Hot Toddy Weekly

We started working through the 'Preach my Gospel' manual for FHE. It was fun to see the kids have questions about missionary preparation and the schedule that they keep. It should be a good practice to continue as we work through the book one Monday a month.

We had a scaled-down Valentines day. I did sneak in a bouquet of flowers that I had sent to LeAnn at school. I think she was quite surprised with that one. Otherwise, we stopped going out to dinner a number of years ago as it proved to be too much of a hassle with the crazy busy restaurants out there.

Tipped over on my bike this week. One of those moments you hope no one was watching, then see a whole busload of folks looking on. I put my bike on the rack in front of the bus each day. I recently purchased a fender for the back tire so I dont get slop spinning up my backside when riding after it has rained. When on the front rack of the bus, this fender, which is adjustable, gets blown by the wind until it is perpendicular to my bike seat. I will usually get my bike off the rack, push the fender back down to its original position. On Tuesday I forgot to do this. I put my gym bag over the handlebars, put my left foot on the pedal and went to swing my right leg over the seat. I hit the raised up fender and tried to balance back on the left pedal while trying to push the fender down with my hand. This motion, combined with the 30 pound gym bag, threw off my balance and I crashed down on top of the bike. With the bike not really moving and all, it still banged me up pretty good. 215 pounds of man coming down on top of the bike caused me to scrape up my knee and left about 6 little blood blisters on my right hand. The ol hip took a pretty good hit too. Pathetic.

Wednesday brought Austin's first basketball game with his new team. They are quite strong, and Austin had a great game as well. He has improved his shooting, and his quickness is enabling him to get a bunch of steals. Here is his stat line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 1 assist. Not too shabby! They won 38-17. Here is a facebook post from one of the mothers. (Austin plays soccer with one of the boys on his team- Dominic, so they are very familiar with how each other operate)
"I just love how Austin and Dominic play together. Amy (doug's wife) came up to me after the game and said Austin and Dominic feed off each other on the court. Then I told her they play soccer together and you were dominic's soccer coach and she it all makes sense now there awesome!!"