A Rainy Day

Today is a rainy day! My sweet little girlie couldn't help herself! She had to be outside in it!

More on the 5K

Rachel and her friend Jenna ran the whole race together

When I went back and reviewed my last post, I saw that I left Rachel out!!!! Sorry Rachel!!! She did run the race and did a great job. She is hoping to make the cross country team in the fall.

Yesterday was the first ever Covenant Life School 5K race. Todd, Ben, Rachel,
David, and Jonathon all participated. Hannah and I cheered them on. Todd also designed the course for the event. He had to change the cross country course to accommodate the volume of people running/walking. There were over 300 participants.
Hannah is wearing my friend Janie's bug-eyed sunglasses!
Jonathon and his very good buddy Michael
Go David!!!!!
Ben and some of his buds
David and his good friend Joe
Somehow this doesn't seem right!! This is Dave Brewer our
Youth Pastor.
A great finish for these two!
A very determined Jonathon ran with his PE teacher the
whole way!

It was such a fun way to spend a morning! Thank you so much
for those of you who sponsored our family for this race!

Busy Month

This month has been an unusual one for us. When the in-laws headed back south, Rachel, Hannah, and I went with them. We were in SC for a week-mainly with my parents. Then Todd flew to SC for a few days last week following the death of his uncle. On Monday he flew to Louisville, KY for the Together for the Gospel conference. He will be home tonight. Along with all of this, we have been working on school, filling out summer job applications(Ben), looking at curriculum for next year(this year isn't even over with......do I have to think about next year already?) and practicing instruments. So....no pics this post. But I have been clicking away the past several days, so there should be something worthy soon!!

Spring Break '08

Todd's parents and Tim came up for Spring Break. They got here on Friday and we just spent the weekend relaxing and catching up. Sunday we celebrated Easter together. On Monday, Eloise and I took the Metro to Bethesda so we could check out a great yarn shop. We both got some great yarn! We ate lunch at Uno's, then came home, made coffee and tea and knitted......great fun!!
On Tuesday, we headed north to Gettysburg. We were amazed at how big it was! So much history is there! We could have spent a couple of days there. We saw the cemetary where many of the soldiers were buried and also the place where President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. We also drove around part of the battlefield and saw many monuments in honor of the fallen soldiers.



After we left Gettysburg, we drove over to Lancanster County, PA to Amish country. We ate a very late lunch at Plain and Fancy, an Amish restaurant. After lunch we drove to see Don and Paula Zeiset and their kids at their new house! We met them several years ago when they lived in Colorado. They just recently moved back to Pennsylvania. It was great to see them! Don, Paula, and kids, thanks so much for your wonderful hospitality and great food! We'll do it again!!
So far the rest of the break has been spent playing disc golf, shopping,basketball, tuning a piano, eating(!), drinking lots and lots of tea and coffee, watching movies, and knitting (not everyone participates in every activity!!). We've had a great time!!

Happy Spring!!!

Notice who the homeschooler is in this picture???

The Long Winter is finally over!!! I normally love winter(especially here where it gets really cold and snowy!), but this year we did not have nearly enough snow. We also had many gray days, and lots of sickness. So we were all ready to send this winter packing! Even though temps are still rather cool outside, spring is definitely in the air. We started the First Day of Spring off with a party at breakfast. Cinnamon rolls made into bunnies, and fruity Cheerios.

The in-laws are on their way to see us right now!! We are excited!!!

Winter's Last Hurrah

We sent winter out with a bang today! David's class went ice skating in honor of his teacher's birthday. So Rachel, Hannah, and I tagged along. Hannah had never been on skates before and I haven't been on them in ages, so I thought that wouldn't be a good combination. Rachel very patiently helped her little sister. Hannah also spent a lot of time hugging the wall. But she was very determined and kept gaining in confidence. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon.

Time for Spring!!!