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.

Another new trick

Ryan is at that age when kids pick up a new trick every other day. Here is his latest...dribbling. He has been working on this one for a couple of months, with a neurotic persistence. He gets the neurosis from me and the persistence from Heather:)

POUNDED by the mountain!

For somebody who just started running, I have to say that the satisfaction that comes from exercise is AFTER your done. During the exercise, especially trail run races, the sensations are best described as pain, agony, anguish, exhaustion, thirst, and as you can see from the photo, grimace.

Ryan has figured out the pedaling thing

Grandpa Day!

Grandpa Salisbury got to come for a day a weekend or two ago. As you can see the kids had great fun, and Curt and I got to go out for dinner . . . alone!! We love you Grandpa!