Moving Day

The girls helped Sean move into his new apartment Thursday.

Julia Gives The Trophy Case A Dusting

Julia cleaned all 22 of Dad's bicycle racing trophies.
It's funny how some days the girls suddenly are old enough to start noticing things that have been right in front of their eyes their whole lifetime.

That's certainly the story when it comes to Dad's trophy case, which sits in the corner of the family room. It includes all of his trophies from 13 years of competitive bicycle racing.

Veronica is the one who sparked Julia's curosity. She decided to start pulling them off the shelves and bringing them over to Dad. One-by-one, they started piling up around him. Julia took notice and started looking them over.

"Dad, what's this one?," she asked.

"That's first place at the Shenandoah Stage Races," he replied.

"Wow!," Julia said.

"How about this one?," she asked, picking up another first place trophy from the Tour of Southern Iowa (in 1991).

"First place," Dad replied.

"Cool!," said Julia.

And so it went, on and on. Not every trophy is a first place one. But there are quite a few. In all, Julia counted 22 trophies. And she dusted and cleaned off every single one of them.

Emily also pitched in by helping spot the ones that needed a little tightening her and there. So Dad got the socket set out and spiffed 'em up.

Sleepover Guests

The girls watched "Spy Kids 3-D" for their "movie night."

The girls got a real treat yesterday - three sleepover guests! Emily, Lauren and Olivia all had friends stay the night.

Unfortunately, that meant Mom had her hands full, since Dad had a work event from 9 to midnight. By the time he came home, everyone was fast asleep (Julia pictured at right) - some on beds, others on the floor.

Sunday morning, everyone awoke to one of Dad's famous "BigBreakfasts" - eggs, toast, pancakes, orange juice and milk.