Hi ya'll:

The house looks great, John and Lynda. Now if you just didn't have that broken lamp...

We spent the morning at the regional science fair awards ceremony, always a lengthy affair. Between Norris and Liv, this was our fifth time. We are pleased to announce that Liv is not only going to the state competition again this year, but is again the St. Paul district's alternate to the International Science and Engineering Fair in May! The two girls from St. Paul who were chosen to be the delegates are friends of Liv's and also were the delegates last year and they placed very high in the world (so they're not going to be edged out too easily). Liv also won one of the few monetary awards, $200 from Intel, which is the third year she's won this particular prize. Her project (predicting horse races) didn't exactly qualify for most of the "special awards," as they were for "improving human health," "advancing the field of aviation," etc. Liv said she might have won if the "Daily Racing Form" had sponsored a prize. A question on the judging form was "Was the project original or unique?" and one of Liv's judge's wrote, "Very!" Anyway, now she'll have to work hard in school to be able to take time off to go to Duluth (state) and Cleveland (ISEF), right, Liv?

Sorry about all the bragging!