Cross Country Champ

Our boys have their Dads internal clock that wakes them up at 7am EVERY day.   As they get older they can usually fall back to sleep.  Joe is a pro at it now!  Anyway, Andrew came into our room sunday morning at 7 and said he couldn't fall back to sleep, so he crawled up in bed.  Now I can't go back to sleep.  So I go into Andrew's room to get in his bed- (don't ask why.... Im delerious in the early am.)

 Aaron hears me and then asks what I am doing?
He says, "just come snuggle with me".
 "O.K.  but why aren't you sleeping?' I ask.
"I can't stop thinking about the race"!

Well after playing in a soccer match in the morning....

He ends up winning the Indiana Middle School State Cross Country Race for 3, 4, and 5th graders Saturday.  Needless to say he is still pumped.  It was a 3k at Northview Church in Carmel.  He ran it in 11:47.0, he beat the other boy by only .1!  They sprinted 80 yards to the end, shoulder to shoulder.(insert chariots of fire video)

Go to here for a picture of the final sprint. He is the one on the right wearing the white shirt in case you werent sure.

Go here to see the plain-text official results.

We are very proud of him.

Small group

Small group was fun today.  Chilly and windy, but fun.

The girls weren't supposed to be in the water fountain, but they were so cute I had to take their picture.Porter with the football!

Joe was playing football with the kids.  He is teaching the kids a route.

Porter is a new walker and Ann and Sydney were happy to help him.

Another water fountain shot, before she got her coat soaked and had to take it off.

God has blessed us with great friends and a fun small group.  We discussed the book "The Attentive Life".  We haven't been too impressed with the book, but we had a good informal discussion anyway and we all hope it gets better :)

Monday Menus

Monday- Amy's night
Steaks(we went out with Joes boss to Carrabas last week and nixed the steaks)
Amy said "but I don't know how to make steaks"  I told her Daddy would help.
Green beans
Rolls

Tuesday
Routisserie Chicken(heading to Costco today!)
salad
Applesauce

Wednesday
Fresh Linguine with sausage and spinach(Weight watcher recipe)
fruit

Thursday
Beef stew in crock pot

Friday
Chili in the crock pot