Another halloween has come and gone. Again, the family was very excited about it. Sam was TinTin, Margaret was a princess of some kind, and Katy was some form of Mini Mouse. We had lots of people by and Elizabeth set her ‘witch’s den” up in the front yard. A fun time was had by all.
Katy and a bunch of friends went to coronation Saturday night. It is basically a formal homecoming dance at her school. Her date is the one in the tux. She seemed to have a good time. They all had dinner at the Yonenaga’s before hand and ended up there afterwards. She seemed to have a good time. I assume y’all that are her facebook friends (she won’t let Elizabeth or I) know all about it by now.
Margaret had a good year this year at Cross Country. She has gotten much faster and finished consistently 6th in most of her meets. She made it to the County Champions Meet and finished 8th. We still haven’t figure out where Margaret got the running gene. This year she did learn that if you work hard at something, you get better. She ran with the faster group this year. She really improved.
Sam, Margaret, and Elizabeth went to some Halloween party that a friend of Margaret’s was having. They got dressed up. I didn’t go, I am the Halloween scrooge.
The last few weeks, the kids have started racing at the local velodrome (Hellyer Park). They have a great junior program there. They teach the kids how to ride on the track and gradually get them to start doing some races. Our kids think it is great. Margaret doesn’t like racing with other people, but she seems to win all of her races. Today was the ‘end of the year bar-b-que’. There were medals awarded. Sam got a medal for being happy we think. I get to ride with the kids. It is a lot of fun.
It has been a long while since I have posted anything. It doesn’t mean that nothing has been happening, it just means that I have been too lazy to do anything. Of course, the kids all started back to school (Katy is a junior now). Margaret has been doing cross country again. The season is almost over, just the invitational meet yet. Margaret did well enough so she will be going. First Lego League has started up again. Katy managed to wreck the minivan. She didn’t see a traffic island, so she hit it at 20+ mph, broke most of the front end and sideswiped a car that was sitting there waiting for the light. I am still not exactly sure what happened, but I write it off to a 16 year old driver (I can’t really talk, my driving record isn’t the best).