The Montoya's

We haven't posted anything for a while now but life does keep moving and we're always working on something new and different.  The biggest thing is that school has started and that means back to work for Lindsey and I.  We just finished our 2nd week of school and things seem to be going good so far.  I am teaching 3 math classes and 2 engineering classes and I am liking all of my classes and schedule.  The school itself feels a little different too for the better and we're liking it.  One thing that Lindsey and I had wanted to do since we moved here last year was to start a cross country team at the high school.  We got moved in right before school started and it never really happened last year.  This year however we were able to get our district to fund a team and we have been practicing since this past week.  We are behind every other school in the state but we got it started and we can only get better and bigger.  I am really excited and busy with practice, getting a schedule together and possibly doing some fundraising.  

This is also the first school year that Emma gets to go to pre-school.  She goes 2 days a week for half a day and she is really having a blast.  She has made some new friends and looks forward to going.  On the first day Lindsey and I had a hard time leaving her and it was a very special time we shared together.  The second time we took her she ran up the sidewalk and waved bye to us as if we were just going to drop her off.  She's having fun and we're having fun watching her grow.

And Emma is not the only one going to school, besides teaching, Lindsey is starting her Master's Degree in Technology.  She started this weekend and it sounds like she likes it so I'm glad and proud of her for starting.  I know she will do a great job and I know she probably already knows just as much as any professor she will have.  I look forward to celebrating with her when she's finished.

And I'm still trying to get in some training myself.  I have been running with the kids on the XC team but I am having a hard time getting to the pool and biking more than twice a week.  I have an Olympic distance triathlon in late September and a half-ironman triathlon in late October.  Those are the only 2 things I have registered for but I think I will jump into some running races here and there.  Our friend Misha is doing a half marathon next weekend in Albuquerque and I'm thinking about jumping in and just doing it.

Well thanks for checking in on the Montoya's and I truly hope you're all doing well and happy. Here are several pictures of Emma after picking some stuff from our garden and on her first day of school.