What's Ashton up to?

Ashton begins his sophomore year at Saugus High School on Tuesday, August 11th.  He is taking a full load this year: Band, English, Algebra 2, Chemistry and Mod Civ.  We did a COVID friendly registration last week and then created a work space for him in the bonus room.  He now has his own space instead of working at the kitchen table!  He will be completely online for 5 weeks and then the district may offer us small group classes after that.

We included two silly pics of 
him holding his new textbooks.
lol

What's Cameron up to?

Cameron continues to work at our church as a Technical Assistant and a technical intern for the Student Ministries.  He is also learning how to create wedding videos by shadowing a professional.  He begins classes at College of the Canyons to get his Associates degree in Filmmaking the last week of August.

I'm attaching a video he was highlighted in giving announcements to the Student Ministry students.  He created a blooper video as well!  Enjoy! 

Bloopers

Final product

What's Ethan up to?

Ethan's always up to something musical....he has officially posted all of his music on BandCamp, which I will link below.  He is doing freelancing by editing audio books and has been hired by Grandpa Hubbard to help record an album, which involves several recording sessions throughout the week.  He begins classes at College of the Canyons for an Associates degree in Sound Production the end of this month.

BandCamp link to Music

The Hubbard's Cheeseburger Challenge

On the list of things to do this summer was to hold a cheeseburger taste test and see if we could guess where the cheeseburgers were from.  The choices were: McDonald's, In-and-Out, Jack in the Box, Carl's Jr. and Wendy's.  We filmed the experience and posted the youtube link below. Cameron helped with video and editing. It was so fun!  I went last (by myself) and failed.  It's been a long time since I've eaten a fast food cheeseburger, I guess!

The kitchen counter afterwards

Cameron's New Camera

Cameron with his boss, Garrett

Cameron bought a new camera (Panasonic GH5) this week and had the opportunity to try it out at work!  They created a video for student ministry using his camera and then Cameron edited it.  It was then shared on social media!  He's doing a great job up at church and we love watching his future career take off.

Birthday Celebration for Grandma Hubbard!

We had a great celebration!  Happy Birthday!

Boat Tour and Drone Footage

The boat tour is one of our favorite things to do.  A ride around the lake to see all the homes owned by celebrities.  I'm attaching the shots Cameron got with his drone.  The beginning is of the trip up to the lake.  He does great work!

Home owned by Michelle Kwan, the figure skater.
Rumor has it she purchased the home when
she was 13 years old.

Trip to Lake Arrowhead

 We packed up and got out of town last weekend for a short but sweet escape to Lake Arrowhead.  The last time we were there was 2013!  It was beautiful!  Cameron was able to use his drone for some mountain and lake shots.

2013

Older boys got their own room at the inn

Ashton peering off our balcony to the other balcony

Dog-sitting Bruno

 We "dogsat" for Cameron's friends dog, Bruno, while the family held a wedding rehearsal dinner at their home for the evening.  Bruno is a German shorthair pointer and was quite larger than our Sadie.  We sent Sadie over to the grandparents house for the evening, since we know she would not like Bruno in her house!  Bruno is very friendly and loved playing with the toys we'd originally bought for Sadie but she didn't like. 

July 4th - Hiking the Remains of St. Francis Dam

 We hiked the area that was once the St. Francis Dam.  Ethan had been doing some research and since it was so close to where we live, we decided to check it out.  Along the hike, we found several old sections of concrete with rebar coming out.  It was hot, but an interesting adventure!

Taken off the scvhistory website:

The St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam, built to create a large regulating and storage reservoir for the City of Los Angeles, California. The reservoir was an integral part of the city's Los Angeles Aqueduct water supply infrastructure. It was located in San Francisquito Canyon of the Sierra Pelona Mountains, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the present day city of Santa Clarita.

The dam was designed and built between 1924 and 1926 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then named the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. The department was under the direction of its General Manager and Chief Engineer, William Mulholland.

At two and a half minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood took the lives of as many as 600 people. The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is considered to be one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and remains the second-greatest loss of life in California's history, after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster marked the end of Mulholland's career.

Cameron brought his drone and got some great footage of our trip.  He edited everything and added some music.  Do you like the rushing water sound at the end?

We finished the night with a recording of fireworks from disneyland!

Additional video history: The Story of the St. Francis Dam