Grace places 4TH!

Saturday was a LONG COLD day at a Grace's first track meet. Grace ran really well and placed 4th in the 1600 meter "dash" with a time of 7 minutes, 42 seconds. She also ran the 800 meter "dash" in 4 minutes, 51 seconds. It was such a cold day... hopefully it will be warmer for her next meet on Wednesday night.

As soon as I get some time to load up some new software on the 'puter, I will get some new pictures on the blog.

Jane says goodbye:(

Today Jane stopped in to say goodbye to us at the ESL class. Jane and her husband are moving to North Carolina tomorrow where her husband will start a new job (on Monday right away). We wish them all the best as they start a new phase of their life in a new place.

(Don't I look REALLY BIG next to tiny Jane and tiny Marilyn?)

Buick....

Nice looking car. This picture was taken at the Beijing Autoshow this week. The car is displayed on top of a pool of water with fountains around it... pretty neat!

One of these days I will get some pictures of our family out here again... maybe after the track meet this weekend....

A Quickie Little Update

So... it has been a while since I have had time to update my blog, but here's a quickie... pictures to follow (soon I hope)...

Guy returned from Germany for Easter and after being home a week and a half we packed up his stuff and he moved out to the Kansas City area. He has been able to come home most weekends so far, which has been nice.

Grace started track and her schedule (along with the piano students that come for lessons and Spanish class for Zachariah) keeps us hopping after school these days. Grace just LOVES running though and has her first track meet in Lapeer this Saturday. She will be running the 1600 meter and 800 meter events.

Today was the day all the kids heard different authors speak to their classes. They each received books signed by the authors and are thrilled to receive new books signed by the author. Since I was working in Anastasia's class this morning when their event was scheduled, I was able to hear Lisa Wheeler speak (very good speaker, by the way). If you see Anastasia, ask her about it... she will tell you all about Lisa and what it means to be an author (Lisa may have even made Anastasia switch gears to think about becoming an author rather than an illustrator.. not sure yet).

Tomorrow after Bible Study, I am headed to Dinosaur Hill for a field trip with Anastasia's class. The most important part for Anastasia is that she doesn't have to wear her uniform (ugh.. I dread these days).

We are looking forward to this weekend when Guy will be home again (and actually stay home a few extra days this time).

I bought a new camera and am just starting to learn how to use it. Hopefully I can post some pictures (albeit not too exciting) very soon.

We are experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures here this month (and really LOVING it). I was able to go for a long bike ride today when I blew off everything else. It's like summer in April ... a pleasant treat after the EXTRA LONG winter we had here in Michigan.

Hope all is well with you!