Tonight Kenzie went to Homecoming for the rival high school. She knows a lot of people there since she went to middle school with them and ran cross country there in 9th grade. I took her and her friend Monica out for some pictures. Aren't they beautiful? They were picked up for their dates in a black limo. How classy is that! I have to brag about Kenzie's dress. I happened to find it on sale and got it for a steal, $26. You can't beat that kind of bargain shopping.
Today was the first game of Noah's first-ever-little-league-football-season. He plays quarterback and Mike is his coach (that could be a bad thing). Anyway, they played their hearts out but were defeated. One of the pictures shows a coach giving Noah some extra practice on the sidelines and another is of "Coach Dad" giving him a little "pep talk". 
The kids have discovered that in this desert we have a river to play in. We went there for FHE this week. There is a little waterfall and some tiny rapids plus an area just inches deep where they can run and skim board. The reason we call it Africa is because Kenzie used to run the trail right by the river. The trail is covered with trees and with the sound of the waterfall she and her friend named it Africa. We are a long way off from Africa without any lions or hippos here, but the kids had a great time anyway.
The 2009 Cross Country season is well under way. This is Mikenzie's 3rd year running and she loves it! She has already run in 4 meets so far. She has finished number 2 on her team each time. Her goal is to be #1 on her team before the end of the season. She is a tough cookie, trying to be the first girl finished each practice and running hills the other girls wouldn't dream of. She is a great example for Gage. He and 2 friends decided to run with the high school team. They are all in 8th grade, but the high school coach lets them practice with the team. There are only a couple of races for 8th graders during the season so the boys are just practicing for the future. Gage ran in a fun run after one of Kenzie's meets and beat both his teammates. We have high hopes for him and Mikenzie in being they best they can be!
