Jake qualified for his first race last week. The kids went to College Park High School to run a mile; they were divided into grade levels. Jake wasn't sure about the 'cross country' aspect of it; he was used to running on flat ground. I thought he did pretty well for his first race. He placed 16th out of about 35 kids. So I figure he wasn't the fastest or slowest so that's pretty good. He ran it in about 7 1/2 minutes. After he caught his breath and chilled out for awhile he wanted to celebrate with his favorite meal. . .Taco Bell :-)
Jake with some friends from school.
Jake stretching before his run.
Yesterday, we went to Old Town Spring to check out the Crawfish Festival. I was a little apprehensive since the Catfish Fest was so disappointing earlier this year. But we actually found a vendor who didn't sprinkle seasoning on the outside of the crawfish shell. (It really is so weird how they boil crawfish here--it's a waste of crawfish if you ask me.) The crawfish were not overly spicy --my nose didn't run or anything--but the overall flavor was pretty good.
My friend, Brooke decided to join us. She and her husband are from Lafayette---he was out of town on a golf trip. They moved here about the same time we did and live about two blocks over. Oh and Brooke is Mace and Jake's Science teacher. She is also about 6 feet tall (standing next to her is worse than being next to Tammie), so it was pretty dang funny to watch her ride the kiddie train with Callie.
Here's Callie pouting about something. . .
Then, Daddy bought her a princess crown and SUDDENLY everything was all better!!
As with every festival and fair, there were some interesting characters. Here's Brooke taking a fake out picture for me. Chad said the lady in the blue shorts looked like 'her ass ate her shorts.!"
My friend, Brooke decided to join us. She and her husband are from Lafayette---he was out of town on a golf trip. They moved here about the same time we did and live about two blocks over. Oh and Brooke is Mace and Jake's Science teacher. She is also about 6 feet tall (standing next to her is worse than being next to Tammie), so it was pretty dang funny to watch her ride the kiddie train with Callie.
Here's Callie pouting about something. . .
Then, Daddy bought her a princess crown and SUDDENLY everything was all better!!
As with every festival and fair, there were some interesting characters. Here's Brooke taking a fake out picture for me. Chad said the lady in the blue shorts looked like 'her ass ate her shorts.!"
2 comments:
Way to go Jake...7 1/5 minutes is pretty darn quick if you ask me! I hope he keeps it up and then maybe he can join me for a race or two (although, I don't run anything near a 7 1/5 minute mile)!
Awesome Jakey! I'm very impressed -you would woop my butt!
Princess Callie - you just gotta love that girl!
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