You Don't See That Every Day

Time for something new around here: Track season! (he's the boy in the middle) Our son had his first track meet today.  In the past he has run in city wide summer fun meets.  But the last time he did that he was about 8 years old I think. Today was a new experience for him; although we have been to plenty of track meets for the cousins, this time the Boy got to run. He took on the 200 m dash today, the 1x400 relay, and the long jump.  And I was impressed and pleased with all he did. No, he didn't get first place, or jump the farthest,  but he was out there giving it a good try, and had a smile on his face the entire time. That's what I like to see! The weather cooperated nicely - sunshine all day and no wind. What more could you ask for at a track meet?! And I love track meets. I started running in junior high, and up through high school. I even made it to the state finals in a relay at least twice. One of my brothers made it to state al...

my parents, my brothers, sisters, some nieces and nephews. A long week has passed since I last wrote here. Sorry about that. But oh what a long and fun week it was.  We had swim lessons every day, along with swim meets for the older two. On Friday, out-of-town family started showing their faces in my neck of the woods, causing unbelievable comments to stream from my 12 year-old's mouth - in a good way. "Oh, what a shame," seemed to be his favorite taunt as they played games together. The cousins took it well and dished it right back at him. The chicken-bacon pizza we had with them on Friday night was heavenly - I even wrapped up the last piece and put MY name on it, so I could have it for lunch on Sunday. No-share pizza, that's how I roll. Saturday dawned extra early for me, especially since it was - gasp - raining. My nearly-oldest brother had (easily) convinced me to run in a 5k race with him and his wife before the family festivities began. It sounded goo...