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February 25, 2007
Team Tennis for Kate, Claire, and Meg
We were treated to another beautiful Sunday here in Austin. All the kids we in action with Kate, Claire, and Meg at team tennis and Scott at Lacrosse practice.
The team tennis is a chance to get in singles and doubles matches in weeks where there are no tournaments scheduled. The girls play for the Austin Tennis Academy team with Kate and Claire playing for the "Old Gold" which is 18 and under highest level. Meg is on the 14 and under "Comp 1" team.
Here's a couple of pictures from the cell phone of Claire and Kate serving.
Claire:
Kate:
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at UT
Last year I chronicled the great fun Meg and me had at the University of Texas' "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day".
They had again this year, and we were both excited to go back. After all we had bragging rights building the tallest tower our newspaper.
They had lots of different activities in the various engineering buildings from trying to float as many coins as possible on an boat designed of aluminum foil, to wind tunnels, to lego robotics, to egg bungie cord competions and much more.
In the same room where we built the tower the challenge was to build a chair out of newspaper stong enough to sit on without collapsing.
Many tried designs which featured more tape than newspaper. Meg decided the geodesic dome design was the way to go. We started rolling tubes of newspapers and the engineering students kept coming by to check on what we were doing.
It started taking shape and Meg even incorporated a star design for the seat. After one try, it needed a few more braces and it was set. It held Meg as she sat and posed with the engineering students. She received raving WOWs! for her design.
It's great that UT puts these programs on and it's even better that the students who volunteer their time share their enthusiam for engineering. What fun!
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February 18, 2007
Scott at Lacrosse Practice
It's quite a sight to see all the kids decked out in full body armor, but that's Lacrosse.
I'm posting this blog post from my camera phone so I'll keep the words brief, since I don't type too well with my thumbs...
It's a beautiful Sunday in Austin... Enjoy!
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February 17, 2007
Tight Game at Half, but Cavs Fall
Scott's team battled the top seeded team tough through haftime down only 12-11, but a 19-2 third quarter run did the Cavaliers in.
A fourth quarter rally narrowed the gap, but the final score was 40-31.
Great season, Scott!
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It's Basketball Playoff Time for Scott
Here's a camera phone picture of Scott before his first playoff game. His basketball team won 34-20 and have reached the quarterfinals.
Scott played great defense constantly staying between his man and the goal. He dished out a few assists as well. Must have studying the game film on UT's D.J. Augustine!
It's up against the one seed this afternoon. Go Cavaliers!
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February 6, 2007
Today's WSJ
Of course every blogger secretly wishes to be quoted in the Wall Street Journal for the pearls of wisdom they share through their blog.
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February 5, 2007
The SemiFinalists
It was a big weekend of tennis here with Kate and Claire competing in Houston and Meg competing here in Austin. By the end of day Saturday all three were semi-finalists in the main draw of their respective brackets.
When Deb shared this news with Jack Newman the CEO and head coach of the Austin Tennis Academy, he said this was a first in his career to have three siblings in the main draw semi-finals at the same time. Nice job, girls!
In the end, Claire made it to the finals before dropping the match in close heartbreaker.
Onward and upward to the March madness tournaments!
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