The Raccoon River Conference XC meet was this week. The season is winding down. It was the last meet for Abbey. Jordan has districts on Thursday and maybe the State Meet if the boys work hard. It was cold and rainy. (The things we do for our kids!) Both kids definitely like the cool better but the rain we could all do without! Both of them ran their personal best at this meet, which was run in Winterset. Abbey had her best time prior on this course of 18:08 and ran a 16:26 on Monday! I wish I could have captured her jubilation on film but I was too busy catching her as she lept into my arms! We were so proud of her final effort of the season. Jordan ran a 18:02. His best career time. He looked great. He was a bit disappointed that he was 8 spots out from an all conference award. The top 20 get those. It was still a very great effort. Now he focuses on districts and Abbey on school and show choir. She still hasn't decided if she is doing basketball.
It was the start of parent teacher conferences this week. We had Jordan and Abbey's conferences. Both are doing very well. Abbey really did a great job bringing her Math grade up. We also met with the guidance counselor for Jordan and received "light reading material" (ha ha) on getting ready for college. I really need to stock up on the Kleenex that I carry in my purse. I just want him to be 5 again. This growing up stuff is taking an emotional toll on me.
Wednesday night found us at the bowling alley. Our team, The Fantastic Four, has won the last 5 out of 6 games. We always have way more fun when we win. This week, after our games we moved into Trophy's for some Buck Hunter which I am really bad at. All males are safe when I have the gun! It's the females that better watch out. The beverages consumed have nothing to do with how lousy I am. I would be the same without the beer! Am pretty sure that my bowling average would go up considerably if I stuck with a diet coke. I just always tell the team that I am "keeping it real". Wouldn't want to make them look bad. : )
This weekend our neighbor Julie took our family pictures and they turned out great! And we had fun doing it. Can't wait to share them with you. You will have to wait until I send out the Christmas cards which will be early this year thanks to her. Most of the weekend was spent making sure that we all had the appropriate attire, which went surprisingly well. Abbey babysat and Jordan went to a movie with some friends. They saw "Quarantine" which he said was "the scariest movie I have ever seen" and I do believe he slept with his light on that night. He also volunteered with some of the XC team at the Des Moines Marathon. They always run a water station. This year they were at mile 7. The little ones were stuck with us this weekend. We ate out alot (there goes the food budget for October) and watched movies. The weather is turning cold so we are going to have to break out the board games soon. (I know..livin' on the edge!)
