Washington DC

A few pictures from our trip to Washington DC. We had a great time and saw a lot of monuments and memorials. Cole especially enjoyed the Air and Space museum where we saw the Spirit of St. Louis and the actual Wright Bros. plane. You know the one, it was the first manned flight. The Natural History Museum was way too crowded. We had a private tour of the Capitol which was nice.

I did enjoy the marathon, just enjoyed it a little longer than I wanted to.

One thing about Washington, there seems to be a severe lack of signage for driving and the subway. I swear, the Tokyo subway system is easier and more intuitive that Washington's and that's even for someone who doesn't read Japanese.

Art Class

It's that time of year again, art class has started up. It is kind of busy since it is on Thursdays after school; the same day the kids have soccer practice. But we only have to deal with that for one more week before soccer is over. The top two pictures are Kaori's and the bottom one is Cole's. If we ever find Cole's picture of the pelican I'll post that one too.

Congratulations to Robyn as she ran another 5k last weekend. She finished in a time that was about 3 minutes faster than her previous personal best. I knew she had it in her; she wasn't so sure.

I continue to train for the Marine Corps marathon. I'm about ready to be done with that but don't want the race to be yet because I'm too nervous for it still.