Ju’s blog

Right now, I’m mean literally right now, one of my good friends is running in the Crater Lake marathon.  There’s no way to know how she’s doing, but I’m just dying to know.  I’m sure it will be an incredible experience no matter what.  Someday, I want to walk one- I have no desire at this point to run one.   I did walk 14 miles once with a friend who was training for the Portland marathon…  Anyway, the Crater Lake marathon is supposed to be one of the hardest ones particularly because of the terrain and the elevation.  But this friend of mine has yet to see a challenge that she couldn’t overcome, with God by her side. (not to mention her husband and four kids too).  She’s an inspiration and I can’t wait to hear how it goes today. 

We are in Minnesota with Jim’s family at Pelican Lake and it is pretty much heaven for both kids and adults.  Otherwise known as “lard lake” for the amount of yummy food we consume, we eat, sleep, visit and play, play, play.  Well, and there is a fair amount of cooking and cleaning since there are 19 people staying at one beautiful house.  We are right on the lake and the weather has been perfect.  Jayden showed them his 360 on the kneeboard and then the next day he got up on the wakeboard.  He’s wakeboarded a couple days now and he can get up pretty good, but can’t stay up for very long.  Jamison has spent the last couple days playing with the boys.   There have been a lot of nerf gun wars.  We played some tennis this morning and then Jim and his uncle played golf this afternoon.  After dinner we’re hoping for some flat water for waterskiing.  That’s the quick update for now- I just got accused of being anti-social with the group on the deck, so I’m heading out there.

                                                               The Gordon’s and Dover’s

                                                               War games

                                                          Jayden on the wakeboard

So needless to say, we’re having a great time!