First Day of First Grade

Nicole left this morning (the second day of school) chanting she loved Ms Yama, so I guess that's a good sign she likes her class! The pictures are from her first day.

Curt's hooked!!--more old news

I just wanted to add a little more about Curt's race. This was actually his second. He ran his first in June. Not only was it his first race but a 10k trail run with a 1,500 elevation change throughout the course!! His second was about the same. After his first race he said he wanted to do one once a month!! Yeah, I have a built in running partner now!! He says he enjoys the hills, right now I'm taking his word for it. He thinks I should try a trail run, and I want him to try a regular road race. I'll let you know how that goes . . .Anyway, GREAT JOB CURT!!

Ryan plopped himself down in Daddy's lap while Curt was stretching.

* Special thanks to a really nice lady with extra rechargeable camera batteries. I had remembered to charge ours the night before but not to grab them at 7am when we left the next morning. If you know how much I like to take pictures (second only to my sister Sabrina) then you can imagine what I was kicking myself about the whole time Curt was running. Towards the end of the race when runners started coming in I got up the nerve to ask a lady if she had any extra batteries. From now on if I remember to bring the batteries, I'm bringing extra so I can help a pour battery-less soul in need.

Fourth of July --yes this is old news

Not so sure what he thinks of fireworks.
Nicole and Isaac like them!
Ryan dealing with the noise again . . . this time from a live band we were watching.
Where we watched the fireworks.
Watching the parade right after the race. Ryan dealt with the loud noises of the parade by crying and covering his face.
It was a little cold while we were waiting for the race to start.
Cheering mom on.