markathbauer: Jake and Kim

Jake and Kim - We spent a lovely spring break in Peoria with Kim, Jake, Kale and Mason this year. We got to celebrate Kim's, Mason's and my birthday at Mariner's spring training. Trips to the batting cages, running the bases on the real field and seeing the players up close made for quite the trip for all. In other activities this year, Jake trained for and ran numerous races and triathlons, finishing with an ironman triathlon at Lake Tahoe near the end of September. It looked really cold!!! (and it was) He did a great job! We were really proud of him and watched the streaming live finish and other parts of the race to catch glimpses of him with Kim on the sidelines! Technology is amazing. This may be the last big race he does for a while as he and Kim are due with a little girl in January! Eight gkids (always a lucky number for us!) Their lives will be a bit more difficult with three. They will now be zone defense rather than man to man! Mason (6) and Kale (4) are both in Montessori school and leave us speechless with their activities and observations.