Ethan's first day of School

Ethan went back to school today. Ethan is now the big boy in his class so he will have some responsability being one of the leaders for the younger ones. He went right to work like he hadn't missed a thing. He seemed very glad to be back.

Lego Robotics

Caleb is on his schools Lego League team and I am the coach. My Friend Hisham is the coach for the older group and he has done this for a couple of years. I am probably more excited about this than anyone. Here are some pictures from our first meeting we had both teams together sorting out the legos and building the elements of the missions that we will have to do.

This years mission theme is Climate Connections. The kids have to build a robot that can do several missions relating to climate, and they have to do a bunch of research and do a presentation on a climate related topic. The state Lego competition is December 6th. In the world we are one of over 4000 teams.

Check out some of the websites telling all about the competion and the fun.
First Lego League
Louisiana First Lego League

Beat The Heat 5k

This was my 3rd 5k to run, and Jill has run a couple more than I have. Well, that was on August 9th. I finally just checked the results to see how we did. I couldn't resist posting and bragging on my wife. She came in 3rd in her age division! I am so poud. Check out all the results here.
Here are Jill's results:
Place in age division 30-34: 3rd
Overall place:86
Time: 30:47

My Family Just Got Bigger

My Cousin Shannon Hollier and his wife Ashley just had their first baby. Jacques Michael Hollier. Check out their blog with more pictures here: http://chez-hollier.blogspot.com/

Jill the Sharp Shooter!

Jim Palmer took Jill and I shooting in Monroe. Richard Raue was there also with his new gun. This was Jill's first time to shoot at a range and she did AWESOME. All the guys were impressed with her first round of shooting, but Jill's remark was of course: "well it's got a scope!"




To watch the shooting go here and here

Murphy Fishing Trip

PawPaw came over and we had a boy day. He brought his boat and we went to D'arbonne. After catching a bunch of fun little fish(catfish, strip bass, and brim) we let Caleb and Ethan try out their boat driving skills. It was definately a great day with PawPaw... thanks for coming up.

Ethan's 5th Birthday

A bunch of Ethan's friends came over. We made cars from boxes. We had races. Played with cars on Ethan's new Hot Wheels track. We also had Hot Wheels races on a loop-d-loop track. We ate ice cream cake that Jill made from ice cream sandwiches. Ethan's party was "Awesome!" as only Ethan can say at the top of his lungs.