Sophie is participating in a play (Enchanted). I couldn't resist sneaking into her practice and taking a picture, too cute. The performance isn't until later this winter.

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Bungee jumping...

After spending a long weekend away from the kids, Wendy and I decided to do a family activity last night. We waited in line for two hours to let the kids do some euro style bungee jumping. Basically you strap into a harness and get slingshoted 40 feet into the air, if you are good at it you can do flips. I knew Sophie would love it but was a little concerned about Jack. I assume he liked it, as you can see on his photos he was grinning ear to ear. Sophie even attempted a few flips.

Battle of mediocraty...

It's a good thing we got to spend time with friends and family in Boulder this weekend, otherwise the drive out to Colorado would not of been worth it! K-State and CU both have extremely mediocre football teams this year. At least they were evenly matched, although CU prevailed 14 to 13.

The best part of the weekend is surprising Wendy with an unexpected visitor from South Carolina. I have been in cahoots with Wendy's best friend, Susan, for over a month planning a surprise visit to Utah. We pulled it off and I kept the secret. Susan tagged along with us to Boulder where we met up with other friends from Seattle and Denver. It was a fun weekend despite the boring game.

Mile high fun...

I think we may have to rethink our tradition of going to the Kansas State-Colorado football game. I'm convinced we cause them to loose, it happened again yesterday! Wendy and Jessica had fun with the mascot Willie despite the outcome.
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The Vomit Comet

I fly to St. George twice a month on one of these babies. I've been doing these flights for about seven years now. As I was bouncing around on the plane today I figured I've amassed over 500,000 frequent flyer miles the HARD way!
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Project Runway, Sophie style...

Every Sunday night we gather round the tv and watch project runway. Sophie and Jack especially love it. Tonight Sophie surprised us all and came out in a "wedding gown" that she had designed. Jack wants in on the design action as well. After Sophie came up with her outfit, Jack leaned over and asked, "Dad, would it be ok when I grow up if I'm a football player and a designer?"

The "drift and pause technique"...

My grandfather, many, many, years ago taught drivers education. He is really old now (I think 86) and he still drives. The last time I drove with him was a few years back when we went golfing together. The positive news is he is still active and interested in his family. The bad news is his driving skills have not kept up with his golf game. I remember describing to Wendy (relieved after returning from our round of golf) that he didn't seem to bother looking in his mirrors before changing lanes. I described to her that he had this technique where he'd slowly drift over to the desired lane and then pause...if he heard a honk it meant there was a car present and he would correct. Unfortunately sometimes cars are present and before they have a chance to honk, he "bumps" into them. Over the past few years he's had at least a few fender benders...that we know of. We went up to my grandparents to visit today and I couldn't help but notice more "dings" in his two cars than ever before. I hope the "drift and pause" technique is working out better for his old students than it is for him!