The Bue Angels

We spent this afternoon watching the Blue Angels. There isn't much to say about them except that they are VERY cool!!! Katie got some great pictures (click to enlarge).

Cross Country Saturday

Our Junior Girls team had a stellar Saturday. We placed 2nd, 3rd (Molly), 4th (Emily) and 5th!! Way to go girls!

Daniel Hannan

Thursday evening Eric and I were able to attend a dinner in which Daniel Hannan spoke. Daniel Hannan is a conservative member of the European Parliament who became famous after this video clip aired all over the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs

Daniel Hannan is a very passionate and eloquent speaker. His basic premise is that he lives in what is our (the United States') future and that it stinks. His call is that we here in America will fight for our freedoms so that we will not end up where his country is. He certainly does not approach this from a Christian perspective and we know that God is the one who ultimately raises up and puts down governments. But Daniel Hannan in his speech pointed out that we are not a bunch of random people put here in a random time period for no purpose. I do know that God puts us each here for a reason and that our country is truly heading down the wrong path.

First Pointe Shoes

Peter and Football

Ever since Scott made the Tech team (he is not playing this year, but focusing on grades - or so he says), Peter has been wanting to play football. There were two home school teams in Atlanta, but they were not convenient to our house. This year a third team was formed and it practices relatively close to our house, so we allowed him to play. He very much enjoyed himself, but unfortunately received a concussion in one of the last games, thus taking him out for the rest of the season. I'm not so sure about this concussion thing - I told Peter if he gets another one next season he may have a very short football career. It was, however, overall a good first year of football.

Elizabeth turns 5

Breakfast with Dad

Doll from Nana and Grandpa

With Gramma and Papa

Cross Country Season Begins

Cross Country season began today. My runners this year are Katie, Molly and Emily. I have to give a lot of credit to Katie. She has never liked running, yet has faithfully run on the team each year, even though those early years were tough as she ran in the shadow of her older sister who was always one of the top runners in the league. This year our team does not have any other varsity girls, so Katie is it. (For a team to place they must have at least 3 runners - 5 for guys) Running is such a mental sport and for her to train knowing that she is the lone runner is not much motivation for her. Add to that the fact that running is not her favorite thing and I just figured that she would quit this year. But she has been consistently training, made the decision to continue being a part of the team and I am proud of her for her perseverance.

Varsity Takes Off - Katie is in maroon

Molly and Emily run on the Junior team (Juniors run 1.5 miles). They had a terrific first race. They medaled for the first time (the first seven runners get medals) - Molly placed 5th and Emily placed 6th, and their team placed 2nd out of about 20 teams. Their coach had worked out season goals for each of them based on their times of last year - Emily beat hers by 30 sec and Molly came within 4 seconds of hers. So they will now get new season goals! They have been training more consistently this year and it has paid off.

Start of Junior Race