Last week was busy.....

I helped out with planning and running the first Amity home track meet (last Thursday) in 3 years! It was Jon's first chance to run a high school meet at home. The community raised a bunch of money and along with a grant from Nike our track was replaced this past summer. We had a few glitches and sorting out the times for everyone took some time but we managed to get through it. I was up in the booth helping with scoring which meant that I couldn't take pictures.....so Lorelei stepped in and did an awesome job. It was VERY cold and windy, but she endured.
All of the pics of this event were taken by her. Jon ran the 800, 1500 and the anchor leg of the 4 x 400 relay.

Jon with a nice lead on the first lap of the 1500. Amity placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the event.



Jon normally does not run the shorter distances but the guys put together a 4 x 400 team and Jon was the anchor man. He gets the baton trailing the first place team by about 30 yards. Now the story would not be as dramatic if you didn't know who Jon was chasing. The guy in the lead coming into this meet had the 2nd fastest time in the 400 for 3A schools in the state of Oregon! Yep you guessed it.....with about 200 meters to go Jon catches the first place runner and stays on his heels around the last corner. It was neck and neck down to the finish and Jon lost by 3 tenths of a second. Everyone was screaming and cheering......what a great race.
Below, after the 400 relay coach Hayes helps to steady Jon.



It was a fun meet. Cody helped up in the booth running the clock. The superintendent for Amity schools did the announcing. At one point in the evening Reg (the super) asked Cody about school and wanted to know (with all sincerity) if he was being challenged enough and how he liked school.
It was another one of those moments that made me realize what a great choice we made in moving to this small town. The rest of Lorelei's pictures are here.

On Saturday morning it was a nice sunny day so the boys and I headed outside to work on the campsite up on the knoll. We hadn't been working long, Jon was using a buck saw to trim branches off of a log we were going to use for the tarp. He cut through one of the branches and right into his finger.

Below: Jon awaits sutures.




Here is the link to the picture of Jon's finger. WARNING: Do not click on the link if you are squeamish! Link

Well that was our excitement for last week. Tomorrow is another track meet and Adam will be home for the weekend!

Glynn Jr.