Friends

The kids are being so good while waiting for their brothers event to start. These middle school track meets are organized chaos. How about the hair on these two guys??

Runner

Here he is! All set for two events  today: the 200 and the 400. He hopefully starts in a little less then 40 minutes.

Team Roth

Kids staying busy and warm waiting for brothers event. Need warmer clothing!!!

Mom

In the red sweatshirt doing the timing for Frontier. It is a bot chilly and windy here. Should have brought blankets and winter coats.

Screwtape!

My final birthday present arrived over the weekend, when Jen and I traveled to Colorado Springs for a stage performance of CS. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters." It was an amazing single actor 90 minute production. The main actor also announced after the performance in a Q&A that they have purchased the rights to another great Lewis novel "The Great Divorce," which will hopefully be staged in late 2013.

After the play, we were trying to decide on a place for dinner. Could have chosen a local burger and fries joint, but thanks to the power of cell phones and Google, we located the only Ethiopian restaurant in all of Springs! And it was only 10 blocks away.

The dinner was amazing. The owner/hostess was even more so. We spent almost two hours eating and talking with her while she served us some of the most amazing food I have ever enjoyed. She not only owns the restaurant, but also runs a small school for adopted Ethiopian children and their forever families. We of course shared Wes and Kim's adoption story, and she said she would pray for them and their baby. She even packed up several small desserts for us to take back to the kids. Finally she presented us with the Book of Friends for us to leave a note and our thoughts in.What an amazing woman. Chef Maya can be found on the web at www.uchennalive.com . Like her slogan says:"Live! Love! Be Loved! Eat Well!"  

Action

It was really fun seeing all the kids reactions to the cow hearts. Quite a few dived right in, while several held back a bit, and a couple couldn't go anywhere near them. Andrew had his gloves on right away and started poking and prodding the heart. He also asked if it was edible. Near the end, the Doctor arrived at our table and spent almost 5 minutes talking to the kids and showing them different aspects of the heart. He also got a pair of scissors and made a few cuts so the kids could get a better view. Doesn't Little D look like a younger version of the Doctor and vice versa?

Heart

Kids are on their way in. The hearts are ready. Over/under on kids throwing up/passing out is 1.  I'll take the over.

Ready

The hearts have arrived. There are several nurses, a doctor, and lots of parents here to help. The cow hearts are huge! Kids arriving in a little less then 20 minutes. Developing....

Winning

On the left is my new gold card. Some people purse the gold Visa. Others the gold Amex. Me? Starbucks. The company only gives out gold cards to their most loyal high rollers.

On the right is a Red Card reward from my Super Target. Last week while working the chip section, I found a check in an envelope for $950 made out to a woman in Ft. Collins. I turned it into the store manager and was recognized for my honesty.

Winning.

Taylor Swift

Well, not yet. But she sure is trying. Somehow Sarabeth got the mic again for a Taylor Swift song. She was trying it solo, but since she can't quite read yet, she was struggling a bit. So the DJ invited some girls up to help. They did a great job!!

Singers!!

It is the final dance night of the school year at the elementary school tonight. Since Jen is still so sick, I thought I'd bring the kids for a few hours of dancing, eating and running around. We haven't been here quite 10 minutes, and some how Sarabeth got the mic and talked her brother into singing with her. They sang to Queen's "We Will Rock You." Did a great job too!

More Winning

In another surprise, I was awarded this prize for doing an outstanding job on one of the routes I swing on.  Do I feel guilty that I won both of these awards while only being on the route for 10 weeks?? A little bit maybe.  Am I over it? Yes. Go Route 96830. 

Winning!

In a surprise development, I won something!! Even though I was only a swing on the route for 11 weeks, my lead Doug and I were awarded the best Wal-Mart in the zone for 2010.  A large cash prize was included in the award!

Hoops

We made 18 shots in 4 minutes. Not only are we the best sales district, we also were varsity basketball players. We got game. And we are WINNING.

Games!

We are having the games first this year. Our district started on Wii bowling!! Go team go!!