Our Exchange Student

Our family is trying something new this year. We are hosting a foreign exchange student through AFS. His name is Renan and he is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He will be staying with us for the upcoming school year. He is sixteen and will be a junior. We are really excited for him to join our family and hang out for the year. It will be a great experience for us and the school, and hopefully for Renan. Renan is the one at the bottom of the picture, along with a friend of his.

Class of 2012

Alex and his 8th grade class had their promotion ceremony on May 20th, promoting them from 8th grade to start their high school years in August. What a good group.

Baseball is back!!

Well, my favorite time of year is back - baseball!! To my great delight Alex has decided to play again. The past two springs have seemed so empty without baseball practice, games and all that goes with it. I'm so excited that he has decided to play at least one more year. Some of our best memories are during Alex's baseball seasons; evenings spent at the field watching the games, working the snackbar, practicing or being there to cheer other teams on. This years team is co-ed 7th-8th grade. It is good as neither group had enough players to field a team, so by combining they will make it work. A lot of the kids have played on past teams together, so that is a plus. I'll post results as games begin. We don't have a game until somewhere around May 12th. Spring is in the air!!

Alex takes 3rd in discus

Alex competed in his second track meet in Ash Grove and placed 3rd in discus. He threw 97' 1". Their meet before that was rained out with the massive amounts of rain we had. Throw in a few tornado warnings during school and it has been crazy. We have more rain again tonight, with more chances of tornado's tomorrow. It has been a crazy year for sports and everything else with weather messing up just about everything. What can we say - it's Missouri! It gets even better - chance of snow flurries tomorrow night!

Alex takes 2nd at Track Meet

Alex competed in his first track meet for this season yesterday. He competed in the 100 yard dash, shotput and discus. He placed 2nd in discus, with a throw of 99' 10 1/2 ". Pretty awesome!

Only in Missouri

Well, once again crazy Missouri weather abounds. Yesterday was in the mid-60's, today in the mid-30's. What will tomorrow bring? We are so ready for warmer weather. Itching to get that garden going, smell freshly mowed grass and all the other fun stuff of spring. The daffodils are starting to pop their heads up. Alex has his first track meet on Thursday. He is going to run the 100 meter, and throw in the discus and shot put. We'll see that happens!

Daylight Savings Time

I'm so happy it's daylight savings time. It is so good to have the sun a little longer each day. Spring is around the corner - none too soon. It has been a cold and wet winter, and we are more than ready for some warmth. Of course, check back in the middle of August and you will hear a different story!