Am I a Stalker?

The cross country team has pasta parties the night before their meets.  This one was held around the corner and across the street.  The boys came home to get a ball to play four square, so I decided to take a couple of pictures.  I didn't want them to see me, so I went into our back yard, and then into the neighbor's back yard, and these are the pictures I got.  Doesn't it look like they are having fun?

First attempt at getting a picture - too many things in the way!

Next attempt- through the trees and the swing set.

Had to try one more time because my boys weren't in the last one.

My children play four square in our driveway.  The way the concrete is cut makes a very nice playing field.  It looks like the neighbor's driveway is the same.

Just Keep Running

The boys are back into cross country, and the season has officially begun.  They had their first meet, and all the boys ran at the same time.  This is a good first meet, because no one has a time for their 5k yet, so all the boys run to race the clock, and each other, to see who will be on varsity and who will be on junior varsity.  There were about five school in attendance.

Eli changing his shorts because he wore someone else's.

Words of encouragement from the coach.

Team cheer.

Runners take your mark...

Caleb

Eli looking a little tired.

Eli cheesing it up for the camera.

The fairy's home.

The girls do not particularly enjoy going to the cross country meets, so they find something to entertain them while the boys are running.  Here they made a fairy home under a tree they thought looked like an umbrella.

The End

At the end of the school year in June, the children said good-bye to their teachers and friends.  We didn't expect to be going back to school here in Austin.

It was a pretty rough afternoon.

Emily on the last day of school.

Claire on the last day of school.