Yay, blog!

I'm so glad to see people (well, a few of us girls) back on the blog. I've been assembling a list of likes/dislikes that I'll get posted soon. Yeah, Becky, it is crazy how you get acclimated! Josie's Tuesday night game was the coldest I've been here...I had to pull out the denim blanket, folks, to wrap up in...all the other parents were jealous! Her team has been kicking it. The spring season is the competitive one where teams play to win, whereas fall is the teaching-skill part. Now that girl just needs to hit the freaking ball...which she CAN, but when those girls pitch, it just psyches her out! All she has to do it get on base and the girl will steal home, though...crazy quick. Did I already tell you they called her "Outlaw" in the fall? I think I did...(for Josie Wales, you know).

Cody is on the track team and they had their first meet. I had SO much fun watching and I SO didn't think I would. I totally understand what Julie was saying now. The girls team won and the boys team didn't...but that's okay. Cody was supposed to run the 800 and was put in the 4X400 relay with NO baton-handoff practice or anything! He did pretty well...and the boys team only lost by 10...pretty good for a first-time school team. I think he would have done well in the 800...can't wait to see him run it.

Bethany is getting ready for her next section of school. She has to learn to read steno...she's very worried. I told her she'll have to teach me! She'll do great!

Stan is getting ready for Faculty Follies. It's a fund raiser for the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. If you haven't seen Randy Pausch's speech (he's from Carnagie Mellon University), look it up on the Internet. It's inspiring and heartbreaking. Anyway, they are auctioning one ticket to hit Stan in the face with a pie. He's using his "Yo Mama" gift to inspire the kids to pay big for the opportunity. This is the "Yo Mama" he's using to get them to bid more: Yo mama so voracious, she gonna eat the pie before you have time to throw it!

Anyway, I love you all. The kids can't wait to see everyone in July, and we're busting for our visit over the holidays...even if we freeze our tails off!