Reading points treats

Jacob - white chocolate coconut and cake batter ice cream with chocolate covered potato chip shake.

Will - cake batter with sprinkles cone

Matt - mint chocolate chip cone

Well... Jeet yet?

My family loves the snow!

I love my family! They amaze me on a daily basis.

Elevation sickness? Not enough sleep?

There must be a reason Jacob lost so bad in Checkers.

Paparazzi won't leave me alone!

Jen is not the only person trying to register for the Chicago Marathon

What does my wife, clam chowder, and pocking the cah have in common?

You'll have to read this entire post to find out.

Kristi-Anne was too sick to run the Donna marathon relay.  I took her place.  I don't know all of the details, but it's possible she had a bad case of the runs (see photo above to understand joke).

It was extremely cold for Florida.  Some of us (Kim) had to sit in a Uhaul to stay warm before her turn.

Separate topic: Have you ever seen Born in East L.A.?

Others were too hot for their clothes.  I guess Cadillac's have better insulation and heaters than Uhauls.

Our team (in reverse photo, but proper running order).  Rhiannon, Kim, Eric, me, Alan.

Jen ran the marathon all by herself.  I guess she didn't make the cut to run with our team :)

She decided to leave articles of clothing along the course.  Maybe it was like bread crumbs so she can find her way home.  (Notice the lack of one arm warmer and whatever was in charge of holding that crazy hair down)

Oh yeah.  She also QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON!!!  For those that don't know how amazing that is: You cannot buy your way into the Boston Marathon.  You must earn it by being ridiculously fast.  My wife, Jennifer Lockrem, has earned an entry into the Boston Marathon.  That is one of the most amazing things I've ever typed.  I'm so proud of her.

Yeah, my average is 1st place. What is yours?

23:52 for my first 5k.  That exceeded my expectation by more than a minute.

Bounce houses are ALOT of fun.

AJ hit Will in the eye with a metal rod.

Poor Will :(

Happy hair cut day!

Well?  Who wins what award?  Cutest?  Coolest?

The young boys and I did some decorating

We hung some Mario Brothers 3D pictures.

I hung 80% of them.  20% are crooked.  Coincidence?

Matt hammered the nail into the wall and hung his Pokemon calendar.

The boys quickly decided organization is unnecessary.  What we needed was Pokemon coloring pages.

We can finally relax.  Interior decorating is hard work.

3 baskets in a row!! Great job Matt!

Beer fest

Will needed his inhaler at school today. Poor guy :(

He's ok now.  I told him about the fun plans for the weekend which helped a little.

Jacobangelo

Oops.... Posted it wupsie-down

PR and 3rd place. Outstanding performance Jen!

1:39:28 - Half Marathon

Jacob gets his pre-race dessert

Poor Matt is Sick.

Almost Straight As

Jen and I have been following Jacob's grades very closely for the last 10 weeks or so.  At that time he had:

1xF
1xD
3xC
2xB

Needless to say, that was not ok.  He has worked very hard to bring up his grades.

YAY!!!  Almost all As.  The only B is in the class that gives you 200 points for dropping 2 seeds on the ground.  Straight As, here we come!

...almost.  Apparently Jacob scored a 56% on a Geography test yesterday.  The first grade posted for that class will be an F.

Come on Jacob.  So close...