seth's 1st soccer game

the boy is too cute. about a head shorter than everyone on the field, he enjoys chasing the ball around and encouraging his teammates. not the competitor, he willfully volunteers to sit down and take a break on the sidelines to let others play. GO 45!

montessori fun run

seth's school had a fun(d)raiser... you know how these things go - you get people to pledge money either for the amount of laps they do or one flat rate. most people we asked pledged the flat rate (smart), but we decided to make it interesting and give $6 a lap. we figured seth is kind of a laid back guy who doesn't really like getting sweaty and exerting himself so he'd give up after a few laps. wrong! he did 19 laps and cost us $114! scroll to the last photo to see the final tally.

this was seth's partner ava the really cute girl.

run sethie run!!!!

this is ducklin, one of seth's best friends.

the proof.

tracks: racecars and trains

windward mall choo-choo train? phyllis was game. she's jed's bff. and she goes to school with kaleb.


kammy bought some tape and made a race track in our living room. i like how it goes up the couch.

scripture of the day

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 8 And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.

2 timothy 4:7-8

oddanimalbehavior

these photos are kinda old. old like classic. enjoy!

mma: best and worst

RESPECT! two friends forced to fight, beat on each other for 15 minutes and hug it out after.

the colonel is dead...

so if the reports are true, gadafi/khadaffi/quadafi is dead - discovered hiding, much like saddam, somewhere deplorable and very un-leaderofacounrty-like, shot with his own golden gun. the irony is top-notch and will produce a range of emotion in a person. fact is stranger than fiction, eh?

i don't/didn't know much about the late colonel himself, but his name has a special place in my heart. slang words are created usually by young people and are usually regional... some make it mainstream, others don't. back in the late 80's, i suppose around the time when gadafi took control of ("stole") libya, in pauoa valley, the kids started using gadafi as a slang word for the verb, steal. i'm gonna give credit to lawrence cabacungan aka larry for coining the term. we pronounced it kadafi, and even shortened that to kadaf, as in, "bra, i went to da beach an' somebody wen kadaf my slippahs!" if we were playing basketball and someone stole the ball it was common for the ball thief or his teammate to yell out "kadafi!"

so gadafi was shot with a golden gun that was kadafied from gadafi. beautiful.

only today have i learned about the colonel's ridiculous fashion sense. starting today (and i encourage you to do the same), i'm gonna use kadafi in a new way... to describe atrociously self-unaware, faux everything, borderline inappropriate fashion choices (including hair and makeup). well the man did take a country and ruled it for decades, i guess he's was entitled to wear whatever the heck he wanted. besides, i'm sure it wasn't his fake medallions that got him ousted, exiled and killed. whatevs, i'm gonna make sure his name lives on...