January 2010

January has definitely flown by. It has been very fast-paced and sadly, probably the slowest of the next few months from the looks of our calendar.

Ted has finally finished his project in the Medical Center. He has been able to enjoy driving to the main (much closer) office. It has also been helpful to be able to rely on him to help shuttle kids to where they need to be. I think that is short-lived though. He just picked up 2 jobs in College Station and 1 in Liberty. Neither are exceptionally close to home.

Blake has started with track practice. He is running the longer distances. He had to sit out for 2 days this past week. They run EKGs on the athletes and Blake had an abnormal EKG. So, he was not allowed to participate until he saw the cardiologist. We went in for that appointment on Monday afternoon. They did another EKG and echocardiogram. The cardiologist cleared him to play so he is back at it. He has also been busy with volunteering with Key Club. This has let him see lots of different things...Special Olympics Bowling, Rockets games, Aeros hockey, etc.

Kendall stays busy everyday with swimming. We haven't been very good at getting to meets. We've done at least 3 though. Once the summer swim team starts up, we will be swimming every Saturday. Kendall is really enjoying her 5th grade year. This week they had a skating party. Now, she is looking forward to her 5th Grade Party in May.

I am enjoying a rare Saturday without a camp today. The next two Saturdays, I have camp. By the looks of my calendar right now, I am going to be gone to meetings more than I will be at school! That will make getting ready for camps a little rough. These Saturdays have made it hard for us to get out the camper and enjoy it. We've had to cancel a couple of trips already. I will be glad to see the end of April roll around!

We are all looking forward to Spring Break! Once again, it falls over my birthday so I can at least enjoy that day off. I will definitely enjoy the break this year.

Below are a few clips from Kendall's inter-squad meet last night...

Kendall is 2nd from top...breaststroke

Kendall at the top...freestyle

Kendall at the bottom...butterfly