What a beautiful couple!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
The butterfly clips are hidden
But it was very pretty in the end! Love this dress. Our Kikidee looked like a princess.
Need we say more?
Kira and I almost wet our pants laughing at how this came out. We did just what the magazine said!!!! (And actually it really did look like the diagram).
Foiled hair attempt
This was the first attempt at a prom hair-do. See the next picture for why it didn't fly.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Connor IS TOAST
Here Connor competes for his Soccer team, the Moldy Toast. He is "working it", as you can see.
Kira Competes
Kira keeps rocking for her first injury-free track season. Here she is running the 1500 at Prairie on a beautiful spring evening.
Trevor survives a hurdle tumble takes first place
Who is the guy in first place???
T-DAWG. Trevor has been working on his track-star prowess. Here he is running the 7-flight hurdles. He has also done some scary feats. On his first 200 hurdle race, he rans so fast that he twirled over the first hurdle, landed on his fore-arm nearly breaking it, got up finished the race and WON. After an x-ray to confirm no broken bones, he ran the race again the next Thursday, won the race and set a new school record. That's our boy!!!! Congrats to Trevor and the North-west 7th graders who took the state crown yesterday!
T-DAWG. Trevor has been working on his track-star prowess. Here he is running the 7-flight hurdles. He has also done some scary feats. On his first 200 hurdle race, he rans so fast that he twirled over the first hurdle, landed on his fore-arm nearly breaking it, got up finished the race and WON. After an x-ray to confirm no broken bones, he ran the race again the next Thursday, won the race and set a new school record. That's our boy!!!! Congrats to Trevor and the North-west 7th graders who took the state crown yesterday!
Friday, April 14, 2006
CRAZY
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Spencer Family is OKAY. We had some nervous moments, as Kira was running at a track meet in Cedar Rapids. We got separated, when the stadium was evacuated. I had to drive home, hoping the team was okay. She called me on my cell phone to let me know she was on her way home with a team-mate and her familiy. She weatherd out the stom in Coralville, and we went to our basement. Just a few blocks from our house is devistation! Whew. so scarey.
The night the sky roared - Metro
The night the sky roared - Metro
It was a crazy night in good ole Iowa City. Our family and house are all fine. We had a little confusion as Kira and I were at a track meet in Cedar Rapids, and her event was about three events away, when the meet was suspended. We got separated...well I never did find her. I drove home and left her with the team and the coaches. She ended up at a a teammates howe and rode out the storm there. CRAZY!!!
It was a crazy night in good ole Iowa City. Our family and house are all fine. We had a little confusion as Kira and I were at a track meet in Cedar Rapids, and her event was about three events away, when the meet was suspended. We got separated...well I never did find her. I drove home and left her with the team and the coaches. She ended up at a a teammates howe and rode out the storm there. CRAZY!!!
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
YES MACALESTER
Kira got a GREAT letter in the mail on Friday. The envelope said YES Macalester. This school is probably her "dream" school. She is still waiting on a Carleton, College Decision, but boy we were very excited to get this affirmation, as little did we know that Mac was on Newsweek's list of 12 Hottestest college and was #1 in Hottestest Liberal Arts school.HOTTEST FOR LIBERAL ARTS from the website: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8939242/ "Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. The 1,900-student campus in the middle of a vibrant metropolis has become a key recipient of the growing number of Harvard, Yale and Princeton applicants who are rejected for no other reason than that those schools don't have space for all the A-plus applicants. Macalester has one faculty member for every 11 students and an emphasis on international affairs, symbolized by one of its most famous alumni, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The college has six language residences: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. It offers the intimacy of the archetypal small-town campus—in the middle of the Twin Cities. Applications have increased 60 percent since 1995." The acceptance letter said they had 4800 applications for 477 slots. Congrats to our Kira!
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Just a Little news and GET WELL LINDA JEANNE!!!
Well March is upon us and this "which college thing for Kira" must be coming to a close soon, as we are all on pins and needles. Must wait for Macalester and Carleton admit decisions (by April 1). Then shewill have 30 days to give her FINAL answer. Whooo baby. Other news...the grant Linda works for looks to be favorable to get funded again, and if so this is good news, with 5 more years of work. Dissertation defense is on course for an early August date...more on that in early April. Nathan starts coaching Jr. High Track in two weeks. Connor is still working on clarinet and chess club. Trevor's back is much better and he is in the thick of "core strengthening" and endurance training. Linda's laptop is in the shop with a broken AC connection. Finally Linda Jean's dear friend Linda Jeanne Pierson-Newall is hospitalized and underwent a nearly 8 hour surgery for Pancreatic cancer, undergoing a Whipple procedure. We are all praying for her swift recovery and have had her on our minds.
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