Went to the track today

Nick made the track team this year. They only have one track meet, and it is a big deal for the 6 or so 4th grade boys who make the team from school. They will compete in a few weeks against all of the other local 4th graders. He qualified for both a running event and the long jump, but are only allowed to compete in one, so he chose the long jump.

Today, Nick, Sarah, their friend, Josh, and I went to Halls High School (where the meet will be held) and practiced the long jump. Their friend Josh is in the 5th grade and he too is doing the long jump at the meet.

It was a bit warm today, but nothing to complain about. The kids had a ball and of course, I took a camera to document the fun / training.

It Feels Like Summer

It was a pretty hot weekend around here, so it was time to put the boat in the water and start getting ready for summer. I know some of you guys in the north have not put away your snow shovels yet and are still waiting for the last layers of ice to melt off of your area lakes. Just think, in another few months, you'll be at the lake too.

Some Easter Egg Fun--Hunting and Dyeing

We had a little egg fun today. First, we went to a friend's church where something like 18,000 eggs had been "hidden." I'd say most were not hidden, but rather tossed in the grass as it would have taken way too long to put any effort into actually hiding them. Sarah had fun finding them, though. Nick's age group did a scavenger hunt in the taller grass.





Some of the eggs contained large rings. Sarah had fun wearing all of her bling.

After we got home, they colored some eggs. There will be egg salad in the coming days.



Happy Easter Everyone.

Very Busy Weekend

I've had a pretty busy weekend. I shot a 20+ team softball tournament Friday and Saturday and then played with the kids hard all day Sunday. We took a bike ride at local park, had lunch out with kids and then I mowed the grass.

OK, Kids, PG8 material ahead.

Don't read if you don't like the cycle of life. I warned you.

OK, so Nick comes running in the house and is yelling that Coconut has caught a rabbit. Sure enough, I run outside and the little dog has a small rabbit in her mouth. We chase Coconut all over hard trying to release the still living bunny from her mouth. After a few minutes of what must have been a hilarious show for the neighbors, we catch Coconut and I force open her jaws and release the rabbit. Thinking the danger has passed, I hold Coconut and let the rabbit "escape." Well, Cadbury, although he is somewhat fat, can still motor for an old, fat, dog (kinda like his owner). He then chases down the bewildered rabbit, who is small, but moving pretty fast for having just been released from the jaws of a dog (albeit more like a rat than a d0g). Anyway, as you can guess, Cabury catches the poor rabbit and Nick, Sarah and I start chasing Cadury around the yard (again, more fun for the neighborhood). Well, before we can catch Fatboy, he chomps two or three times and swallows the rabbit. Sarah is quite traumatized, thinking that there is no way the Easter bunny is coming to our house now. She might be right.

After all that fun, Nick, Sarah and I had a little fun with jumping and the camera.