Pics of earlier this week...

As promised, here are some pics I took from Logan and my trip to MIT earlier this week...

This one I took in the MIT museum but I can't remember what it was exactly...

I thought it looked cool though! ;)

Here is the dome... a lot of pranks are done on this dome - a lot of stories...

The next 2 are pics of the Stata Building - this is where Logan would be spending a lot of his time if he gets accepted since it holds a lot of the computer science departments including the AI department.

This is one of the classrooms in another building - I actually could only get about 1/3 of it in the picture.

MIT is known for it's many practical jokes known as hacking. These are some of the big ones!

Here is the actual fire hydrant water fountain that is shown in the above picture.

Logan and I had a lot of fun and got a better feel for the college. It obviously focuses more on academics rather than sports. There isn't much competitiveness going on because a lot of the work requires group effort.

The freshman year is graded on a "pass" / "fail" system so that they can have a chance to get better acclaimated to the college life. Cambridge/Boston area is a scary place to drive but the public transportation system is exceptionally good!

Logan will definately be sending in his application there and we'll just have to see what happens. I know that if it's God's Will for him to go there, that is where he will end up going.

So much more to say on this school but I will save it for if Logan gets in. :)

Be a blessing!

It was a long 3 days but so worth it!!!!!

I have spent the last 3 days...
driving... 34 hours ... 1,700 miles
walking... estimating about 10 miles
spending time with my son... PRICELESS!!!

I will be posting pictures of our visit to MIT later... I am just too tired and sore to do a lot right now and I should get some laundry going and unpack! We didn't get home until about 11:20 last night and I am exhausted! I'm not sure if we could pack much more into three days than what we did! We probably should have had one more day in Cambridge but schedules just did not allow that right now.

Better get to work now!
Be blessed today!!!
Diane

MIT visit

Yesterday Logan and I drove all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts! It took us about 17 hours! That was a long drive and we were very tired last night by the time we got to our hotel but we were able to get a pretty good night's sleep. We headed out after breakfast this morning around 9:30 to catch a tour that started at 10:00 with an informational talk until 11:00. We then went on a tour that lasted until almost 12:30. We then booked it over to the admissions building since we had set up another tour at 12:30. We were a little late but were taken over to where the others were. This tour was only us and another boy and his dad. Logan was able to ask all the questions he wanted and after the tour we were able to talk to a lady in admissions. Logan was given a packet about MIT. This lasted until about 2:00 so we went to get a bite to eat in the Strata Center. Then we headed over to a few other places Logan wanted to check out including the MIT museum... really interesting!!

We didn't get back to our hotel room again until almost 7:00 so we're just chillin' the rest of the night. We plan on leaving tomorrow morning around 6:00 and we'll just see how far we get. Logan thinks we can drive the whole way again and just get home REALLY LATE! We'll see how that works out...

I will post some pictures later when we get home. I took some video too... only about 1/2 hour since some places didn't want you to take any pics.

Fun day... busy day... tiring day... but all very worth it!!! :)

'Til next time...
Diane

College Visit Number One... Check!

This has been a very eventful week for our family!

Tori received her learner's permit yesterday and already has almost 4 hours of driving in! She's doing pretty well and has only driven over 2 curbs! :) She's really doing quite well with it despite the curb incidents and I trust she will improve considerably as time goes on.

Logan was invited to attend a Green Carpet Day at MSU this summer and we chose today for that. They invited a certain amount of juniors (now seniors) to attend one of these days and find out more about Honors College. This was good for him to hear more about MSU and what they have to offer. Michigan State University has just moved into 2nd choice for him.

We really should check out his first choice sometime soon... Massechusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This means, however, that I will need to go with him on a somewhat long road trip since Mike doesn't have enough vacation time left. MIT only takes about 1,100 freshman each year and Logan would really like to one of them next year. Compared to MSU the campus population is considerable lower. MIT has about 4,000 underclassmen whereas MSU has about 45,000! These 2 schools seem to be very different but both are excellent schools!

Now to figure out when to go to MIT for a visit! ... I wonder if we could take a train there?! hmmm...

Be blessed!
Diane

Hitchhikers!

Just wanted to put a shout out to all of you about some people that have been seen hitchhiking recently! BE CAREFUL... they kinda have shifty eyes and I'm not sure if they can be trusted or not!

I was just driving through our church parking lot this past Monday morning and BOOM... there they were!

I tell ya... guard yourself because you never know who'll hop on your vehicle!!!

The little one in the middle is the shiftiest one of all I think! She might be the mastermind!

Updating Awards...

Ok... now to get these awards updated! I so appreciate getting them and want to recognize those friends who have passed them on to me. Thanks so much all of you!!! (Please forgive me if you've passed one of these awards to me and I don't have your name included by the award - I really tried to keep it all straight over the last few months!) :)

"Berry Sweet Blog Award"

received from Jennifer, Kim & Melissa

"2009 Friendly Blogger Award"

received from Mari

"Zombie Chicken Award"

received from Mari

"Sisterhood Award"

received from Jennifer (?)

"Outstanding Bloggery Award"

received from Mari






"Makes My Heart Smile Award"


received from Mari

"Golden Heart Award"

received from Mari

Whew! I think that gets me caught up! Hopefully I don't get this far behind again! Again, thanks to all of you who passed these awards on to me!

Another driver in the family!

Tori started drivers training this week and will get to do her first hour of driving today! I'm so excited for her and I think she'll do very well at it. It's hard to believe that she's old enough for it but she is and that means I'm that much older too! :)

We got another car a couple of weeks ago that Mike is driving now and the kids have access to the Lumina. This makes life somewhat easier on me now that Logan can just take the car. He might just be doing some errands for me this summer... we'll see.

Be a blessing to someone today!

This part is especially for Mike! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!!!! I can't believe it's been 21 years since we had this picture taken! I honestly have a hard time remembering my life before you were in it! Even though we've had a lot of ups and downs over these years, I know that I am right where God wants me and that you are my soul mate. I love you very much and look forward to spending the rest of my life with you! ~ All my love, Diane