Month: February 2012

Every year, TAISM holds an annual Terry Fox run. I had never heard of Terry Fox before moving here, but he was a Canadian who had cancer and had his leg amputated as a result. In order to raise money and awareness he set a goal of running across Canada. He ran almost a marathon per day on an artificial leg for 143 days until the cancer came back — he died in 1981.
More info on Terry Fox can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox

Now schools and organizations hold Terry Fox runs all over the world to raise money for cancer research.

 

 

There’s Calvin on the far right.

The kids were broken up into age groups and Carter was the 3rd one to finish in the upper elementary. It wasn’t a race, but he had been training with friends and was determined to run it as fast as he could. 

exhausted!

First one finished, first one to the food!

Caleb looked so different in his visor that I completely missed his finish. I was standing and watching for him when he came up and gave me a big bear hug from behind. 

 

I missed the picture of him crossing the finish line because another mom stepped right in front of me. Boo. 

The middle schoolers and high schoolers ran a longer course — not just around the school, but into the wadi. Good thing they do this in February before it gets really hot! It was a fun day, the kids learned all about Terry Fox in the weeks leading up to the run, and they raised a lot of money for cancer research. 

The other day Josh and I went to the 1 rial store in search of a birthday present (you know, cause we’re such big spenders and all) and we found these gems in the fragrance aisle.

“Burt. For men.”

For those bunnies that don’t quite make the cut.

Ah, the 80s have returned . . . almost.

when Jack Bauer wants to add the scent of desperation to his adventures . . .

I don’t know why you’d want to wear a fragrance that smells like the death of hundreds of people, but Leo and Kate sure were cute, weren’t they? 

Exactly the scent I want to project to the world . . . Sold!

After the big news last night, today was spent googling, planning and thinking. Since I haven’t sorted out my thoughts yet, here’s a video for Eli, Faith, and Jack who always ask for videos.

I heard a clomping noise coming down the hallway and she came around the corner wearing those cleats.

Josh is on the phone discussing the ORDERS he just got in an email . . . nothing like a midnight phone call back to the states to keep me from sleeping. I’ll post the news as soon as I get the OK from him . . . big things are coming!

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Two words: Bah. Rain. The Chartier tour of the Middle East continues. Unbelievable.

Josh is over the moon, I’m still in the stunned phase since I didn’t think he would get his top choice, especially since the job he wanted wasn’t even on his list of choices. I was convinced we’d be headed to 29 Palms come summer.

The answers to your questions are yes, end of June, and I don’t know.

Will you come back to the US before you move? Yes, gotta get my cat!
When do you move? End of June.
What will Josh be doing? No clue.