Most of you know I had knee surgery yesterday after my skiing accident a week ago Sunday. I'm getting along pretty well although everyone who told me the first couple of days after surgery are the hardest were not kidding...I'm just glad to have a great family who has taken good care of me. And to anyone who is wondering if I'm staying put and keeping my feet up, it's really not an option! Even when I want to get up and around, I'm ready to head back to John's easy chair after about 2 minutes.
John: Along with his new role of chief nursemaid, John is managing the completion of our home gym! We are turning half of our garage into a really cool workout room...or in my case, a physical therapy room. It looks awesome and he's done a fantastic job making it all come together. The last week at Cargill has been fun as they celebrated their involvement in community service. One of their cattle buyers was honored as volunteer of the year for Hands on Central California for his efforts with Habitat for Humanity, and today Cargill was honored at a United Way breakfast. They were given the Live United Circle of Excellence Award, and Cargill's campaign manager was the Outstanding Employee Campaign Manager award winner.
Peyton: This boy received high academic honors last week at school and continues to keep his test scores up every week. In his baseball game last night he pitched and struck out five out of seven batters with a pitch count of only xx. Since baseball is winding down, he opted to play on the Clovis East AAU basketball team this year. He is really loving that - the coaches are great and this league has challenged his skills more than any other team/league he's played in.
Trace: For the past few months Trace has struggled with his grades in school but has been working really hard with a tutor at school and extra work with us at home. His teacher sent home a note yesterday that his grades are gradually coming up to high C's and B's -- way to go Trace! The California STAR test is coming up and we are working hard to prepare for that. He is also winding down baseball season and has enjoyed his team this spring.
Hillary: This girl continues to do well in school both academically and socially...:). She is my sidekick on Tuesday and Thursday evenings when I teach classes at Fitness One. She does her homework and then helps me clean up the studio, fold towels and stock the water fridge for the next day. Last week she was my "demo girl" since after I injured my knee it was a bit difficult to show my classes the different moves! I'm working on my verbal training skills but until I perfect those Hillary is my girl.
All the kids have continued their piano lessons with our fabulous teacher, Troy. They all do well and don't complain about practicing...too much anyway! Their spring recital is May 11.
