Hannah and I did the Augusta Color Run (5k) this morning. It was more an event, than a race.. I really don’t think they even timed it. Every kilometer they threw a different color of, what I am assuming is tempera paint, on you. At the end of the race, there is a celebration party area, where you can listen to music and people doing stuff up on a stage, and participate in the color throws, where they give you packets of powder to throw.
In the middle of the race, we stopped at the clubhouse and took a picture with our friend Grace. Unfortunately her husband couldn’t be in the picture.. he was taking it. š
Here is one of the color throws.. Hannah was mad when she found out I didn’t take a video… the whole thing from a distance was pretty awesome.
Here we are just about on our way home this morning… covered in color. š
Anyway I did take a video, just from inside the throw. , check it out!
Posted on 5 October '13 by admin, under 5K, Activities, Friends, kids. No Comments.
Had to fill in a form to sign Hannah up for the SAT. One of the questions was “class rank”.
I said to myself.. eh. probably lower than normal, I know she has a B in one of her classes. But I called the counselor anyway.
10/120
It’s a testement to the classes she chose really. I’m not going to complain about a B in one of those classes.. Good Job Hannah.
Funny thing is, she is her own critic.. She knows she could do better. She is a little slack on doing her homework in a timely manner…
Posted on 2 October '13 by admin, under kids, school. No Comments.
Rockwell is going to play the baritone in the school band! That is GREAT! I am really pleased about this choice of his.
And, The baritone has the same fingering as other brass instruments, so he can have his choice down the line if he so chooses.
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Posted on 6 September '13 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. No Comments.
Morning Carpool. Hannah looks funny because she has a mouthfull of oatmeal.. heheh. (Sorry Hannah!) Here is to a great school year! 
Posted on 19 August '13 by admin, under kids, school. 1 Comment.
Watching Rockwell and his friends play on their own minecraft server is hilarious. One kid is on a local computer, another is accessing from the neighbours house, and one kid is sitting in front of the server messing with commands, basically screwing with the other players. You hear from one room to another, “STOP that! Take me out of survival mode, Iām gonna DIE!”Ā And then a bunch of maniacal laughter following various actions. Ill have to post the IP address of the server later if any of you are interested in accessing the server. I’m looking forward to a strange player showing up and those guys saying “wha?? who is THAT??”
Posted on 15 August '13 by admin, under Activities, kids. No Comments.
I just came across a note Hannah wrote me a little while ago.. I have been using it as a book mark, for obvious reasons.
heh.
That girl takes her books seriously.
Posted on 31 July '13 by admin, under kids. 1 Comment.
Backstory: This winter, on one of our bike rides to the grocery store, Hannah and I came upon a guy loading minibikes on the back of a trailer behind the K-mart. I struck up a converstation (much to Hannah’s dismay.. ha) and it turns out he travels the east coast, and has a contract to buy all retured minibikes from Kmart for a set price (I’m guess it’s, oh, ~75$ each?) Anyway, the returns run the gamut from completly worn out (why did they take it back?? the tires are WORN OUT.. you know what it takes to wear a tire off of a minibike??) to brand new, still in the box. Kmart sells them for 500$, 400$ on sale occationally. This guy said he would sell me one right there for 200$. Well, since is was one that was right out of the box with 0 miles, I figured that was a pretty good deal!
That said, it sat in the garage until recently when Melinda asked to ride it. I dont think they have been off of it since. Rockwell, Melinda and a couple friends have been riding it.
Rockwell in action.
Melinda is having way more fun on this than I expected her too.. I dont know why I didn’t think she would, She is inclined toward mechanical things…
When Melinda and her friend Hannah were not riding this thing, they were putting doors on the grounded tree house, and painting some things on the inside. Gotta like when kids weild hammers!
I swiped this pic from Cori’s FB.. Chris’s yardart.. His name is “Art”.. No major suprise there. š
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And this weekend was “Geekness Day” at the Clubhou.se… (Swiped this picture from there. ) Hannah entered the cosplay contest as Yang from RWBY, a new series from Rooster Teeth that is coming out tomorrow!
She really worked on that costume.. She even made the gauntlets!
Pictures from Melinda’s trip out west next !!
Posted on 17 July '13 by admin, under Activities, kids. No Comments.
This weekend, Melinda and her friend Hannah set up a lemonade stand.. They pulled in 12 bucks. Not bad, but they have done better.
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So here is a series of pictures from the Hog Roast at Chris and Pegs house this weekend! Wow, what a party. Although, we must be getting old.. there was still Beer in the Keg at the end of the night..
Chris made a haywagon just for the party. It was fun! Part of the path was int he neighbors yard, somwhere I have never gone before.
And the obligatory picture of all the siblings.. I’d say we are looking pretty good for our ages.
And Here is Rockwell playing with a bunch of his cousins (once removed -lol) They had a BLAST. This is one of those events they will all remember.
A Nannyrama for you. Pretty much the whole shebang.
Rockwell messing around with the liver that came with the pig. What a joker.
Rockwell checking out how they attach the pig to the spit.
The kids had a load of fun on this dinosour. It used to have three springs and it was hard to move, even for an adult. Take one of the springs off, and BAM, its a dangerous fun machine. Only small amounts of blood where shed.. No worries.
Rockwell riding Chris’s “irish Mail”. Its hard to figure out at first! Steering with your feet and “pedaling” with your hands! Rockwell mastered it before the weekend was over.
When I dropped off Hannah for the LUA Mincraft summer camp, we passed a guy that really goes all out in decorating the shrubs in his yard. He even got all his neighbors to do it.
And, from 2012 School Year (!) I finally have seen the actual Trophies Hannah won in the math counts competition in the virgin Islands.
And finally.. Hannah and I love eating fat. š This is a frustrating thing, because society does not, therefore does not supply it. Here is an example.. The first picture is the yogur isle at Wallmart. Look at the huge selection! (It goes down to where Hannah is standing. ) It’s HUGE. Do you think they had any flavored full fat yougurt? Not a single damn one. Not even one! WTF?
Here is the most yummy yogurt on the planet, mix this with cereal and you are in heaven. Hard to find. Its the ONLY full fat flavored yogurt we have found. It’s just not right. You are missing out if you dont lick the fat off the tinfoil when you take it off.. I have to assume its like joy people used to have drinking the cream off the top of the milk bottle.
OK< One more pic.. Here are some of our favorite teachers at North Augusta Elem. Making Cotton candy this spring at their fun fair.
Can anyone tell me where Melinda is here?
Here Melinda is at the cave of the winds at the base of pikes peak.
Posted on 7 July '13 by admin, under Holidays, kids, vacation. 2 Comments.
