Tuesday, September 30, 2008

We have a WINNER...





Yesterday Elizabeth was notified she was the winner in her age group for a local coloring contest! And we are so proud of her! She really loves using lots of color in her creations, as you can see. For her prize, she won a $50 gift card to the movie theater (not too shabby!)

The contest was for a weekend festival held here in late September called "Valleyfest". It is a totally fun day for the kids. They have things like a petting zoo, horse rides, jumping castles, big slides, all kinds of city trucks, and lots of vendors with giveaways. But most of all, I like it because it is totally free! This was our second year going - I think it will be a yearly tradition.












Sunday, September 07, 2008

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

The Falls


We were down at Riverfront Park over the weekend and took a photo from the suspension bridge. We remembered that we had taken a photo in the exact same spot in the middle of May during spring runoff time. Quite the difference!

Here's some interesting data. In the first picture, the flow was at 21, 800 cfs or cubic feet per second. A week later on May 23, 2008, the flow peaked at 40,600 cfs (nearly twice the flow as in the 1st photo!) The all time max flow was 49,000 cfs in 1894.

May 16, 2008 - 21, 800 cfs (cubic feet per second)



August 31. 2008 - 1150 cfs

Monday, September 01, 2008

I did a scrapbook page!

...so I wanted to share. I think I need to take every Monday off!