A Typical Friday Night

BOWL ANGEL!

Just thought I'd post a few pics from Cam's skate lessons. Our Friday nights usually consist of Cam's skate lesson/practice, and then dinner out. :) My how things change!
This was one of my favorite pictures. He was totally okay after initially falling down in the bowl, but I thought the picture was hilarious. He looked as if he's ready to make a snow angel. And the fact that his board was just sitting back there - waaaaaaay back there...


Here he is getting ready to drop in the bowl.



He's coming out of the bowl on this one and catching some air.

Working on some of the ramps

Here's the story behind this pic: Cameron had a skate lesson tonight. So Bryan and I drop him off, and head to Starbucks for some much needed fuel to get us through the next couple of hours. We get back, and are getting out of the car when this lady pulls into a parking space in the next row over. Someone was meeting her, as she left her car and got into another car that pulled up. Well before she left, she proceeded to clean out her car. She threw a heap of crap underneath her car and left. Doesn't settle so well with Bryan, so after they leave, he heads over to her car, hits the pavement and pulls this out. Apparently it was her dinner (plate, napkin and food). So he returns the lost trash to her by tucking it under her windshield wiper. Unbelievable. She saw us standing there and still had the nerve to toss it all out. At any rate, we just "returned lost property". :)

Thought for the Day

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.

I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

~Mother Teresa

44th President of the United States

I watched some of the Inauguration today and was fairly impressed. Maybe it's because I was never at home while it was on (probably) or that I just didn't have any interest in watching any of our past President's take the oath (sounds more likely) but I just don't remember ever seeing the ceremony. I liked his speech, I liked seeing all the "middle-class" citizens there, I liked seeing the emotions on people's faces. I did not like the poet, or Aretha's hat. But other than that, it was pretty good. I did tape it, because there were a few areas that Cameron showed some interest in, like the fact that Obama was using the same Bible for his oath that Abraham Lincoln used. He was fascinated by this. So was I. So in the beginning, during the motorcade from the White House to the Inauguration, Cam was in awe over the new limousine that Obama was riding in. Wondered how Cadillac stretched it the way they did, what parts were bulletproof, if there were TV's in it, you know, the important stuff. Then he asked where they were going. I explained that it wasn't a long drive, but they were headed to the Capitol, where Obama "works".

Cameron: He works?
Me: What do you mean he works? Of course he does ... he's the President.
Cameron: I know, but do they actually do anything ... on their own? You know he doesn't drive his own cars, and probably won't anymore.
Me: Well he has lots of meetings to go to ... about stuff.
Cameron: That doesn't sound like fun.

Then we're watching the former VP's and President's entering the Capitol, he's asking about each one, making some observatory comments ... thought Bill Clinton should be the oldest living President because he looks older than Carter. I'm sure he'd appreciate that one. Then he wondered where the Obama's daughters were.

Me: You mean Malia and Sasha?
Cameron: I don't know who they are .. I just wondered where his daughters were.
Me: Those are his daughters' names and they should be coming through soon.
Cameron: How old are they? Didn't they have school today?Me: I'm pretty sure this was a justified reason for them missing school today.
Cameron: No fair.
Me: Well when your father becomes President, you can miss school for his Inauguration too.

And then after fast forwarding through about another hour or so of the ceremony, he asks if it was over, and I told him not quite. "Do they get any food there? They have to be hungry." Very good point. Perhaps the White House Staff should look into serving refreshments during the Inauguration. What about a hot dog guy or even someone throwing peanuts around?

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Art & Lucy! I'm not sure that I'll ever forget this. For a recap on the story, click here! Had a good weekend, but very exhausting. We spent Saturday helping move Theresa and the kids into their house. Yahoo! It's a nice house, the kids were excited to have their own rooms again, and have already made some friends. Most importantly, they (we) are all able to get back to our own routines. There's no doubt that it was a VERY long four months or so, for all of us, but it's all good now! So ... that was tiring, but we made sure to take a break to watch football on Sunday. Okay, so it was a long break. Whatever. Awesome Cardinals game ... cannot wait for Superbowl! Cam headed to skate practice today for a few hours, and I managed to get some grocery shopping done. Nothing too exciting! Happy MLK Day ... Cam learned quite a bit about Martin Luther King in school this week. He informed me today that his funeral procession happened on my birthday April 9th ... but 6 years before I was born. Little known fact that he enlightened me with today. :) "They're" right when they say you learn something new every day ... even from an 8 year old.

Honor Roll ... Again!

I started typing "I don't want to brag, but ..." before I realized, you're damn right I'm gonna brag! Cameron made Honor Roll again for the 3rd quarter. All A's, one B. So proud. He truly works hard and it shows. He also informed us that once a quarter they take an 8 minute math test, approximately 240 questions. Well he finished them all in the time allowed, and got 100%. It seems that he and another girl in his class were the only ones in all of the 3rd grade classes to have done so. Yup - more bragging. :)

Enjoy your Friday - it's a 3-day weekend for us! (Well by us I mean Cam and I). Going to be watching some football - Go Cards! - and probably take it easy. Have a great weekend!