First of two...

Jacob had his first cross country meet yesterday.  It was a perfect day for running - sunny and cool.  In addition to the regular league schools, Hampton Academy was also invited to participate in the race.  And boy do they participate - it took two buses to transport the Hampton cross country team to the meet! (They had nice team duffle bags and warm up jackets too.)

The 2.1 mile race started off at a fast pace and Jacob was 40 runners back from the lead.  At this race, the runners loop around the course three times.  Each time we saw Jacob he improved his position in the field of 70+ runners.  

He must have turned it on during the last lap because Jacob ended up finishing 15th overall and ran the 2.1 miles in 13:40 which made for a 6:30 pace.  He was the first finisher for his team.  His buddy Davio was right behind Jacob and finished a few spots back.  

Jacob does not have much time to savor his success.  Today he is running in the Nottingham Day 5K race.  (His coach said this may not have been the best planning and scolded me for having Jacob race two days in a row!)

George and Benny will be running in the 5K race too.  I had wanted to run with Benny but apparently Ben does not think I have what it takes to keep up with him.  Oh well.  I'll be volunteering instead!

Looking sharp!

Jacob and Davio celebrating with post-race pizza!

The dads celebrating with post-race beer!  (I had a beer too!)

Look who came in 4th!

Jacob ran in a 5K road race in Lee today.  He finished 4th out of 36 runners.  His time was 24:17 for a 7:48 per mile pace.  Nice job kid!  He said the course had a couple of good hills!

Anticipation!

Several members of the Snow family are anxiously waiting for 1:00 pm, Sunday, September 11.  Are you ready for some football?

Looking forward to a good outcome for the Steelers!

Jacob already has his game face on.

Got to the beach!

We finally made it to the beach this summer - without a day to spare!  Benny loved the waves and stayed in the water until he was shivering cold.  I even got in for a bit.

Labor Day Lobster

My parents celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary this weekend.  And my mom won 10 lobsters through a church raffle so the family got together for  a Labor Day Weekend Lobster Fest!  We also decided to grill up some nice tenderloin steaks for a little surf-n-turf.

Michele and Rick made sangria for us!  (Well, Rick actually did the work!)

The white sangria was excellent!

Watch out for those lobsters!

A toast to lobster and 41 years of marriage!

This crew was enjoying themselves too!

I'm back!

Okay, too much time has passed since I last posted.  Spring came and went.  The boys finished school and now summer is over and the boys are back at school.  Here are some highlights -

Jacob fractured his arm during a track meet - buckle fracture!

We had lot's of poolside fun!

George customized his motorcycle!  I even went for a ride.

We got new furniture.  Our former furniture was 13 years old!

All of our college friends visited for July 4th and to welcome Pete home from his tour in Afghanistan!

We took an amazing family vacation to Chicago.
This is the view from the condo we rented!

And had to try deep dish pizza!  Benny did not like it! 

We made it through Hurricane Irene.
The worst thing we had to deal with was this odd and venomous caterpillar Benny found.

And the boys went back to school.
Hard to believe they are in 3rd and 7th grade!

February is a short month...

For the first time in several years, I did not post on the blog for an entire month.  A sign of the times I guess.

February was a busy month and a few things kept us busy:

The Super Bowl was a disappointment for our household.  The boys looked good for the game though:

Two of my college friends, Julie and Laura, turned 40.  (Well, one birthday was actually at the end of January.)  We got together to celebrate.

Benny turned 8 at the end of January and had a small "kid party" at the house.

The boys' ski lessons finished up last month too.  Benny is a terror coming down the mountain and Jacob was given the all-clear to snowboard using the chair lift.  

Basketball was also in full swing.  Jacob had a great year and found his stride - especially on defense.  My sweet boy becomes aggressive on the court!  Jacob will work on his offense during the off-season as he plans to try out for the school team next year.

George coached Benny's 1st and 2nd grade team.  And believe it or not - I was the assistant coach.  The kids learned the basics under George's instruction and should be in good shape for next year.  

George and I got away for a night and met the Shipman's in Boston to watch UNH hockey play Northeastern.  My sister-in-law Stacy joined us too!  We stayed at the 90 Hotel and enjoyed every minute.  Started with drinks and appetizers at the Beantown Pub, moved onto dinner at the Boston Beerworks and then has post-game drinks at the hotel's fancy bar!  The city got a few inches of snow while we were there and the view from our hotel was beautiful.