Christmas Lights & Parade

We put up Christmas lights the weekend after Thanksgiving and then went to the Holiday Light Parade in Auburn. It was cold, but we had a great time.

Here are a couple shots, and more to come

Because I promised to add some pics this weekend, here are a few teasers, but I have more updates coming this week. Here's what's coming:

• Christmas lights and parade
• Grandpa Bud's and the piano
• Gymnastics class
• Making cookies

And there will be some short videos, too. I'll have these updated and posted by Christmas Day.

Country Elves

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Pictures coming this weekend

I will have some more pictures coming this weekend. One cool update is that both Ella and Emily can recite practically the entire "Night Before Christmas" story by heart.

Disco Elves

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My Review of Celestron AstroMaster 130 EQ Reflector Telescope

Originally submitted at Telescopes.com

Celestron AstroMaster 130 EQ Reflector Telescope

Good beginner scope

By PapaTripleJ from Auburn, CA on 12/2/2008

 

4out of 5

Pros: Comfortable Eyepiece, Accurate

Cons: Unstable

Best Uses: Astronomy

Describe Yourself: Casual/ Recreational

This scope is exactly what I expected for the money. A good beginner scope. I haven't used any other telescopes, so I have nothing to really compare with, but this does what I wanted. I've had it for about a month and spent several hours with it. I mentioned it was unstable, which is referring to the fact that the scope has slight jiggles. Not so bad at low power, but noticeable at higher power. It isn't like the whole telescope is unstable or going to tip, just that with an inexpensive telescope, I hear the manufacturer often skimps on the tripod. I'm planning to get some more powerful eyepieces to see the planets, so I am a bit concerned about the jiggling. Even when I am not touching the unit, just peering through the eyepiece, it still jiggles.

That being said, I thoroughly enjoy this scope. It's my first, and I doubt it will be my last. I'm getting some new eyepieces, filters, and more so I can expand my use of it. I would recommend this to anyone getting into astronomy.

Here is a photo I took the first night I got it.

Full moon on first night with scope.

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Christmas Tree Decorating

This weekend we started putting up Christmas. Sherri came over and helped Sarah put up houses on Friday. Sarah and I put the tree together on Saturday, and we decorated it on Sunday. Sarah and the twins got up early on Sunday to make their first garland. This one was out of paper.