July

Another 5k for Cole and Robyn last week and they both reached their goals. Both of them ran the whole way without stopping and beat their last time. I paced Cole to a 28:26 time. He really wanted to walk towards the end, he was working really hard. He did great though. Robyn came in about 10 minutes later.

Last week Cole was in golf camp while Kaori was in girl scout camp. She rode a bus with friends to the camp that lasted all of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. She was excited that she got to pet horses, sheep, chickens and other farm animals. They also did crafts, sang songs and cooked things. This week they are having fun in rock climbing camp.

Over the weekend we camped with our neighbors from our Savage neighborhood. At least we didn't get rained on but it was a bit chilly. We spent a lot of time driving back home because Cole also wanted to play in his baseball tournament. In the future I think we'll have to choose one or the other and stick with that. By the way Cole's team won their first two games but lost the next two and were out of the tournament.

Coming up this month: soccer camp, packing food for hungry children, getting together with friends from grad school, vacation at Wisconsin Dells and more...

Here it is...

...my big screen debut. The first video is the full screen as seen in the theaters. Can you play "Where's Anthony?" The second video draws more attention to my positioning on the screen. Can you see me now? You might need to push pause and search the background.

Well, there it is. Long awaited I know but it was worth the wait for me, I hope for you too. Autographs upon request. Let the comments begin. Also, in the courtroom I was not smoking. They put a cigarette in front of me to make it look like I was though.

A 5k And I Didn't Even Get To Run!

Robyn and Cole ran a 5k a couple weeks ago as I'm sure many of you already know (Robyn was so excited that she rushed home and sent out an email!). They did very well and were very proud of their performances. Cole was going to stick with Robyn the whole way but after a half mile into the race Robyn could tell she was holding him back. She told him he could go on ahead if he wanted and off he went. He ended up finishing about 10 minutes ahead of her. Robyn beat her time goal by about 5 minutes. Of course they were so happy with how they did that they have the running bug and can't wait to do another and we're all signed up for another one in a couple weeks. Yes, I'm running too because Cole wants to try and go even faster so I'm going to be his pacer. Results to follow.

And while we were waiting for them to finish Kaori and I hung out and played some of the games that they had set up for the kids. Then they brought out the hoola-hoops and that's all she wrote. Kaori picked one up and after she got started she didn't stop. People picked some more up and tried their best but just couldn't get the hang of it. They came and went and came back again and couldn't believe she was still going. They took pictures of the little hoola girl. She ended up going for 26 minutes!