This past week was quite crazy. I had 3 days of training, 8 hours a day for Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Windows Scripting Host. I havent been in class for that long a period of time since college. It was quite exhausting!
Thursday, Kelly gave us tickets to go see "Defending the Caveman". It was quite hilarious.
http://www.cavemania.com/
I met LeAnn in Seattle, where we went to Takohachi, a favorite Japanese restaurant of mine then we saw the show. "Men hunt. Women gather." He explained that concept in relation to the TV remote. Men like to "hunt" through the channels-- which drives the women crazy!
He also explained that ALL women have cold feet, and want to warm them on you under the covers. (I thought it was just LeAnn :))
So many things make so much more sense now. :)
Friday, I went with Autumn on a field trip to "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" at the Seattle Childrens theatre. It was fun being with her on the bus and watching the show together with her friend Jonathan Eaton. I was the chaperone, and after the play, which was very amusing, we had lunch by the Seattle Center Fountain.
http://www.sct.org/
On Saturday, Autumn had a track meet with all of the schools in the Federal Way district. They had all of the kids from Kindergarten through 2nd grade. It took 4 hours-- although it felt like 6 after chasing Jaylin and Austin around most of the time. Autumn did very well. She took 3rd place in the 100, threw a softball 21 feet, and jumped about 3 feet. It is fun to see her so active in so many activities.

We celebrated Jaylin's birthday yesterday. She turned two! We have been practicing asking her; "How old are you?"-- and she always says "I'm 3!"-- To which we reply, "No, you are 2!" Then again, "How old are you?" "I'm 3!" So, we will be set for next year. :)
She is a beautiful, sweet girl. She has a positive affect on all those that she comes in contact with.
Each of our children has brought such a joy into our lives. I cant imagine the world without them. They make the world a better place. It is wonderful to come home each day and have them all be as excited as a puppy to see you. Their affection is even sweeter than having a puppy jump up, tail wagging with exuberance, ecstatic to see you again.

I have been training for the STP (Seattle to Portland bike ride) pretty heavily since getting back from our cruise to the Caribbean. I train 3 times a week. Twice at the gym on a stationary bike, and once on Saturday. It is a good challenge for me now as my knee is still not up to par. The low impact of the bike is about the only way I can get some good excercise going and work up a sweat anymore. It is difficult not to be able to do the things I could before, but nice to be able to still rechannel my energy--and hopefully a few extra pounds, toward a good goal.
Last Saturday, I rode 40 miles. It was a bugger. The level parts werent too bad, of course, rather just getting my heiney to get accustomed to the seat is the biggest challenge. It still hurts to sit down! ;)
I rode all the way from Auburn into a place called "Southpark" in South Seattle. It was quite a slummy place, so I didnt hang around too long. I was trying to keep up with some bikers with Road bikes-- which are quite a bit faster than my Mountain bike. I was hoping that they would lead me past where the trail ended for me a couple of weeks ago. I ride on the Green River trail, which then turns into the Interurban trail. About 3 miles into Seattle from Tukwila, the trail just ended. So I was hoping to follow the roadbikers past this point. It was a struggle to keep up with them, but I did. Then when I saw the road they took past the end of the trail, I let them move ahead. That was when I got lost in Southpark. I will look online for a map to see if I can figure out the "Mystery of the disappearing trail" As we get closer to the ride, I will hopefully be able to borrow a road bike from a friend for the STP