tasting and track meet

last thursday night alex and i went to the big tasting for our reception at the Royal Fox! we were really excited to sample all of the food and see the place again all decked out in wedding style. when we arrived, we wandered around the whole place looking for our table, taking pictures of the styles of other tables, and smelling the delicious food. every table had been decorated according to that couple's color scheme, but the arrangements and centerpieces were all different, so we took notes on what we liked. there was even an entire table dedicated to all of the different napkin folds you can choose - i didn't even know we had to pick a napkin fold!

then came the food - there was wine, appetizers, soup, salad, sorbet, entrees (chicken, beef, & fish), sides (starches & vegetables), and dessert (white & chocolate wedding cake plus various other sweets). needless to say, by the end we were totally stuffed! we haven't finalized our menu yet, but trust me, it will be good :)

moving on to the weekend, alex and the vikings had their first outdoor track meet saturday! it was a home meet, so alex was super busy all day running the throwing events. one or more of his athletes competed in all four mens' events, and they all did pretty well! one guy actually placed in all four events - javelin, discus, shot put, and hammer. it was really fun to see alex being all official, even though i know it was a lot of work. when all was said and done, he'd been standing outside for over 9 hours!

of course, i went to watch the meet, and i came all equipped with a comfy chair, a blanket (it was cold for those of us just sitting around!), and a good book. although i had more down time then alex, i did try to find ways to make myself useful - i videotaped all of his athletes' performances and i even got to pull the tape to measure the javelin throws! all in all, it was a very long but very fun day. go vikings!