Over the weekend the kids and I participated on the 24 hour marathon and music fest held annually here on Patch. It is a fundraiser for the various youth programs on the base. This year they raised over $26,000! Part of the fun is all the kids pitch tents on the football field and spend the night. Each organizations that registers has to have at least one person on the track at all times (walking or running). A trophy is given to the group that records the most laps. Cross Country has come close in the past but has never one. This year they took 1st place with over 3600 laps (on our field 3 laps equals 1 mile). I personally contributed 28 miles to the cause. I don't think the kids were that far behind me. It was alot of fun, especailly in the wee hours of the morning when nobody was thinking straight!! I wish I had gotten a picture of the football team when they came out dressed in all their gear and ran some laps (for the cross country team, of course!!) Now that my legs have recovered, I can't wait until next year!

I finally have an address for Otis:

Otis McGregor
MNSTC-I/INCTFTT
APO AE 09348

The wine fests have started here. I went Friday night with some friends. As soon as she e-mails me a picture, I will post it. Good wine, good food and way too many people!!

I was looking at pictures to put as my background on the computer and realized I never posted a picture of the kids at the USA vs. Ghana soccer game during the World Cup. Better late than never.

After almost a month a fall weather, summer decided to make a curtain call. It has been very warm the last few days. Last night all the fans came back out of hiding! The first week of school ended with only a few problems. By Thursday they finally had Braden's schedule fixed and Ciarra was able to switch her German 4 to AP German. Camden had subs all week as they are trying to hire a new teacher. Rumer has it that on Tuesday he will have a teacher.

Yesterday was my nephew's birthday. HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY JAKOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!