McKenzie Thanksgiving 2010

We all got together on Thursday afternoon at our house for a holiday meal.

Everyone brought something along to help with dinner. Stacy made her yummy stuffed mushrooms and brought dolce gorgonzola with cranberry chutney as appetizers. We had the usually turkey dinner with all the trimmings. For dessert, Shannon made pumpkin cream pie and her traditional Toll House pie.
We gave Shannon her birthday presents as she turns 40 on the 27th. She loved the print from Mom, the bracelet and table runner from Stacy, and the scrapbook from me. Jack gave her a diamond bracelet which was very pretty.
It was fun to have everyone together!

Our first Turkey Trot

Grace and I ran our first Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. The picture is of our friend Trish with us after the race. There were over 3500 participants running! Lou and Noah cheered us on and took pictures.

Noah at Splash Lagoon

Today Noah left for an overnight birthday party at Splash Lagoon in Erie, PA. This picture was sent by the birthday boy's mom to let us know they had arrived safely. Noah was very excited about going to the water park and staying with his friends. He is a lucky guy!

Grace at the Power Point Qualifier Meet

After running the 5K, we came home, quickly changed, and went to Monroe Community College for the Single Age Power Point Qualifier Meet. The purpose of the meet is to make cut times to be able to participate in the championship meet held in March. Grace swam well. She came in second overall in the 100 backstroke taking half a second off her best time. She came in sixth overall in the 100 IM taking over 4 seconds off her best time. She swam well in the 100 breaststroke coming in first in her heat and taking almost three seconds off her best time. Not sure where she placed overall as the results weren't posted by the time we left the pool tonight. Grace also swam in two relays with her team and did well in both.

It's just after 8pm, and Grace is in bed almost asleep. She had a big day!

Grace runs her fourth 5K

Today was the culmination of Grace's Girls on the Run program she has been participating in this fall. It was a beautiful fall day - sunny and warm at 60+ degrees. The run was at North Ponds Park here in Webster. She asked me to run with her again. We ran with Grace's friend Maddie, and they ran the whole way without stopping.

The first picture on this post is of Grace, Maddie, Simon, Manny and Zac. Andrew brought Simon, Manny, Faith, and Don out to cheer the girls on. The second picture is of Grace and Noah after the race. Grace got a cool medal and a neat gift bag along with some Goody hair products for running the 5K.

Go Grace

Grace's swim meet

Grace did very well at her swim meet last night. She swam in three individual events and the anchor leg of a relay where her team came in third. For this meet in all events, she was swimming against boys and girls.
For 50 yard breaststroke, she came in 1st overall with a time of 44.68 which was 3.72 seconds faster than her previous best.
For 100 yard IM, she came in 2nd overall with a time of 1:29.38 which was 5.01 seconds faster than her previous best.
For the 100 free, she came in 8th overall with a time of 1:22.35 which was 27.89 seconds faster than her previous best! The pictures here are from the 100 free. Lou is congratulating her on a great swim and a great meet. Go Grace!

Surprise Surprise

Grace was named a Student of the Month! We are so proud of her.

Plank North Physical Education Students of the Month
Mrs. Craig and Mr. Sayers are very proud of all the students at Plank Road North Elementary. We would like to take this time to recognize two 5th grade students that have demonstrated characteristics that were extraordinary for this month. These two students have shown that they are working continuously at a high level of achievement. A student must go above and beyond what is expected of them, and demonstrate they are not only an outstanding student of Physical Education, but also a superior member of the Plank Road North community. Characteristics exhibited include the progression of the 40 Developmental Assets, personal living skills, and skillful moving. Congratulations to this month’s recipients Grace Germano and Zach Anne for the month of September and Ambra Mooney and Mason DeLuca for the month of October. Mrs. Craig and Mr. Sayers sat down with the students to ask them a few questions, and here are the responses. September Student Athletes: Grace is a fifth grader in Mrs. Rokosz’s room. Her favorite subject is math. Grace stays really active outside of school; she is involved in the local basketball programs, the lacrosse club, and the swimming team. Grace is also busy inside of school with the different organizations; she participates in the Girls on the Run program, the band, intramurals and is a member of the Plank North Safety Patrol. If you ever have Grace over for dinner she is real easy to please, her favorite dinner is a hot dog. When Grace was asked what she would like to be when she grew up she quickly responded “Something in Athletics.”

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