Sommercorn family reunion 2010 took place once again over the 4th of July weekend. I loved our campout last year in the California redwoods, but all the effort put into camping kind of took away from the time interacting with family. This year we took a low-key approach and stuck to the Sommercorn homestead.
Here's some highlights in pictures from the weekend.
First we explored the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. It was exhausting looking and playing with so many things! This was Britton's favorite exhibit. It was simulating the atmosphere on an orbiting planet like Venus. It was right up his fluid dynamic alley.
Britton spent a lot of time in the garage drooling over my dad's machinery. Here he is making fins for a water bottle rocket. Turns out giving the 2 liter bottle a more rocket-like shape, adding a little weight to the nose, and optimizing the nozzle and water pressure can really make a water bottle rocket SOAR! We had to be careful where we aimed it so as not to hit the neighbors' houses and cars.
Date night! Nothing like having family around for some free babysitting. Yummy Thai Ginger...mmmm... They now sell mango sticky rice. mmmmm
We went down to the beach at Seahurst Park on the only sunny afternoon:)
This time the beach was full of jellyfish! I was a little worried about being stung, but was totally proven wrong after everyone started picking them up and making them talk. After some careful searching we also found a ton of little crabs. Most of them were returned to the sea severely traumatized.
Here's Loren and Matt the champion crab finders. Matt and Nick, who are both eight, were both baptized this day too! I completely missed getting pictures of the whole family together...hint, hint siblings. Send me a picture of the family please!
You have to be prepared for cold rainy weather any time of year in the Seattle area, and unfortunately most of the weekend was cold and wet. The night of the Fourth of July was especially disappointing, but we shot tons of fireworks in the air despite the constant drizzle. I had more than enough time to talk with all kinds of siblings, parents, and cousins. I also had more than enough calories. For all the food we made there are suprisingly few leftovers.
Here's some highlights in pictures from the weekend.
First we explored the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. It was exhausting looking and playing with so many things! This was Britton's favorite exhibit. It was simulating the atmosphere on an orbiting planet like Venus. It was right up his fluid dynamic alley.
Britton spent a lot of time in the garage drooling over my dad's machinery. Here he is making fins for a water bottle rocket. Turns out giving the 2 liter bottle a more rocket-like shape, adding a little weight to the nose, and optimizing the nozzle and water pressure can really make a water bottle rocket SOAR! We had to be careful where we aimed it so as not to hit the neighbors' houses and cars. 
Date night! Nothing like having family around for some free babysitting. Yummy Thai Ginger...mmmm... They now sell mango sticky rice. mmmmm
We went down to the beach at Seahurst Park on the only sunny afternoon:) 
This time the beach was full of jellyfish! I was a little worried about being stung, but was totally proven wrong after everyone started picking them up and making them talk. After some careful searching we also found a ton of little crabs. Most of them were returned to the sea severely traumatized. 
Here's Loren and Matt the champion crab finders. Matt and Nick, who are both eight, were both baptized this day too! I completely missed getting pictures of the whole family together...hint, hint siblings. Send me a picture of the family please!
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What great pictures. Who knew you could have so much fun in the wild and wet northwest? ;-)
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