We won a Wii

It's been a long summer and we all have been very busy, hence the lack of blogs of late. But something happened yesterday that has brought me out of my blogging funk-- We won a Wii!!! It all started when Brian signed the boys up for the second annual Wentzville Soapbox Derby. The city provided the cars and we paid $5 per child for the boys to race down the "hill of thrills" in front of Progress Park. There was food, door prizes, a corny announcer and it was a beautiful day, so all in all it seemed like it was going to be a great afternoon. Every child that raced got a T-shirt and a bag of goodies (stickers, coupons, etc). Additionally, each kid was entered into a raffle- they raffled off gift cards, a 19 inch flat screen TV, and a Nintendo Wii. And as my intro revealed we won the Wii-yippii. Alex's name was picked just as he finished his race (which he lost by a hair). Brady won his race but by then we were all so excited about our new Wii it really didn't matter who won or lost (not that it would've anyway). It was a very nice set that came with several games and controllers (approx. value $400). My arm hurts from playing too much tennis and bowling and we've all had a great time with it so far. Needless to say that we will definitely be signing up for the soapbox derby again next year!