star wars: return of the brother

Ryan, Kevin's brother, stayed with us for a couple of weeks back in June. He came out to visit us from Berkeley and it was awesome having him here for a whole two weeks. I know Kevin especially enjoyed being able to spend so much time with his brother - someone with that same Shevlin sense of humor to laugh at all of his jokes and fuel his adorkableness.

One of the things we did while Ryan was here, is go to the special Star Wars exhibit at the Science Center in St. Paul. I'll admit, although initially I wasn't as excited about the exhibit as Kevin was, I actually had a good time. All of my fears about being surrounded by a strange tribe of nerdy, overly-excitable, Star Wars fans dressed as Jedis and Yoda, dissipated once we were in the door. It was mostly just normal (non-costumed) people checking things out. Kevin and Ryan had a good time with all of the sciency interactive exhibits (lots of stuff involving robots,magnets, and building mini-hovercrafts), and I had a good time watching them and letting my not-so-inner dork roam freely (see pictures below).

We each got to ride a hovercraft, which was interesting and a lot harder to maneuver than you might think - Kevin was the best at it. I'm so proud. All in all, a great geeky day!

Ry, we miss you. May the force be with you, and may you soon return to Minnesota.

Doing my famous Chewie imitation. It's good, trust me.

Hovercraft driver.

Building stuff.