Getting into our stride

 Kendal and Pete had a cross country meet on the 8th at Magic Mountain. Kendal came in 29th, and Peter 22nd place in their races. Kendal's time helped the girls team win that day! Both worked hard in their races and are so happy that the "hardest race" is done.

Friday (8th) evening Casey took Kendal and Pete to the football game. Kendal and Pete got to help take out a massive flag before the game started (it's the giant flag that flies on the Perine bridge for the 9/11 memorial). They had a blast doing that! Casey was up in the box for the game with his binoculars spotting players for the announcer. Kendal and Pete ran concessions and hung out with friends. Alice and I stayed home and watched a Disney princess movie, and a few Disney shorts. 

Saturday we got to work on our backyard. We borrowed a tiller from a friend and bought a lot of manure to cover the yard. We worked all day and got the seed down mid afternoon. We hoped our preparations help the seed take and flourish and the weather stays fine to let our grass take root before the cold comes. 

Saturday evening Casey had a fireside with Kendal and the other 14+ youth. A LDS, PGA golfer came to talk with the youth. Casey said he had a nice message and was neat to listen to. Afterwards Kendal headed off to a church dance in Twin. 

Alice gave a scripture in sharing time on Sunday. Casey helped her, but it was so hard to hear with a few sunbeams giving the world their gripes. Peter gave a talk in his sharing time about president Nelson who tuned 99 the day before. That evening Pete has an activity day fireside with his group, and Casey had missionary training at the church. 

We had the first full week of school this past week. The kids are well into their classes and doing well so far. I think I've finally got my head above water at work, but studying for my alternative license is proving to be a journey so far. 

We found out Casey's uncle Melvin passed away last week (he's been battling cancer for the better part of a year). Casey,  Alice, and I went to the funeral on Friday. We saw so much extended family. Casey had all but 3 cousins there and lots of family, neighbors, and community people be grew up with. They gave a wonderful tribute to Melvin. He influenced so many lives as a teacher and coach. Casey said that he's pretty much the next generation of his uncle, teaching and coaching girls b ball and track. We stayed for a luncheon and caught up with family. We probably would've stayed longer, but we had to rush back for kendal and Peter's meet in Twin. 

Kendal and Pete had a meet at the soccer complex in Twin. There were a lot of schools there that we don't normally compete against. Both races were about 40 min delayed. Kendal had a PR in her race! Pete was a bit off during his run, but he still had a decent time. 

 Kendal took 57th place out of 166 girls. 

Pete took 74th out of 213 boys. 

Saturday took the kids and I to Utah to celebrate Campbell's birthday and have a fun day with family! We went to Boondocks and got to spend the afternoon with the whole Loosle gang. We started out with mini golf. Next we went over to the bumper water boats.  The kids had a blast doing this and getting everyone else wet. After the water boats we went over to the race track. It was fun seeing everyone zip around the track with big smiles on their faces! We took a break inside to play lazer tag. They let us do two rounds and it was fun going around and shooting everyone. We went back outside for another round of bumper boats and the race track. I tried to maintain the lead with Elliott as my sidekick, but was eventually passed up by others. We ended with another round in the lazer arena, thoroughly beating another team! We ended our evening having a steak dinner at Andy's house and wishing Campbell a happy birthday! It was a quick one day trip, but a day full of family memories! 

Last but not least. . . Baby grass. We're loving watching it come in!!