Enjoying our first moments of school vacation week!

Birthday card from Liz!

The kid cleans up real nice...

Here is Ben on his way to the Spring Concert.  Ben's third grade class played three songs on their recorders.  Way to go Ben!

Handsome boy!

Easter and the Golden Egg

We went up north for Easter and celebrated at my mother-in-law's.  Aunt Stacy, Grampy, and Grampy's sister, Sharon, also joined us.  Aunt Stacy and Grammy collaborated with the Easter Bunny to put together an epic egg hunt.  The eggs were hidden all over the front and back yard, positioned both high and low, and you "had to look with your eyes" to see them.  That seemed like the best advice to offer Jacob and Ben when they were searching and scouring the landscape for eggs.  The most sought after egg was the golden egg with its mystery treasure hidden inside.  After the egg hunt we sat down to a delicious meal.   Here are some pictures from the day:

Looking for eggs.

The golden egg dance!

Found another one!

Tallying the bounty!

Easter dinner.

Grammy and the boys mid-hunt!

Relaxing after that hard work!

Aunt Stacy!  (Photo taken by Ben!)

Race #2 for the boy!

Jacob ran in the Todd's Trot race today.  It is a 5K road race held in honor of a Durham resident who tragically died during his freshmen year at West Point while running in the try outs for the military academy's marathon team.  The race was extremely well organized and attracted 400 runners.  They also had an extensive post-race selection of snacks and refreshments (which we all enjoyed - maybe not the best race etiquette!)

Jacob did a good job and finished 61st overall and 4th in his age group.  He averaged a 7:03 minute mile. The overall finisher kept up a blistering pace and finished the race in 15:35 for a 5:01 minute mile.  Imagine being able to run that fast!

I am proud of Jacob for competing in these races.  I need to start taking some pictures though to brighten up these posts!

It's racing season again!

Jacob took part in his first 5K of the season and ran in the Pursuit of the Holy Grail race in Epping.  He did great and finished 28th overall and third in his age group.  He averaged a 6:54 minute mile.  I am very proud of that boy and can't wait to see how he does at his next race.

Look who finished 28th out of 463 runners!

Message of the day...

Yesterday Jacob wrote a message on our whiteboard, it said - "Hay is for horses."  Today Benny wrote a message -

Help others - Benny's message of the day!