01.28.2012: Drake's Track Meet

Today was Drake's first track meet.  He has been in a track club since last October, but this was the first meet the kids are competing in.  It is a Developmental meet, so the times don't count towards regulation meets or qualifying competitions, but gives the kids a chance to get ready for the season.  Track is the longest season ever!  Not only do the meets last all day (and by all day I mean 8 hours minimum), and they practice everyday for 2 hours, but the season goes from Dec, when the kids start officially practicing, to the end of June, when the National Meets are held.  Yes, ridiculous.  But Drake LOVES it.  He is super fast, and running is probably the best workout he can be getting on a daily basis. 

Back to this meet.....it is being held at a high school in Mesa. Our club only had about 70 kids overall...but usually only about 30 or so compete in any given meet.  Some clubs have over 300 kids in their clubs.  It is crazy how popular it is...(and expensive)!!  Who knew....

 Drake is running the 100m dash and the 200m dash....and competing in the long jump.  I tried to upload some videos of his 2 races here, but the computer keeps locking up, after 2 hours of "trying" to upload them.  So, I gave up.  In the 100m dash, he came in second place in his heat.  In the 200m dash, he also came in second.  He took the turn with a quickness, and was ahead by a lot, but started to slow in the last 50m. It was a GREAt frist race!!   He is still learning the pacing of the 200, but agrees that it is definitely his race.  He has strong legs that can power him through those last few meters, when most kids have burnt out.

He decided that green is his color...hence the bright green track shoes we got him for Christmas.  It is nice because you can spot him anywhere on the track with those shoes!!!  :)

01.13.2012: Drake's 50's Dance

Drake had a school dance tonight....yes, even 3rd graders go to school dances.  His school has been having these little dances for all the kids since he was in Kindergarten.  Crazy!  Vince & I took him to the dance tonight....it was 50's night....and it was hilarious!  Actually some of the parents even dressed up for it!  It was like a big party in the cafeteria with a bunch of kids running around....and even more parents there than kids!  Even the parents were out there dancing (we did not partake in that craziness)...we watched from the sidelines.  We are too cool for that....

Drake in his 50's attire....and slicked back hair.

01.08.2012: Andrew's Flag Football Game

01.03.2012: I Think Its a First

I think this is the first time in the history of the blog that I missed a post.  I forgot.  And you can NOT forget MJ.  So, I am making up for it by posting it now.

So, for Vince's birthday back in Dec, we went to the Michael Jackson show...on opening night in Las Vegas.  It was AMAZING.  Yes, A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!!!!  This is the Immortal Tour that started touring the country from here.  It was sooooooo good!  Christina & Lex drove up for the night to join us.  The show was at Mandalay Bay.....then we hit Tao up at the Venetian afterwards for dinner.  We had a great time.....

The next night was equally amazing, minus the whole MJ experience.  Vince and I went to dinner with Mom and Dad at the Range...our regular nice dinner spot in Vegas.  That was just the start of our long & crazy night.  Usually our last Vegas night is our "calm" and relaxing night...however we just started this one off early!  Also, when everyone is winning, it is hard to call it a night!  And by winning I mean Mom taking the casinos for LOTS.  She was hitting everywhere we went.  Which just kept extending the night!  Then we made friends at Paris who were buying rounds of very strong drinks...then we lost Vince...actually he lost us...we didn't even know he was gone.  Then we started the trek back to our room, which entailed Vince tap dancing down the street at 4am.  Yes, it was an interesting night.  I would go into more detail, including the ATM/slot machine that was being attacked, but we will pretend that one didn't happen :)  Guess you had to be there to share in these amazing memories....that is, if you can remember them....otherwise you are left to believing others telling you their recollections of what happened :)