Courtney Takes First Place in the Free Style 50

Tonight Court had a swim meet. There was a mix up on the roster and she somehow got put on a Varsity match up. She was the only JV swimming against 7 Varsity girls. She took first place with 27secs. in the Free Style 50. The JV couch was jumping up and down with excitement. The Varsity couches were not nearly as enthused about getting beat by a JV girl. In fact, they were rather hot under the collar about the whole incident. I was going to put Court's pic. up but for some reason she doesn't want one on here of her in a swimsuit:)

The Awakening of Teresa Jones

Since I was a teenager I've been told that for someone of my height I should weight 125 pounds. There have been times in my life with extreme exercise and dieting I have weighted in at that amount and lower but have never been able to maintain that weight. I have felt really bad about this. Yesterday I went to have a ShapeScan Body Analysis. This measures how much Lean Body Mass and Body Fat you have by sending an electrical current through your body. It is proven to be one of the most accurate and less invasive ways to measure Lean Body Mass. My results said that I have 125 pounds of Lean Body Mass. This means that if I weighted 125 pounds like the charts say I should weight, I would have zero body fat. Women my age are recommended to have 21-25% body fat..... This means that for over 27 years I have felt bad about my weight and have been trying to achieve something that is extremely unhealthy. Gosh-Darn it THAT REALLY STINKS!!! The funny thing is the weight that my body has always been very comfortable with(if I don't overeat) is actually my ideal weight but I always dieted because it wasn't 125 pounds. Life certainly is interesting:)

Ty Loves History

This is a model of a fort form the French/Indian War. It's Ty's extra credit project for his History Class. His History teacher is a fabulous teacher and Ty is having so much fun.

Dan a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed

The kindergarten bus came rolling down the street yesterday with a busload of kids with pots on their heads. Little Johnny Appleseed hopped off at our house and was so very proud of his creation. It's a week full of apple projects and he couldn't wait to hop back on the bus this morning to see what exciting thing they would do today.

Allie spent the weekend sewing for Conkerr Cancer

Conkerr Cancer is a group that makes cute, homemade pillowcases for children who are struggling through cancer/chemo. Allie did an awesome job with her sewing. If anyone is interested in a service project, Conkerr Cancer is a national organization. This project is great for children who are just learning to sew. It's all straight seams.

As Dan would say,"Hal with rockets on his shoes". Cross Country

Family Campout Labor Day Weekend

We had a great weekend family camping trip at Illinois Beach State Park. The weather was good except for high winds Friday night and Saturday morning, which made putting up the tents pretty difficult.

We had a hammock in our back yard in Ohio, but don't have a good place to put it in our yard in Illinois, so it was fun to find a spot to set it up in our campsite.

Each of the kids took one or two meals between Friday and Monday to plan and prepare-- they did a nice job. We had dutch oven mountain man breakfast and also did foil dinners several times. A pretty relaxing weekend, with short trips back home for church and for Hal's cross country and Courtney's swimming meet.