Eclipse trip

After catching the 2017 eclipse in Casper, WY, we were determined to catch the 2024 eclipse. We picked Waco six months ago based on historical weather trends. Then the cloud cover models predicted better visibility in Indiana, so we pivoted to Bloomington at the last minute. We drove for over 15 hours, narrowly missing a dust storm in Kansas that forced us to detour, and driving through insane rain in Illinois. Big Peep, Snoopy, and Buh accompanied M, D, R, and Geo. H stayed home to do homework because he is a gigantic nerd.

We caught the eclipse at the science museum just down the street from our hotel. D set up his old Pentax with a solar filter and took some old timey photos. It went by in a flash, then we decided to head back a day early because the traffic wasn't horrible like it was in 2017. It was a crazy road trip and convinced us not to try to drive to the Go Congress in PDX.

Caught mid-dab

Some local humor?

Waiting for the magic to begin

Snoopy needs some eclipse glasses

Luckily, we have a ton leftover from 2017

Totality, shot from Geo's Google Pixel

A new friend

Geo has always loved plush Peeps, even though he doesn't care for the candy. R bought him a new friend, and we surprised him with this ginorma-Peep on the way home from the airport. 

I see London, I see France...

Geo is finally back from his epic spring break trip to England and France with Grandma and Papa. He brought Buh, our globetrotting Carlsbad Caverns bat, with him for company. His favorite part of the trip was visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy. Chocolate crepes were a close second. We are so glad Geo got to visit Europe for the first time and experience history, but we are even gladder to have him back home.

Will never fly coach again

Big Buh, I mean, Big Ben

Easter Bunny

Dr. Who?

They don't build them like that here in Colorado

La Tour Buhffel

Buhtillery

Sixteen!

H is now 16. We did our usual Red Robin dinner. He is getting way too tall and always needs a haircut. M misses him as a baby when his hair stuck straight up and he was always shouting.

Happy birthday, Henry!

Rechonking the shonk

Snoopy was looking, well, droopy lately so we decided to "rechonk" (restuff) him. This gave M the opportunity to wash Snoopy, whose teeth are turning gray. The boys whined that M made Snoopy too fat, so she had to redo it, but now he is perfectly plump.

Before the rechonking

Rechonking supplies

Dechonked

Taking a bath

Drying off

Rechonked

Dechonked

Re-rechonked

FRYS winter concert

Geo did great as usual. Afterward, we went to Five Guys for an overpriced dinner. (M never lets us go there unless someone has a recital or other special event because she is so stingy.)

Redhead

Geo doesn't get why M is always calling him a redhead. Maybe this explains it.