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“Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses”

Tyler made the Team 1 tennis team for doubles! He and his partner won their 1^st match on Thursday. Tyler is thinking tennis is pretty dang cool. He also starts jazz band at the end of this month.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. ~Author Unknown

One day Marisa decided to do yoga to one of my old tapes. Tyler said he would just sit there and watch her. She said “No way! You are doing this WITH me!” I snuck downstairs and this is what I saw…

When he saw that I took the picture, his response was, “Mom! You stink!”

"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." - Frank Shorter

We went to the track yesterday as a family to practice for the 5k coming up. I shaved almost 7 minutes off my time since the last time we went to the track. I thought that was pretty impressive. Bob spends most of his time running backwards, but whatever works, right? The one we are running as a family is 1 month away and I doing another one the week before that. My goal is to not come in last!

Dancing and kick the can

It was our turn to host the teen hangout night. So, we set up the stereo and they danced for a while, played kick ball, and had fun out back. When it got dark, they played kick-the-can for about 2 hours or so. Then they came inside, had s’mores and played games downstairs until midnight. I think/hope everyone had a great time. I, for one, know I must be getting old since staying up that late is getting more and more difficult!

Misc. Stuff

I’m the proud new sponsor of the school monopoly club. I had a student approach me and ask if I would sponsor it. Maybe it’s because I’m so cool?

We had TONS of apples, so we made homemade applesauce and apple crisp with Corey on Monday. It all turned out amazingly good! We have more apples coming- I smell an apple pie on the way….(I forgot to take pictures!)

Kayla made Alayna a pillow for her birthday!

Tyler and Bob were supposed to go on the Father/Son Campout, but it rained, and they were chickens, so they stayed home.  Tyler was trying to help out to make the foil dinners (which we decided obviously to cook here instead)  Anyway, I came to check on things and this is what I found.  I wonder if Tyler should go on one of those chef shows??

Book Reviews:

My favorite new books are National Geographic photobiographies. I would say they are “fascinating” but then Marisa would make fun of me for using that word (she says I use it too much). Anyway, I have read Triumph on Everest: a photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary and Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: a photobiography of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Both easy reads, but very super cool! If you love forensic anthropology like I do, then you would really like this award winner called Written in Bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. If you are looking for a fiction book, I just finished another book by Jordan Sonnenblick called Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, which was excellent as usual. Such a gifted writer!

*Special Note: Tune in next week to see why I am dying my hair pink…