Fall Hodgepodge

Hello to everyone. We were looking at what we have done over the past month or two and it has been, well, a hodgepodge. Lots of little things here and there that have been fun and interesting. Kris famously finished her first, and probably last, half marathon. She was training extensively over the past three months and finally flew to Ireland and did it. There were some pleasant surprises and not-so-pleasant surprises. She found out that her half marathon was a beautiful, hilly, rugged terrain. She also found out that it would have been better to travel that terrain in a car. Incidentally, she kissed the Blarney Stone at the Blarney Castle on the way to the race so that means she is much more eloquent. If you speak with her on the phone that is probably what you noticed. This is a picture of her on the right actually kissing the stone. She is being helped because the castle is about 5 stories tall and you can fall all the way down while doing the kissing.

Kids all started school. Everyone is enjoying their experience with US schools again. Evan can clearly understand what his teacher is saying. He loves to read. Lizzy has her BFF in her class and they sit by each other and get to talk all day long. She was invited to her birthday party, which was a hollywood party. We got pictures of Lizzy before she went. We think she's beautiful, even when it's just for fun.

Nick is also in the US school and he is currently in Junior High in 6th grade. He has a locker and even got asked out on a date (He said no). We got a few pictures of him playing flag football. He was a good runner and developed a soft set of hands near the end of the season. He is fast, unlike me, so he ran for some great touchdowns. Please notice that he is taller than everyone else on the field. This is helpful.

Katy is in playgroup, the equivalent of preschool, which is free here. She gets to color and she was also able to celebrate Harvest Festival. She sang some songs down at the local church and dropped off some goods for the poor. This was all done in between her waving at her mother about 2,000 times. We have pictures of 1,000 of those. We will only show you one.