weekends

Today was a pretty normal Saturday. Joelle had her track meet and she did pretty good. Afterward her friend Taylor came over. They had fun on the trampoline and played wii. They did the olympics on the wii and did- Track. Joelle has known Taylor since kindergarten.  I cleaned the house- floors and the bathroom. I didn't go to the gym, but I will tomorrow.

My class has been raising money to adopt an acre in the rain forest. They are almost there- just $23 more dollars and we can get two acres. 

We went and saw Iron man last night. It was pretty good- action, humor, story and of course Robert Downey jr. I have liked him sine Less than Zero. He is a great actor, he sure has has some personal problems though. 

Mitch and I are watching Resurrecting the Champ. It is pretty good- night all

St.Joseph the worker

Today we had mass at school. I can't even explain how nice it is to have a new priest.  As we sang the opening song he came up the aisle and bowed at the altar. As he bowed the back of his vestments came up slightly revealing his jeans and hiking boots. This is Father Michael. Our former priest kept his distance and had an attitude. Fr. Michael is seen all over the place. You never know where he will be or what he will be doing. He could be on the playground throwing the football around, twirling a jump rope, climbing on the roof to retrieve playground balls or hearing confessions. He has told the kids anytime they want to talk to him they can. He comes to classrooms and teaches lessons. He also builds things, repairs things and can be found doing yard work or power washing the building. So today at mass he explained the jeans and boots and that he was having the first graders over to the rectory after mass (which the first grade presented) to build birdhouses.  He was going to teach them a little carpentry. He went on to greet all the second graders and even commented on how they must be excited to get their second communion. In his homily he talked of work and that everyone works and that no work is any less important and that we do not work for each other but for God. Then he said his work at school was not anymore important or valuable than the work of Mr. Hembry (the custodian).  Above is a photo of Joelle, Lili and Father Michael at the track meet. He actually came to cheer them on at the track meet. 

Not much really going on. I have been getting to the gym and we have been busy. Joelle is in full swing with both soccer and track. I feel really good- much better since the surgery. I had no idea what a big difference it would make.