First Meet

Today was Andrew's first official cross country meet. It was a large invitational meet with 70 schools participating. The entire team did really well ~ both the boys and girls varsity teams took first place in their division. Andrew ran in the junior varsity portion and he amazed us with his finish. He ran a 5K in 19.51 and placed 13th out of 148 runners!! We did not know what to expect but were so surprised with his performance. He was pleased as well and now has a starting point to gauge his upcoming season and personal times.

Girls Day Out

Maggie had a half day of school today { yes, they are only in their first full week of school} so we had a girls day out! The afternoon started with the two of us going for haircuts...hers looks very cute. We then went to the nail salon and had pedicures ~ she has always wanted one so today was the day. The place was not busy so she also got a manicure too. After all, your fingernails should match your toenails :-} I also must admit that when Diana and Denise say something is GOOD, they are SO right. After Maggie and I had beautiful feet we went to Tropical Smoothie for what else ~ smoothies. I ordered the cranberry crush but they made the cranberry truffle instead - I told the worker that was fine and OH MY GOODNESS it was FABULOUS!!!

XC time trials

Andrew had his time trials today in preparation for the teams' first meet this weekend. It was a great day to watch the kids complete a 3.2 mile run. I think he did pretty well considering this is his first year and I was very proud of him ~ he seemed pleased with his performance too!

Finally...

I have been unable to use photoshop on the new laptop and I have finally gotten it to work. It is not working to 100% functionality but it is a start. I was getting BORED with the old header and it was time for an update. Hopefully I can get it all straightened out so I can get working on the headers of some friends. PLUS at this time I will do almost ANYTHING other than continue to unpack all of our stuff...it is never ending.

Closing Ceremonies

As I was folding laundry I had the Olympic closing ceremonies on and was able to see the presentation of the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London. Did anyone else see it?

To me it looked like he, the Mayor, just came out of a pub. He could of at least buttoned his sportcoat ~ he did not look as polished as the other men who were on the stage with him. I hope those who plan on going in 2012 bring warm clothes and waterproof coats :-}

Quick post.....

Nothing much exciting has been happening around here. The kids are settling back into school and seem to enjoy it so far ~ as much as one can with school. Andrew is busy with the cross county team and really likes it. Christopher likes his classes and has met some nice kids. Maggie loves school so she is doing great. I am still unpacking boxes and getting things put away ~ it will get there in time! Tim is back in the UK after spending 2 weeks in Beijing for meetings. He had a nice time at the Olympic events he was able to view and the venues were 'spectacular' according to him.

Just HAD to share....

The kitchen is painted!! There are a few touch ups to address but otherwise it is all done. I also spent time getting the wall in the breakfast room decorated. Don't you just LOVE my designer kitchen table and chairs?? LOL

The wall color does not come across as it actually is but you can get the general idea of how it looks :-}