All-Stars Remain Undefeated

The All-Stars remained undefeated with another victory Monday with a 2-1 win - each game was very close. Annee played pretty well and did a very good job serving. A link to a video of her serving is posted below. Tonight we have Fall Festival at Briarwood. Annee and Hayden both play tomorrow morning. Going to have to split up since the games are both at 9. WKU football is also home Saturday evening. Guess we will be busy!

Annee Serving

End of Fall Break

We wrapped up fall break with a short trip to Frankfort, Louisville, and Evansville. Annee, Hayden, and Heather made their first trip to Frankfort to visit the capitol. After spending the afternoon touring the capitol, we made our way to Louisville to see the Chlarsons. The highlight was watching Kevin and Jen's sand volleyball team roll to victory. Hayden was a particularly good cheerleader. We made our way to Evansville on Saturday where we stopped by Mesker Zoo and had dinner at Old Chicago. Sunday morning I ran in the Evansville Half Marathon. Was quite pleased with my time - 2:05:13 (9:34 pace). It was good for 844th place (out of 2347). I was 566/977 for male finishers. Below are pictures from our adventure.

Kentucky's Capitol Building

From the front steps of the Capitol

Annee, Hayden, and Abe

Annee & Hayden with Col. Sanders

Reception Room

Annee in the Supreme Court Chamber

In the House Chamber

View from the House Chamber across to the Senate Chamber

The Law Library

Heather, Annee, and Hayden in front of stairs leading to Senate Chamber

View from Senate Chamber across to House Chamber

Senate Chamber

Kentucky Flower Clock

Back of Capitol Building

Governor's Mansion

A&H with the jaguar lurking in the background.

Monkeys in their cage.

Getting up close and personal with the giraffe.

The Finish Line!!!

The race finished up in downtown Evansville along the river.

Fall Break Has Started

Heather, Annee, and Hayden have started Fall Break. I think that they were ready for it. The last couple weeks have been pretty busy. Hayden's Colts are 4-0 and Annee's volleyball team is also undefeated. Grandma Ann and Grandpa Jimmy were the weekend of the 25th. They were able to catch one of Hayden's games but Annee's game was canceled. I was also able to sneak in a 5k while Gma and Gpa were here. Finished in 26:41 which is 2:28 better than my first effort in May. It was good for 24th out of 80 overall and 21st out of 43 for male runners. Grandma Ann has hip replacement surgery scheduled for the 12th. Annee participated in two acts for the Briarwood Talent Show. Links to her performances are included below.



Annee's First Performance

Annee's Second Performance

Pizza Party

Annee and several of the girls from the neighborhood operated a lemonade stand on Sunday. After an afternoon of hard work, they celebrated their profits with a pizza party on the patio. The boys were disappointed to learn that the pizza was not for them.

Our First Visitors!!

During August and September we have been able to welcome our first visitors to our new abode. Scott Erie (aka Eddie) was the first visitor in August. We were able to get some golf in and check out the Hot Rods. The Chlarsons made it down last weekend for WKU's home football opener, while Grandma Ann and Grandpa Jimmy are here this week. Below are some highlights of the visits.

Eddie & Hayden

A&H with our first visitor!

Hayden found a pregame football game to play in.

WKU's early lead was short lived.

Kevin is very patient with Annee!

All-Stars, Colts Remain Unbeaten

The All-Stars volleyball team ran their record to 4-0 with wins on Thursday and Monday. Annee struggled a bit on Monday but did a very nice job on Thursday. The Colts hung on to beat the Steelers 25-19 on Saturday. It was a very good game. Below are some short clips of Annee and Hayden in action.

Colts v. Steelers (Hayden is #50)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W89g0gx4B70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5HrldLCraU

All-Stars Volleyball (Annee is serving)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBG0wbIE5U

Colts Shuffle Cards

The Colts defeated the Cardinals last night 26-0. As the score suggests, it was a dominating performance by the Colts. They should have a tougher one on Saturday against the Steelers. Below are links to a couple of video clips from the game. Hayden is #50 and played center. He did a pretty good job. Annee and Heather have their next VB match on Thursday.

Clip 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aVed020MRw

Clip 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSzbHfp9VM

Fall Sports Season Kicks Off

The Fall sports season is kicking into full swing. Annee and Heather have had two volleyball games and have won both. They are doing an outstanding job. Volleys are few and quite short but Annee is enjoying it. Hayden had a scrimmage on Saturday and plays his first game on Tuesday. The Colts won their scrimmage 6-0. Annee is also dancing on Mondays. We made it to our first WKU volleyball matches over the weekend. They should be pretty good. Hope to get some video of Annee's volleyball and Hayden's football over the next couple of weeks.

Annee and her coach before their first game.

The Colts had team pictures before their scrimmage on Saturday. Hayden is #50.

Labor Day Weekend Frivolity

Still trying to play catch up with summer but we'll start with more recent and regular posting. Had a fun labor day weekend watching WKU play Nebraska in Lincoln. It was good to see cousins (and other family) again. The game went pretty well for WKU. We did clearly learn that the seats are more comfortable at WKU games. Need to start planning the next football road trip.

A mostly happy crew before the game. WKU fans were clearly outnumbered.

Hanging out before the game.

Quite a bit of red. Hard to pick out the WKU fans from the Husker ones. Probably split evenly! :)

That was quick - the baloons are released after the Huskers first touchdown.

Hayden and I wandered down on the sidelines for part of the third and fourth quarters. This is as WKU was getting ready to score.

Hayden next to the list of letter winners posted outside Nebraska's locker room.

Must have been tough on Heather deciding who to cheer for since she is an alum of both schools.