Renaissance Festival

We celebrated Labor Day this year at the Renaissance Festival with 7 exchange students from Thailand! Two were celebrating birthdays and so Looknam and I baked cupcakes to share with these AFS students for this impromptu birthday celebration.

It is always fun to turn back the clock 500 years, journey to Canterbury England and share in the merriment associated with the medieval days of pirates, princesses, and wenches. The boys loved the sword battles and jousting. And who doesn’t love a good turkey leg lunch and a funnel cake. But this year it was especially fun to see how foreign students reacted to the “Old English” of the many “actors” in the park. The weather was perfect this year and it was a delightful day all the way around!

Pool Closing Party

Today our neighborhood held their annual pool closing party. The highlight was the arrival of the shaved ice truck! Even though the weather was too cool for most party goers to jump in the pool, it’s never to cold for shaved ice! It was a big hit. My personal favorite flavor was the vanilla. I wonder where we can find this truck after the pool is long closed???

Caleb's 1st Touchdown!

In the Huskies first tackle football pre-season game of 2009, Caleb scored his first and the the team’s only touchdown! Number 15 can be seen running it past the goal line right here on our website by clicking on the video tab or clicking here! Ok, so we lost the game, but hey - we were so excited by Caleb’s big touchdown that it didn’t even matter. The very next Saturday, Caleb again scored two more touchdowns in their first season game. Even though one was called back due to illegal blocking, the Huskies scored their first big win with a couple more touchdowns from his teammates! Can you tell we are really proud of our 2nd grade full back and lineman?

Want to see Caleb's touchdown on YouTube? Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfHNUCG6kYI