Riley:
Favorite Far-Off Places:
Niagara Falls, Chicago, Philadelphia including Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and Duck ride. Enjoyed the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque.
Favorite Movies / TV:
The Clone Wars, Mythbusters, Destroyed in Seconds, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Madagascar 2, Kung Fu Panda, Quantum of Solace
Favorite Music:
No Doubt
Favorite Hobbies:
Reading (at least 20-30 mins every night!), Favorite books include the books based on the Indiana Jones and Star Wars movies, along with Dangerous Book for Boys, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and Eyewitness books. Loves Building Legos (lots and lots of Lego sets)
Cool Gadgets:
iPod Nano, 12” PowerBook, Nerf Guns, Nintendo DS with Action Replay.
Highlights:
Royals Little League team won their division. “Gameboy” played catcher, right field, second base and third base. Researched and visited Mission San Luis Obispo. Research reports for school about George Lucas (including oral presentation) and Apollo 11. Special Forces officer for Halloween. Webelos Award in Cub Scouts. Milked a goat at the State Fair. |
Quinn:
Favorite Far-Off Places:
Pennsylvania, Lake Michigan and the Sears Tower in Chicago. The dinosaurs at Rapid City, SD. Likes to visit the San Francisco and Oakland Zoos, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Saw a giant horse at the State Fair.
Favorite Movies / TV:
Total Drama Island, Clone Wars TV show and Movie, iCarly, Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2, Journey to the Center of the Early, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, SpongeBob Square Pants.
Favorite Music:
U2, Naked Brothers Band, other Rock songs.
Favorite Hobbies:
Loves playing with the Star Wars Galactic Heroes sets (he has lots and lots of these). Loves to draw including monsters and robots. Often plays dress-up especially Star Wars characters (and was Darth Vader for Halloween).
Cool Gadgets:
Nintendo DS, Nerf Guns, iMac G4 and playing with Webkinz online.
Highlights:
Performed “Vertigo” at school talent show. Joined Tiger Cub Scouts and recruited others. Enjoys playing with kids down the street who are in his grade. Visited the Fremont Fire Station in our neighborhood a couple times (once in school). Played T-Ball again this year for The Orioles. |
Julie:
Favorite Far-Off Places:
Exploring Chicago, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls, Bear Country USA near Rapid City, SD. Arches National Park (even though it was hot). The California State Fair was fun. Disneyland for Memorial Day weekend.
Favorite Movies / TV:
2009 was the year of Mamma Mia (saw it five times in the theatres).
Favorite Music:
Mamma Mia soundtrack, Wicked soundtrack, The Ting-Tings, Adele, some Feist, Madonna, and U2.
Favorite Hobbies:
Crafting, sewing, and jewelry making (buy some on Etsy.com), blogging at juliebeane.blogspot.com. Learning more about photography and posting photos on my blog. Also on Facebook and Twitter.com/juliebeane.
Cool Gadgets:
Cool green iPod I hope to get for Christmas. And the iPhone I am hoping for in the future.
Highlights:
Turned 40 and had a big cupcake party. Went with Mom and BFF Kristi to the Mall of America where we shopped and shopped and shopped. Team parent for Quinn’s little league team and Tiger Cub Den leader. Still teaching second grade in Fremont. |
Kevin:
Favorite Far-Off Places:
“Americana Road Trip” including South Dakota, Arches National Park and areas in Utah, Albuquerque, St. Louis Arch. Disneyland. Week at Cub Scout camp with Riley. Missed our county faire but enjoyed the State Fair where I met the Governator.
Favorite Movies / TV:
The Office (cohosting an Office podcast, “That’s What She Said.”), Survivor, Tropic Thunder, Step Brothers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (interviewed the stars of this movie for www.thefratpack.com), Zack and Miri, Quantum of Solace and showing Riley the old Connery and Moore Bond films.
Favorite Music:
New albums by The Bravery, The Killers, Metallica, Madonna, B-52s. Will Ferrell “Love Me Sexy”
Favorite Hobbies:
The Frat Pack Tribute website, created (and quit) some blogs with WordPress. Twittering with Twitter.com/kevincrossman, and finally “getting” Facebook. Look for kevdo.com/blog in January 2009.
Cool Gadgets:
New iPod Nano, iPhone apps, games.
Highlights:
Intranet and collaboration systems at Juniper Networks, Committee Chair for Cub Scout pack. Toastmasters. Several big interviews for Lip Balm Anonymous. |
