Lots and lots of practices for the Messiah Lutheran Track Meet held at the beginning of May. Private Christian schools and and homeschool groups from all over the region gathered in Grand Junction to compete. It made for sort of a long day in the stands for Mommy and the three younger ones, but overall, everyone tolerated it fairly well and the final competition was a good experience for the older three.
Lesson: There will always be someone faster than you, someone who can jump longer, someone who can throw farther... but still a good experience. Oh, and the waiting time can really be a bummer!
The waiting time is even worse is you're a younger sibling who isn't old enough to participate!
I honestly think the kids had way more fun at each practice, which alternated between the stadium and a nice park. The older kids enjoyed the activity and the "gentle" competition between themselves and the other local homeschool kids. The younger kids had a good time just playing. Being stuck in the stands at the stadium, however, is a whole 'nother ballgame.
Here's Josiah landing his standing long-jump.
Smiling is good!
This is Amelie (yellow shirt, blue shorts) getting ready for her jump.
Take your mark, get ready...
Run, Josiah, run!!!
They were happy about participating, and also happy to go after the second day. :-)
Lem refused to look at the camera at all; he was done!
(That's Josiah's hand waving over the back of the sign.)
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Piano lessons.... yes, the older two started piano lessons this year. Despite starting just three weeks before the scheduled recital, they both really wanted to participate. They did very well, and are progressing nicely under their teacher, who is amazingly talented and could probably give concerts or play for a southern gospel group.
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We are njoying our four rose bushes in full-bloom. This climbing rose has suddenly decided to put out a more formal tea rose as well. The label from the original bush is that it's a climbing bush, so I'm not sure what the deal is, since you would usually expect a tea rose to revert to a more "wild" climbing version based on the root stock. So, it is a climbing bush with red roses, and is putting out more traditional canes with fragrant, pink roses in the front. They usually bloom into June, and then again in August/September. One previous year they were still blooming somewhat into the first freeze (the end of October or beginning of November?). We'll see what happens this year. It was a particularly dry winter, and spring has also been extremely dry.
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