Chicken Hearts

I sometimes get lumped into the picky eater category due to my distaste for lake/sea creatures (I'm sure this comes from years of catching catfish in our dark green/brown lake then watching a member of my family cut it open with a rusty knife) however, let the record show that last night I ate a chicken heart. I'm sure this will catapult me above Clif and Angie who don't eat things like tomatoes and cottage cheese.

Dreams

Recently three members of my family had the unique opportunity to have one of their dreams come true...they got to ride in the prologue of the Tour of California. A professional bike racing event, and possibly one of the largest cycling events in the U.S.  I've never seen (well heard) three grown men so excited. The prologue was a 2.1 mile time trial starting in Palo Alto where Chris and Leanne now live. They got to start just like the pros, riding down the little ramp while their name is announced just an hour before the pros. They unfortunately didn't come close to beating any of the pros times however, they did get to pretend for a day that they were professional cyclists. So click this link and you can see Adam, Chris and my dad starting their race! (They are at about 10 minutes into the broadcast).

Leibman Prologue!!!

A rare opportunity...

Recently, about 40 faculty members (including me) participated in Arapahoe High School's annual Faculty Dance. Each year for the Winter Pep Assembly, the teachers dance to a few songs representative of a specific decade. This year it was the 90's. We practiced for two weeks after and, sometimes before, school to prepare ourselves to dance in front of 2000+ students. Each of these videos are essentially the same. The first is taken by our tech guru, the second by our librarian, and the third from a student's cell phone (of which was posted on YouTube within 20 minutes of the completion of the pep rally)...each one a different perspective. I'll let you figure out where I am...(if you really can't find me, listen for the lyrics "Alright, stop! Collaborate and listen..." and listen for Queen's "Under Pressure" music.) Some of you didn't think I could dance. I convinced my students that I couldn't. They must not be very good dancers themselves because they were giving me a lot of complements.

Even more recently, I participated in my high school's teacher talent show (as if you didn't think Vanilla Ice was enough). Although I was running a 102-degree fever and trying to suppress coughing due to bronchitis, I didn't perform all that bad. Wait until the end, I butchered part of a less technical section. Thanks to those who don't know the piece very well, many weren't aware of the slip up. Enjoy my talent!

Bubbly Bath

Bubbly Bathtime at the Leibman's. Here are the Schmidt kids enjoying one of the many pleasures of life at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It's a jacuzzi tub...very cool if you're three. (Hopefully this video works, this is my first attempt at posting a video)

Milestones

I love my Camry (**reading warning: this will be an infomercial for Toyota). It is the greatest car ever!!! Toyota cars are just wonderful and everyone should buy Toyota...they are simply the most reliable cars, they rarely cause problems and when they do they are easy to fix. Here is my most recent milestone...which I am very proud of!

Half Marathon

I always seem to have this knack for getting myself into things that I don't really have time for....but then I love doing them and as soon as I'm finished I am planning the next thing. This year it involves running! As soon as I got back from my honeymoon my friend, Christy, started raving about how great it would be to run the Denver Half Marathon. So while relaxing in those last few weeks of summer with nothing to do but run, sleep late, and hang out with my new husband I thought it was a great idea! Then a month later school had started, my master's class had started, coaching vball had started...and I realized that maybe, just maybe I had made a poor choice. However, not liking to back out on commitments I stuck with it....here's the proof. It was 40 degrees and rainy, but there are still smiles on our faces!


So get excited because not only have I foolishly signed myself up for another race, I have signed the rest of you up as well!! Hopefully the weather will be nicer!

Slides, hoses and corn

These pictures were taken over a month ago now, however, as I was browsing through my pictures I realized that I should share some of these. As you know I don't have my own kids to blog about so I will frequently borrow my sister's for blogging.

This summer was obviously jam-packed with activities but thankfully I was able to get away for one last trip with my mom, sister, Will, Emma, and Charlie. It was great to spend some quality time with them after the wedding but before heading back to school. It is always so great to see them and reminds me of all the reasons I want to move back to the Midwest. Thankfully though winter is on its way which will of course remind me why I dislike the Midwest so much :)

In these pictures we've got various groups on the slide at Diane's, Charlie and Emma with the hose (I actually think I have the exact same picture from 2 years ago when the kids were 17 months), Will in sunglasses and the boys enjoying their first experience with corn on the cob.