My Minutia

Weekend highlights, con't.

So besides the big homecoming dance over the weekend, we also had about ten other things going on around here. A cross country meet, a sick college girl home, a football game, and my sister was here!

 

 

We were so busy going here and there though. We had all these plans to make some cool stuff together the week before she got here, then when we did have time to "hang out" I think we were too tired to do much! That's the way it goes sometimes, right? We did toss around several exciting ideas and made some plans for Silver Bella. She works in the design and product development office for Hobby Lobby. Wouldn't that be the coolest job ever? She designs lots of their products from a glimmer in her eye and bam bam bing...it's on the shelves and we buy it. Cool.

 

 

I snapped a photo of her rockin' out with Drake. :) Hee Hee! No weekend is ever complete around here without a lil Guitar Hero. She'sa Rockband girl, but we let her play anyway!

 

 

And reason #439 why I love my camera. My zoom lens (70-300mm) especially. It was super duper windy at this game, so I worried about getting any good photos. We were up in the stands, easily 50 yards away. Thanks to my zoomer zoom zoom and some editing...we could see the look on his face. Very cool.

 

 

A bit of cropping and I'm "in" the game, right? I have a pretty good idea what he's thinking right about now, but still like seeing his face in the moment!

 

 

A few more...

 

 

 

 

So anyhoo...gotta love that! Lastly, the Dad and his football playa after the game.

 

 

Enjoy your day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shoes and a Surprise Ending

It was a dark and stormy night.

Wait, no it wasn't. It was a bright and brisk September Saturday morning (that sounds better). The perfect kind of day to try out my new pair of kicks. Aren't my plimsolls so cute?  Hm, now where to go?

 

It's the kind of morning that screams...let's go outside. A park would be nice, and it'd be even better to invite someone to join me.

 

We ventured about an hour out of town to a big park. And who did we find there?

 

That girl who always shows up running on this blog!  Let's watch her run some more! Only this time...at a really big race.

 

There were 34 teams, and close to 600 runners at this meet! Are you thinking what I'm thinking? That's a lot of shoes. There they go! Sounding like a stampede.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the final swish.

 

This was the longest race she's done. 6K = 3.75 mile race. They usually do 5K. She did really well...averaged 6:40 per mile. Although she doesn't want to run that far again any time soon. Shhhh. don't tell her there will be more 6K's, K?

I know I post often about the running girl (and boy now too), and I thank you for reading along. I do!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He runs

not sure if you knew that or not. This is my son's first year of Cross Country. He trained all Summer, 7:30 every morning. Argh! So anyway, his first meet was this weekend! I didn't see you there, so I thought I'd show you a few pictures of what you missed. :)

Here he is about to take off...like a bolt of lightning (he's the cute one in the center).

And they're off...

And 3.1 miles later... here he is. He came in 53rd out of about 150 guys. So proud of him!

The cool down. From a distance...thus blurry photo but I had to show it:

His Uncle came to watch, too! Great day and rewarding to see all those early morning runs the past 3 months pay off!

So you want to see a tough guy?

Cuz I happen to have one, right here:

He will chew you up and spit you out my friend. Here's a few shots of his first game of the season. First things first though, decorating the cars then a big caravan of parents/players to the field. That's power, baby.

Here's that chew you up and spit you OUT part. Keep your eye on #66.

These guys were so pumped up before, during and after the game! Little guys have so much energy. This was a great outlet for all of it!

It was a fun afternoon! They won (maybe that's why).

So in conclusion, if you see this guy on the streets, step aside.

Don't let those blue eyes fool you, he will take you DOWN. Here's to a great Fall sports season!

rare footage of the many sides of this guy

Yes, hardly ever seen, and only by extreme force and bribery...my son. Also a runner.

 

It's easy to take photos of him when he's in a meet, because there's nothing he can do about it. Ha! Sneeky me. Except give me looks like this one when he sees me at the end of the finish line...

 

Waving hello!....oh I wave a lot! Just kiddin...I'm actually pretty invisible. So neat to see how he progressed from the beginning of the year to the end of the season. He's much more sculpted. Runners really like to hear that.

So moving on to the bribery shots...

 

 

He has to warm up to me, ya know. He's grouchy and hiding. But in an odd way, I like the essence of these photos. Mysterious...that's him. He's also funny. If you can pull it out of him. And I mean PULL.

This one is my favorite though:

 

Love this guy. Had to show some pix of him for my family coming to town this weekend. It's been a while since they've seen him. He's changed A LOT and I've been teasing them that they won't recognize him! He'll be the guy in the hat. I think I need to frame this photo.