Fernando Alonso - F1 World Champion!

Fernando Fantastico!!

Bravisimo!!

Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!!

FANTASTICOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Had to share that moment in the words of Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore. Congratulations for Fernando Alonso of Spain, the new world champion in Formula One. He becomes the youngest champion ever at age 24, breaking the record set in 1972 by Emerson Fittipaldi. He is also the first champion from Spain and only the second Spainish speaking champion in history. Truely Awesome!

Me and my Bride

Woke up this morning about 6:00am and was wide awake. So, I thought I'd get up and try to do some caching before the family woke up. As I was walking down the stairs, I could hear that the TV in the family room was on. As I entered the room I saw Chris laying on the couch watching the Ellen show. And she was awake! So, rather than cache we sat down and watched TV together. How fun to get alittle unexpected time together!

Are you ready for some Football?!

NFL Kickoff Sunday today. Alex and I have be anxiously waiting for this day since the begining of training camp in July. Alex has really become a passionate football fan. Having NFL network has given him the resource to really be in the know on how the teams are all developing. So, today we started off by watching Alex's Jacksonville Jags win. Next up was the Packer vs Lions. Although the defense played well, there were way too many penalties and mistakes on the offense. So in the end the Packers lost a lop sided game to a team that they should have beaten. It looks like it could be a long season.

It's Been a While...

Wow, the last two weeks kind of got away from me. Last weekend was Alex's 14th birthday as well as Chris' and my 23 wedding aniversary! Add to that Nik being diagnosed with Walking Pnumonia and it's clear I haven't had much free time!

First and formost, Nik is doing much better. He's probably lost 10 pounds, but he is just now getting his appitite back and he has that old sparkle in his eye's again. All that really remains now is a rough hacking cough. He will be able to return to school on Monday.

I can't believe Alex is 14! Man, time is going much too quickly. Seems like just the other day he was Al Ouncer jr, only drinking an ounce of formula at a time. Alex had a really nice birthday weekend that included a sleepover with 6 of his friends. In typical boy sleepover tradition, they stayed up til 3:00am. They didn't keep Chris and I up, so it was not a problem except for how tired they all where in the morning! We got Alex a TiVo for his room, the best gift ever according to him. He is now set to record all the Jacksonville Jaguars football games this season so he won't miss a minute of the action! He is really pasionate about NFL football. It's fun to see him develope his own interested.

Chris and I had a nice quite anniversay last Sunday. With Alex and Catie sleeping over at our friends the porters for two nights and Nik still pretty sick, we didn't go anywhere. It was nice to just relax just the two of us. We did sneek out for a nice dinner at a nearby Asian resturant. We sure do miss the days when Mom was alive and she and Dad would visit, allowing Chris and I do sneak away for a weekend adventure just the two of us. Just one of many changes in our lives since we lost Mom. I really miss her, and can't wait to see her in heaven.