Saved By the Bell...Dancing With the Stars...Extra

How do you know Mario Lopez? I remember him as "Slater" from Saved By the Bell - that TV sitcom back in the 80's and ending in 1994. Matt recognizes him as the host of Animal Planet's "Pet Star". But now, he'll be known as a children's author. Mario and his sister, Marissa, have written a book entitled, "Mud Tacos". They were at Discovery Green park yesterday to read the story and to sign copies of their book. Of course, we had to go. Matt talked about it all week. The crowd was pretty large, in spite of the threat of rain. There were tables set up with all the "ingredients" to make your own mud taco. Matt posed with his taco. Anyway...just wanted to share how we spent part of our Thanksgiving Saturday.

Winning is Fun!

Matt entered a contest at school called "Reflections". It's a national PTA contest to encourage the arts in school aged kids. At Cornersone, they were offering an incentive for kids to submit their entries. The winner would receive a brand new Flip Ultra Video Camera. Matt was so excited yesterday when they drew his name out of the "hat". The funny thing is...we got Matt a Flip Mino Video Camera for his birthday last June. So...now he has two! He's going to let Bill use it for skating - you know like - skate cam from the helmet. That would be fun.

Houston Skate Marathon - Bill Beats Personal Record

Today was the perfect weather for an inline skate marathon. It's Bill's "official" 4th Marathon (2 in Houston and 2 in Austin). Bill skated a personal best of 1 hour and 43 minutes and placed 3rd in his age bracket. It must be those new Bont Skates he just got!! We all went out to cheer him on and ring the cow bells as he crossed the finish line. We are proud of you, Bill!!