Out with the Old, In with the Not-Much-Better New

Dae and I never fully embraced Leelee's choice of Skechers from last year, but since kids are so limited in their ability to control or choose things in their life, I figure shoes are a very small compromise. In the meantime, his old Skechers had a faulty piece of Velcro, so his strap has been popping off for about 3 months. I have told him to deal with it for a while, but he wears his shoes very hard, and I decided it was time for a new pair. He picked out Skechers...again. He ignored all my good-intentioned suggestions of Nikes and Adidas. Was not interested. This guy likes flair and somehow he is really particular about wanting the 'memory foam' feature that Skechers advertises.

Old shoes. This photo makes them look like they are in decent condition but they're near the end of their life - fortunately.

New. Memory foam.

Fossil and the eclipse made a big impression on the kids.

Eclipse (more Christian work)

Interesting teaching methods. Makes sense. Black triangles are nouns, red circles are verbs,  large blue triangles are adjectives, and I have no idea what the names of the other things are (prepositions, etc). hahaha.  (more Christian work)

I really like Orange Theory. I have been going quite a bit and it's a lot of fun. The music is nice and loud, the environment is energetic, I feel like I get a REALLY good workout every time, it's different almost every time, and I feel like I am getting a little faster every time. Anyway, this was the row for relief - I think the rowing company donates $1 for every 1000m rowed, so I stayed after and did 1000m. Some people did 10,000m!

Pendleton Round-up!

Indian bareback Relay. As crazy and exciting as it always is.

Indian princesses. Their outfits and horses' attire were really nice.

These were "VIP" box seats we got upgraded to when our seats were double booked. We got to be right up front and see the exchange of horses during the relay and the princesses posing with the winners and stuff.