Mali's New Snowboard

I took Mali and her friend Lizzie to Portland's SkiFever and Snowboard Show at the Expo center. Here's the stock photo of her new snowboard. We got it and bindings and boots all for $360, which I thought was reasonable. We are both looking forward to SNOW!

Indoor Soccer 1, Dinner at the Murray Hill Cafe, and Moose visits.

Mali's indoor soccer team (the shorter half of the Xtreme) played their first game Wednesday night, quickly went down 4-0 in the first half, but then remembered how to play and held their own for a final score of 7-3. Mali played defense most of the game, but played forward for about ten minutes and almost scored, bouncing a shot off the goalie's face from about four feet away.

Thursday night I took the kids to the Murray Hill Cafe for dinner. I think Andrew was a little surprised at the kid-unfriendliness of the menu, but happily settled for a grilled salmon Caesar salad. Mali had the Caprese Panini, and I had the always delicious Summer Squash and Gruyere Ravioli.

Susy brought Moose over to the apartment this morning, and he stayed with me today, exploring the apartment, neighborhood, and a bit of Hillsdale - which is a possible neighborhood for house-hunting.

Concert

Concert at Seattle's Paramount theater tonight:
The Hush Sound - Great stuff, mostly female vocals from their keyboardist.
The Spill Canvas - Lead singer channeling Jack Black, Lead Guitarist trying out his Eddie Van Halen impersonation.
OneRepublic - 5 man band with a very energetic lead singer.

Blake Lewis (of American Idol beat-boxing fame stopped by and sang "Stop (Children, What's That Sound?") with OneRepublic, who also covered Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy."

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Cross country meet

Oregon State Cross Country Meet at Lane Community College in Eugene - Andrew ran for Southridge in the 6A division and had his worst time of the year. He could have blamed it on his ankle, which has been swollen for three days after tripping during practice on some uneven pavement hidden under fallen leaves, but instead said he just couldn't make his legs work any faster. He slept and ate well, so theories are that his ankle healing took energy away from him, or maybe he's getting sick.
His team did poorly - Cesar rolled an ankle and didn't finish, and the team ended up 13th out of the 14 teams that made it to State.

Mali was zombie-like at the meet, after staying up until 4:00 AM at a Halloween party. After the meet the team went for pizza and calzone at Mazzi's in Eugene. Very fun - I had a nice talk with tablemates: Coach Michael, Kat's (and Johnny's) parents, and Austin's parents and little sister.
Here's Mali (right) cheering for Andrew (far left), and below is Andrew prepping at the start amidst the foliage.