3rd week

last week was a good week. We finally got our permit to build our garage and now we just have to start working on it. They are supposed to come and dig out the footings this week, and i hope to get the block foundation put in soon afterwards.

This saturday we are having a paintball night out in the woods. this is our first one of the year. i hope we have several kids come out. we are trying a new course. It is a two on two course that is in a tent. if it works out well we will bring the tent up to wilson park and have a tournament during the homecoming. It will be fun and i hope we have a good tournout.

I have been running and biking, trying to train for the detroit marathon in october. last week i ran Sunday and Tuesday for 8 miles and then i biked 22 miles on Saturday. I am supposed to go for a 10 mile jog today at 9am. I am alittle behind on my training schedule but i am just going to have to push through it.

The kids have been playing with their cousins from Texas. My sister is here for 4 weeks and her kids are the same age as my three oldest. They are having alot of fun together. At bed time my kids are out very quickly because of all the fun they have had all day.

-thats all for now - see ya next week!

- Rick

-Rick

2 weeks in a row

Dear loyal and devoted fans,

This week is going by good. I know its only Tuesday but i had a good day yesterday. i worked on the farm most of the day and we were taking off the wheat. I enjoy being outside and working in the field and on the tractor. Last week went by good also. it seemed like i got more accomplished than usual. I got the corn maze cleaned out and it is starting to look really good. the corn is easily 8' tall. i think i will be a little harder this year.

I took 12 kids to cedar point on Wednesday last week. there were 3 adults including myself. I had alot of fun. Kristi was supposed to go with us but she got sick the day before and decided roller coasters was not good medicine. We were supposed to have a paintball outing last Saturday but the dates got mixed up and we had to cancel.

The kids are doing good. We got a new puppy! it is a female black lab and the kids bought it with their own money. They named her shadow. It is mainly Isaiah's dog and his responsibility. All the kids really like her and there have been a few fights over who gets to hold her. She is pretty cute.

- Rick

-some of the meals from last week - Chicken fajitas, pizza and salad, steak and potatoes, Chicken and rice.

well, how long has it been?

Rick, Signing in.

Last week provided its challenges. Our air conditioner went out and we found out that it will cost about 1,000.00 to fix it. That was not good news. It seems like things are starting to pile up on me too. THings that shouldn't take very long seem to take an hour, and it seems like i am rushing to get things done all the time. These are just some of my frustrations.

I am doing good though. I have started to train for the Detroit marathon. Last night i went for a 24 mile bike ride. My tire blew out at the farthest distance from my house and i had to get Kristi to come and pick me up. That's one way to get out of a hard workout. Tonight i am supposed to jog 6 miles. Me and Kristi might both go and take the kids. Kristi will probably walk and run 3 miles. Isaiah likes to ride his Bike with me and he can go along ways. Adriana can't quite keep up and Julean and Matthias ride in the Stroller. Its nice to all get out and do something athletic.

This week at the chamber we are going to Cedar Point. We leave Wednesday morning at 6am. We are also doing paintball this Saturday. I am not sure just how many kids will come out, but it is still fun when only a few come out.

Thanks to all who read my blog. I know i have been absent for quiet a while. I'll trya and do weekly updates.

- Rick

oh yeah, we had left overs for dinner last night