April 30, 2008
Do you sea a star?
Tonight was Sacred Heart School's spring play, "My Friends in the Sea."
Guess who was the star!
This was Rachel's last performance on the Sacred Heart stage. We are glad she made it over the hump . . . . . . . from a camel in the fall play to a shining star this spring.
She has the days counted until sixth grade graduation.
April 26, 2008
Aubrey and Eric
We took a quick road trip this weekend and went to Minnesota with Gramma Bev for Aubrey's wedding. This is Mike's second child to wed, (Josh and Sarah are expecting in July) but his first little girl to give away. It was hard to imagine that the beautiful woman that he walked down the isle was a tom-boy with a black belt in karate.
(It's also hard to believe that three grown men and one grown woman still enjoy the grade-school antics of rabbit ears and picking noses in family photos. Some things will never change.)
Meanwhile, Sarah and Rachel stayed back in Indiana for a two-day volleyball tournament. Eric and Angela were supposed to fly in on Friday night, but Eric had an emergency case at the last minute and had to stay home and work.
April 21, 2008
Ahhhhh........Akumal
Since this was our third year in Akumal, we didn't feel compelled to see and do everything possible within a 50 mile radius. We actually spent time relaxing...........in between morning runs, snorkeling, scuba diving (new for Rachel and Jeff this year), sea kayaking, card games, and trying to decide where to eat our next meal.
Still not too old to play in the sand...........
Not sure how fun or easy this boot camp would be, but it certainly sounds interesting. (Sarah "studies" for Boot Camp by reading "Shopoholic." Surely, it's required reading.)
Still not too old to play in the sand --- or hold hands.
The week always goes by too quickly and even though we are all together, it still seems like we still don't get to spend enough time together. I guess that's a good thing --- and why we look forward to the next Ten Grand adventure.
April 17, 2008
The dog ate my homework
....and the hard drive crashed on my laptop while on vacation last week and the Mexican ISP is about as reliable as ESP and my 8-year old photo-editing software got the 7-year itch and twitch and then there's this thing called work and motherhood that consumes every other minute of the day...............so THAT is why there are still no Akumal '08 photos posted from the annual Ten Grand vacation.
Here, however, is a quick synopsis:
April 9, 2008
Boys will be boys
Doctor, lawyer, and Indian (YMCA) chief . . . PLUS a preacher, computer guru, 6-time BMX national champ/bicycle salesman, and a college student.
This unlikely mix of testosterone was actually a father-son ski trip to Steamboat.
Unfortunately, the doctor and the preacher arrived a day too late - the day after Steve and Eric arrived.
The GOOD news: this is NOT a picture of Steve.
The BAD news: this IS a picture of Eric's shoulder after his second run of the day. The rest of the day was spent in the Yampa Valley ER and then trying to dull the pain and sorrow. (Eric and Angela went to Utah to ski in February. They never got to hit the slopes because they both got hit by the influenza instead.)
So what do you think happened the next day? (Steamboat had a record-setting snowfall this year and unprecedented fresh powder even for spring skiing.)
Yep, Eric skied. (But he did admit to his lapse in judgment - and the painful price he paid.) Surgery is April 17th.