Event 1  Decathlon: #10 Men 1500 Meter Run Univ/Coll Decathlon
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals
1 Greaves, Kenny               Unattached             4:32.28     730
2 Newell, Daniel            JR Liberty                4:35.53     709
3 Bray, Wesley              SO Houston                4:41.88     669
4 Vandendriessche, Camille  JR Abilene Chr.           4:42.98     662
5 Johnson, Justin           SR Cal St. Northridge     4:43.85     656
6 Hoskins, Brandon          SR Liberty                4:45.56     646
7 Adam, Philip              SO Rice                   4:45.84     644
8 Morrisey, Chris           JR Penn State             4:48.16     630
9 Colligan, Shawn           SR Penn State             4:48.97     625
10 Pounds, Chris             SO Abilene Chr.           4:57.37     575
11 Otto, Trinity             JR Texas A&M              4:58.55     568
12 Hardee, Trey                 Nike                   5:02.18     547
13 Barroilhet, Gonzalo       FR Florida St.            5:02.36     546
14 Moody, Rickey             SR Washington St.         5:09.87     504
15 Harlan, Aaron             JR Steph. F. Austin       5:21.21     444
-- Kinsey, Daniel            JR Akron                      DNF
-- Floyd, Morgan             JR Houston                    DNS
-- Vining, Matt              SR Arkansas St.               DNS
-- Kilmartin, Donovan           Texas                      DNS
-- Martinez, Ernest          SR Oral Roberts               DNS
-- Johnson, Kevin            SR Colorado St.               DNS

Yesterday was my beautiful wife’s birthday.  As part of her birthday celebration we had the wonderful opportunity to spend 5 hours at the immigration office (the BÁH).  And the surprise birthday gift was a two year residency permit (well…once we collect four more papers and spend two more half days at the immigration office).  Woohoo!  So we made our way home for a late dinner with some pizza from Don Pepe’s, and Joanna baked an awesome chocolate cake which featured a blue peep sitting in the middle of a pond.  Yum!  Happy Birthday Laura!

Last weekend, BKV, the Budapest Transportation Department, celebrated its 40th anniversary. So our friends took us to the BKV traffic Museum. It was so awesome. Thanks T & Z! Here are some pictures:

My brother Daniel is competing this weekend in the Texas Relays Decathlon against some of the best in the country.  Go Daniel!!  You can see the live results here.

A világon elsoként, 2007. március 31-én Sydneyben több mint 2 millió cég és háztartás kapcsolta le az áramot egy órára a Föld Órájára, egy eroteljes nemzeti és világméretu üzenetet küldve arról, hogy van lehetoség tenni a globális felmelegedés ügyében. 2008. március 29-én este 8 órakor a Föld Órája világméretuvé válik, hiszen világszerte városok és emberek milliói csatlakoznak a programhoz bolygónkat valaha legnagyobb mértékben fenyegeto kérdésben csatlakoznak.
Ha szeretnél te is tenni valamit, kérlek, 2008. március 29-én este 8 órakor te is kapcsold le egy órára az áramot.
Kérlek, küldd tovább ezt a levelet minél több ismerosödnek, és nézd meg az alábbi weboldalon látható videót, mely a tavalyi Föld Órájáról készült.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHz6Jv4l-g&feature=related

On Monday I turned 35.
Hmmm….
That’s almost 40…
Half way to 70…
A quarter of the way to 140…
Seven times the age of my middlest son….
1/27th of Methuselah
But it feels good too.
This was a special year because my birthday came the day after Easter.
Easter Monday.
Thoughts about birth and resurrection…
In Hungary Easter Monday is the day when boys spray girls with perfume/water, and the girls reward the boys with a coin or an Easter egg.
Laura has a special role of being the only girl in our house  :)
She got sprayed.
It was a great day!

Yesterday we went downtown to see the Easter market at Vörösmarty tér.  On the way we stopped to play on one of the many awesome (and somewhat dangerous) playground toys they have in Hungary.

We also happened to see the city’s annual pillow fight.

It was so awesome to have a visit from our Szegedi friends (the Georges) and to share an early Easter dinner.

Seth has been working hard on reading and writing.  Here’s three of his latest words.  :)

Sziasztok! Nagyon jó volt veletek lenni tegnap este. Köszönöm, hogy eljöttetek! Remélem, mindannyian túlélitek a vizsgaidőszakot! Itt egy pár fényképet a mult hétról!

Vártunk néhány honapig a bogárokat eljönni.

Csaladi nap Visegrádon.

It is good to be home.  We had a great time at the education conference in Balaton Füred, and we gained some really helpful input for coaching our boys through their experiences in national schools.  This picture is taken of Lake Balaton behind the hotel where we stayed.