A beautiful day to be outside!

We started our day with a race...I was a fabulous spectator!
(Spencer and Dave did the running).

Here they are before the 5K race.


It was a wonderful autumn day and the leaves are so colorful right now! Dave was afraid that Spencer would overdo it and he tried to point out the trees in order to help Spencer pace himself but it didn't work- he was too concerned about staying on the path and not running into anyone. There were a lot of people - over 900! A record number this year.

Here they are at the end of the race.

Yep, the fingers they are holding up are the order they finished in. Spencer kicked it into high gear at the end and finished in 29. 40. Check out the results here.

Then we headed home so that Jenna could finish out her soccer season. I wasn't able to see much of her season since I was coaching Spencer's team but she had a lot of fun.


One thing that I am unfamiliar with is organized cheering from the sidelines. The girls would line up and start cheering and clapping for their team. That doesn't happen on any boy teams I have seen.

Everyone got participation medals in 1st grade. It was so refreshing to watch games where the score was not the main focus of the game. I just found myself chuckling most of the time.

I will post a photo of Spencer's team soon. We took the opportunity for a group photo after our next to last game...good thing too since our last game was in the fog, at night. Until then, here is a photo taken after the final game. Our team got second place.

*Update 8/12/08: Poor Spencer can hardly walk today...despite my best attempts to hydrate him and encourage stretching...he is going to be sore for a couple of days.