It's been appearing randomly for a couple of weeks, but today we finally captured it--Summer's smile!
"Should I smile for Mom?"
"I guess maybe just a little smile."
"Okay, you can have a big smile."
"Here it is!"
"Now give me back my fingers to suck on!"
When she gets hungry, she knows just what to do--head straight for the freezer for some Tillamook!
Remember, I'm an absolute data geek...so please have patience with me.
When I ran Hood to Coast with the Team "Runs in the Family", we placed 201st in the Mixed Masters group. So I grabbed the race results and plugged them into my new favorite website - Many Eyes. The site takes your data and plugs it into different visual graphics. Just think of user friendly Excel that helps you visualize results and interact with the graph.
So how did our finish time compare to other teams?
The professional teams are to the far left. My team finished 201st.
How fast were the teams from the different cities?
Each color represents a city. The larger the circle, the slower the time. If you mouse over the circle you can see the team name and place they finished.
And lastly, the distribution of where we finished.
Thanks for listening...I got the "That's nice dear" look from Lisa when I showed her...
I promise to not show any more math or running posts for a long time...
We had some fun when some friends from California came to visit this summer.
In mid-July, our good friend and former across-the-street neighbor Melodi came to visit. She and her two children, Nehemiah and Adie were visiting her mom in Eugene, so they came up for dinner one Sunday afternoon. We met Melodi's mom and were able to catch up on what has happened in the year since we both moved from Lorelei Ave. The kids got to play Legos with Nehemiah (just like old times) and we were able to meet Adie for the first time. The only thing missing was Ken, who hadn't arrived in Oregon yet. 
Then last week, Tom and Mindy and their three girls from good old Lakewood 3rd Ward came by. They were driving through Portland on their way to a family reunion on the coast. They stopped by to say hi. We ate pizza and the kids kept busy on the trampoline. I had wondered if the kids would be shy around each other, but after about 10 seconds of shyness, it was like they had all seen each other yesterday. Good times! 
So if anyone out there is making travel plans, please note that if you come to the northwest, you can get a free dinner at our house! We love visitors!
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