Pinewood Derby

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Another rite of passage:  Father and son spent two weeks creating a really fast and cool race car named "Muscle Racer."  Though novices, they did great!  Muscle Racer won 5th place overall, with the 4th place contender beating him by only 20 thousandths of a second (20 milliseconds)! 

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

We were completely blown away when we were invited to attend New Beginnings.  It's hard to believe that our baby girl will be in Young Women's in only nine months!

Our lovely young lady is pictured here all ready to attend the event, which was entitled "Light Keepers - Be Thou an Example."  It was a beautiful and inspirational program based on the 2009 Youth Theme.

Happy New Year!

I cannot believe it's already February.  If time flies faster the older you get, then I must be getting really old!

We had one of the best Christmases ever.  I think the key was two fold:  First, we didn't try to do too much, but focused on enjoying our time together.  Second, we were all healthy!

The New Year has brought us back to our busy routine, with the kids and I going to school together every day and Dad back to his hectic work schedule which includes regular travel.  It's a routine that keeps life hopping, but also keeps us all happy.

I am running an after-school Computer Club for 5th graders, and that has been a lot of fun.  Their excitement is contagious.  Our focus is on making movies to air on our closed circuit school broadcast station (UES TV). I've also begun serving as the Assistant Wolf Den Leader. That means that I get to learn about the Cub Scouts program :-)

Since the holidays, Marc has made trips to Florida and Colorado.  He also just got a new MacBook for work, and is excited to retire his old, decrepit Dell.