Public Dance-Off

One of my life-long dreams is to be part of a public stunt like this:



(HT: Ray Ortlund)

See also: The New York Freeze

The World's Fair and My Sister!

If you've ever been to Morton, IL, you know that the Morton Pumpkin Festival in September is the big thing around here. I mean, THE big thing. Native Morton-ites call it "The World's Fair!" A few years ago, the Punkin' Chuckin' contest was even featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Big stuff, eh? 

This year, most likely our last year in Morton, we will get to enjoy the Pumpkin Festival with a celebrity! The theme this year is "Christmas in the Pumpkin Patch," and the Chamber of Commerce called for entrants to design a logo for this year's festival around that theme. And my sister WON! I'm so excited - Em's logo will be everywhere - in the paper, on festival t-shirts, printed on the race shirts - everywhere! I can't wait. 

So here it is, a first peek at the logo for this year's Pumpkin Festival (though the colors aren't coming through quite right on this scan):

Go Em!!!

Potty Training

Jay and I were sitting at the table this morning, and Trey came out of the other room saying, "Giraffe go potty! Good boy!" 

We were glad to see that giraffe didn't attempt the big-people potty today.

Resident of the Year!

Last week we went to an Awards Banquet for the Med Students, and Jay was chosen by the Class of 2009 Med Students as Resident of the Year! The students chose him as the resident who "exhibited the highest combination of professional attitude, level of instruction, and constructive guidance."

What a great way to wrap up the final year of residency!! Proud of you, Jay!