Sporty?

For some reason, we can't seem to get a photo of Ellis playing rugby. Maybe it's because he's the photographer in the family. Or, maybe it's because we are too focused on watching for injury to remember our cameras. 

Ultimate frisbee is a relaxing sport, so we have loads of photos.

I think the majority of exercise Ellis gets is from photography. He is always walking the city (our city or other cities) to take pictures; or, he's walking to get his film developed or his camera (or phone) repaired. 

Back to injuries.  Surprisingly, Jeff came home from this race injury-free. This is the Spartan Race and Jeff is the oldest person in this group, and probably the MOST competitive.

 THEN, we have the girls in the family.  Taylor has her Choir - and she loves music, but she finds the performances really nerve-wracking. But, that's fine with us because she's got the prettiest smile on stage. No singing necessary.

And, Tay has her Girl Scouts. This is the most workout we get at Girl Scouts (pull-ups to look in at a local public pool because we didn't want to pay for the pass to get in).  But, we earned the Hong Kong Expert Patch for learning (hands-on) about this wonderful city.

Claire's workouts consist of playing the violin. She walks to the bus and home from the bus, but she exerts no more energy than is absolutely required, so we don't allow her to count that as exercise. Her bus stop is at the beach, which is about a 30 second walk 

During fourth grade, her violin practice at home was painful, especially for Hank (actually, Hank still whines every time she plays, but Claire has convinced herself he is just communicating how much he likes the music). 

Now, we love it!

In the taxi on the way to the concert, she actually said, "I love this feeling I'm having in my stomach right now." I mentioned that it sounded like butterflies before a performance, but she said she had no fears or anxiety, just excitement. I believe this means she's a PERFORMER at heart.

Of course, there was this sporty event that was disguised as a birthday party recently, so Claire was sucked in.
Claire's sweet friend invited our family to join her 10th birthday party on a squid fishing boat. Loads of fun, truly. And, Claire had to stand to fish (exercise in her book).