Track & Field Day for Trey

Today, I helped out at Trey's track & field day...yes, they had to bus us to the field but it was REAL grass! It was a fun day. It was for the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. Each child got to pick a track event, a field event and then participated in an obstacle course. Shockingly, Trey picked the American football throw and punt as his field event and then he picked the 75 meter run for his track event. Due to controversial scoring, Trey took 2nd in the football throw. It was an accuracy event where you had to throw the football through a large ring. He won each of the first two rounds of elimination by many points, but each new round they started with a clean slate. So, going into the finals he and the next closest boy started at zero again and he ended up losing by one point. That was the event that I helped out with. He ended up winning the 4th grade boys 75 meter run so I think he was pretty happy about that.

For those of you that know me and how much I despise exercise, you will find this amusing...The teachers have a relay race but needed a couple parents to fill in to make them even teams. If you can possibly imagine this, but I said "sure, I'll fill in"... I looked around me and knew it would be ok although very amusing. Ever the supportive son that Trey is, he said to me afterward..."you did good mom." I just love him, even if he was lying to me :). I'll post Trey's podium pic.

The Kids...

Birthday Boy

Well, we celebrated Trey's birthday on Monday by taking the family out to Outback Steakhouse...yes, Trey got his steak! (so did his mom and dad, of course) He also got a haircut so many of you won't recognize him anymore. I'm not sure what got into him (ok, it might have been the near-constant "encouragement" from his dad) but he looks great. I'm going to try and post a picture of the birthday boy so you all can see the new look.

Another funny story...I met a woman tonight that is the mother of one of Trey's new friends here. She has actually lived in Hong Kong for many years and doesn't necessarily call a place in the states "home." She asked me where we came here from and I said Minnesota. She said that as it happens, she will be making her first visit to Minnesota this summer. I asked her to what part of the state they were headed and she said she was going to be running in Grandma's Marathon this year. For those of you that know of the long history that Craig and his family have with participating in this race, the story is even that much more interesting (in my opinion). What are the chances?

The Girls' New Robes

First Official Visitor

We were so blessed to have our first official visitor this past weekend. Our friend Andy Zaske breezed through for a day and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though I'm sure he was dead tired, we sucked every moment from him we could :) Lucky for me (rather selfishly) he brought me some gifts...not the least of which were some drill bits to use in my cement walls. Thank goodness I brought my drill! As some of you know, I'm not quite the same without my power tools and I was getting a little frustrated that NONE of my drill bits were working. So, I'm feeling very powerful now, thanks to Andy!

Craig and I really showed him the town...we took him out for margaritas at a Mexican place and then out for dinner at an Irish Pub...you know, you're usual spots in to take a guest in Hong Kong! :) We did take him to Stanley Market to do a little shopping...definite tourist spot there, but one of our favorite places to go. We picked up a few items of our own. I'll share a few pictures of the girls with their new robes and hats.

Who's next? All are welcome...just let us know so we can make up some beds for ya!