Jacob - Special Olympics

Dear Everyone,

I won two times. See I was good! It was track and field, it was longjump, softball throw and running.


I won longjump and softball throw!

Letters

Kirsten and Jacob lettered this year.

We are going to try and make “Party Friday” work tonight! - Jennifer/Mom

Even though we are tired we are going to try and make “Party Friday” work tonight. Could be tricky getting everything pulled together, but I think we can do it and not have to postpone to become “Party Saturday”!

We’ll keep you posted! LOL

Homework - Dad/Chris

Homework…

On top of everything else that is going on I have to get my homework done tonight. Each week I plan to get ahead. Jenn is really good about reminding me early, but something always seems to come up and I put it off a little longer. Most of the time I get it done earlier than I would have in the past.

What a difference having support.

Math

You never know when some obscure thing you learned in math class will come in handy. I took Linear Algebra in college 15 years ago, and now I'm actually using some of what I learned to solve some of our problems at work.

Who would have guessed that all the larning would be useful.

The hole in the wall

Our kitchen has had a huge hole above the oven where a microwave should go.

Not just any microwave you see. A couple of years ago our oven died, I replaced the old oven with a GE Trivection oven. It is REALLY cool, or should I say hot? Anyway it can cook a full sized turkey in 45 minutes. (actually tried it) Oh, that brings of memories of failed thanksgiving meals in the deep and dark past, shiver....

So the oven had a microwave above it. The microwave was crap so it went with the oven. I have been looking for an Advantium microwave to put in its place. Together the trivection and advantium make a perfect pair.

Well a few weeks ago I found one listed on craigslist, we rushed over and got it right away. Now we have a matching pair, they both work great.

Bus money

It’s 5 something in the morning and Kirsten needs bus money. Good thing I’m awake. I just happen to have a whole bunch of ones in my wallet. I wonder where they came from.

More blog-a-thon

Jenn forgot to say that we are posting one blog post an hour each. I don’t know if I can keep this up. I just don’t have that much to say at 4am in the morning. Time to put in another Monty Python flick and fill up on some more caffeine. Ahhhh, diet Dr. Pepper, nectar of the Gods.

Boy Scout camp

Ben and Matt had to choose their classes for summer camp.

Matt is going to take Eagle bound classes and the Environmental Science and First Aid.

Ben is taking Emergency Preparedness, Small Boat Sailing, Communication, and First Aid too.

I bet they will have fun.

Party Friday - Jennifer/Mom

I don't exactly know how it started, but it has sort of become a "tradition" to have a party every Friday. Sometimes it gets moved to Saturday if the circumstances dictate but overall we have been pretty consistent.

So, today is PARTY FRIDAY if all goes as planned!

:D

Birthday’s

A few years ago, the boys and I went to Kmart for presents for Kirsten. We ended up getting five flashlights for her birthay. (ok, we all thought it was funny) But ever since then we decided that the best way for the birthday person to get things they want and need is for them to help pick them out.

So instead of the usual routine of buying gifts and wrapping them up. We all go together to the store and each person gets to, in turn, search the store with the birthday person and together they chose a present.

So far it has worked out really well, and this time Kirsten chose clothes, and more clothes.

This year I want a Corvette.

Chilli's

We all went to Chilli’s for Kirsten’s birthday. You can see the picture in an earlier post (by Jennifer).

It took a while for the waitress to take our order. And then it took even longer for the food to come. Now if it was just me and Jenn it wouldn’t be a big deal. But keeping 4 bouncy hungry boys occupied at small booth for an hour is a chore.

When the food finally arrived, everyone’s was great except mine. Mine was cold, I mean it might as well have been left overs straight from the fridge. Anyway, Jenn went and spoke with the manager and the meal was free. Hurray for Chilli’s!

Chris and Jennifer's Blog-a-thon

Ok, so Chris and I have decided to have a "Blog-a-thon". Both of us are always saying..."We should blog about that!" So, we are going to just do it. The idea is to have a post every hour for 48 hours.

Maybe we are being a bit ambitious but we are going to give it a go!!

Kirsten's Birthday - Jennifer/Mom

Well, Kirsten's Birthday was quite the adventure and took many days to celebrate!

On her actual birthday we went to Chili's. As I said in a previous post it was an interesting experience. (Still waiting for the post telling that story Chris!)

Here is the photo of that dinner
















Then we went to dinner at Golden Corral on Saturday, went shopping for Birthday presents (we'll explain the Runyan family birthday traditions later too!)...





And finally home for the party!!!



Kisten blows out the candles while wearing her new clothes and the giant "cookie cake" (Dad's idea) is ready to cut! Say "Cheese!"























It was a fun birthday!

Jennifer/Mom - The Birthday Dinner

We just got back from Kirsten's birthday dinner. It was quite the experience! (Chris will get to post about those details.) The official birthday party will happen later but we wated to do something to celebrate today.

Bedtime for everyone!

Jennifer/Mom - Fixing the window!

We had our Sunday relaxing plans scrapped by the need to fix a window. UGH!!

It was so cool to work with Chris and get it all fixed though. I have learned how to do a TON of things from him! It is great!

Here are a few pics of Chris finishing up the job.

How NOT to land a plane...

I was doing some "spring cleaning" on my computer and found this classic: