears pierced today (image). |
| Sermon August 1, 2010 |
I delivered the Sunday sermon at Armenian Martyrs' Congregational Church. The sermon was based on Genesis 3:1-24 about Adam and Eve and the fall. (audio) |
| Presentation July 19, 2010 |
Matthew presented a three-hour tutorial about the graphics tool Blender at OSCON (review). He also co-presented with me several days later at the same conference. |
| Golf July 7, 2010 |
I played a round of golf with my brother Chris and my cousin Eric at the Ocean Acres Country Club. |
| Electricity June 26, 2010 |
We just got electric power back after 54 hours; a ferocious storm passed through our area on Thursday afternoon. Thanks to a borrowed generator, we didn't lose any food. |
| Mission Trip June 21, 2010 |
Matthew and Luke left for the Dominican Republic on a ten-day mission trip (blog) with Proclamation Presbyterian Church (video). |
| Email June 18, 2010 |
Due to a spam-check service outage, my email server rejected email for ten hours today and sent rejection replies for all email submissions. The problem is now fixed. |
| Graduation June 5, 2010 |
Matthew attended his high school graduation and we had a party at our house. |
| Events June 3, 2010 |
It was a busy few days, with my children performing in a church choir, homeschool closing program, and ballet performance, and Peter being received as a church member. |
| Video June 2, 2010 |
Peter created a four-minute Lego stop-motion video and uploaded it to Youtube. It took him 27 hours to create, and Matthew helped him with post-production. |
| Historic June 2, 2010 |
A few weeks ago, my family participated in an historic reenactment in Newtown Square for three days. A image of their group appeared in the newspaper today (enlargement). |
| Class May 26, 2010 |
Matthew and I attended the Introduction to Emergency Disaster Services and Emergency Assistance Disaster Operations classes presented by the Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services. |
| Harp May 18, 2010 |
Catherine had a harp recital at the Newtown Square Friends Meeting House. |
| College May 17, 2010 |
Christine, Matthew, and I attended orientation at Franklin & Marshall College. We learned more about the school and it helped confirm our decision that this school will be an excellent fit for Matthew. |
| Conference May 7, 2010 |
I attended the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, a one-day business-oriented leadership telecast from Atlanta attended by 50,000 people. The best speaker was John C Maxwell (video from 2007). I plan to attend next year. |
| Scholarship April 26, 2010 |
Matthew received the huge John Marshall Scholarship (details) from Franklin & Marshall College, where he will be attending in the fall. The scholarship is named after the early American statesman and longest-serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Marshall. |
| Walk April 24, 2010 |
Christine and Luke walked in the Armenian Genocide Walk in Philadelhia. |
| Robotics April 24, 2010 |
Matthew's robotic team won the Judges Award and Energy Award at the VEX Robotics World Championship. |
| Global Family April 21, 2010 |
Catherine and I returned from an overnight business trip to New York City, Matthew headed to Dallas for a robotics competition, and Wilma is returning Monday from Syria after being delayed by the volcanic ash. |
| Automobile April 18, 2010 |
Our Celica turned 25 years old this month, and passed 140,000 on its odometer — that's an average of 5,600 miles per year or 15 miles per day. |
| Retreat April 17, 2010 |
I attended an Iron Sharpens Iron men's conference in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. One of the speakers from Denver called this the "Pennsylvania Bible Belt", which many thought was funny. |
| College April 16, 2010 |
We attended an introductory seminar at Franklin & Marshall College. |
| Museum April 15, 2010 |
Our family visited the Brandywine River Museum with a homeschool group. The museum hosts many Wyeth and Chester County-area paintings. |
| Science Fair April 8, 2010 |
Matthew and Luke participated in the Delaware Valley Science Fair. Matthew received an honorable mention from the American Society of Highway Engineers. He also won the silver medal for 12th grade behavioral science. |
| Vacation April 4, 2010 |
My family just returned from a 4-day vacation with my parents and my brother's family at Woodloch Resort in northeastern Pennsylvania. We enjoyed many activities, and my brother Chris won the gold medal for skeet shooting. |
| College April 1, 2010 |
Matthew has been accepted at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and will be attending there in the fall. During his college search, he visited eleven schools and applied to four. His selection criteria was that the school should be liberal-arts oriented, academically challenging, provide meaningful teacher interaction, have quality research facilities, and not be too far from home. |
| Matthew March 3, 2010 |
Matthew has been chosen to deliver a three-hour tutorial about 3-D rendering with Blender at OSCON this year. |
| Armenia February 28, 2010 |
An excellent video about the 1915 Armenian Genocide was broadcast today on CBS's 60 Minutes. Update: The U.S. House subcommittee passed an Armenian Genocide resolution and Turkey is upset. |
| Cousin February 27, 2010 |
My cousin Mark Momjian, who was on television
a few months ago, has started
a new law firm.
Update: Another article |
| Lambs February 22, 2010 |
Matthew's 4-H ewe had twins tonight. (image, image, image, image, image) |
| Science Fair February 13, 2010 |
All four children entered the Greater Philadelphia Homeschool Science Fair. Catherine and Peter won second place awards for their grades, Luke, third, and Matthew, first. They will continue at the Delaware County Science Fair (DCSF) on March 8th. |
| Robotics January 30, 2010 |
Luke and Peter's RoboWhizards team were awarded second place for innovative design at the Delaware FLL Championship Tournament. |
| Robotics January 23, 2010 |
Matthew's robotics team won the Programming award at a robotics competition and will advance to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas in April. |
| Museum January 10, 2010 |
We visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the Arshile Gorky exhibit. As is typical with modern art, some of us liked it, and some of us didn't. |
| Robotics January 9, 2010 |
Luke and Peter's RoboWhizards team won awards in both Programming and Robot Performance in the regional First State FIRST Lego League competition. They will continue on to the next level of competition in Delaware on January 30. |
| Theatre January 2, 2010 |
We attended a theatre performance of The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon, which was adapted from a children's book. Everyone enjoyed the play. We then ate at our favorite South Philadelphia Italian restaurant, Villa di Roma. |
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