[speaker002:] uh do you have kids
[speaker001:] oh yeah I got three how about yourself
[speaker002:] um we have two and another one on the way
[speaker001:] oh you've got uh young children then
[speaker002:] well we have yeah we do we have a our six a six year old he's oldest and then um our baby will be a year on Monday
[speaker001:] oh my goodness that's great
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] what kind of mix do you have a boy and a girl or
[speaker002:] two boys two boys yeah
[speaker001:] two boys you know what's on the way yet are you
[speaker002:] no I I'm just about three months and um I don't think we really even wanna find out we like surprises so we'll take either
[speaker001:] I don't blame you well well well we got two boys and a girl also well we got two boys and a girl well uh
[speaker002:] and and does does it are the two boys first
[speaker001:] yes yes so maybe maybe maybe you'll get lucky and get a girl this time
[speaker002:] oh maybe huh we we kind of like our boys though too so
[speaker001:] well our boys one is uh he's in graduate school at A&M uh he's in the Navy he's a lieutenant in the Navy and the Navy's sending him for his Master's in ocean engineering and
[speaker002:] oh my goodness
[speaker001:] we got another boy that's uh out in Maryland he's a wildlife biologist uh
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] and our girl is thirteen she's in uh seventh grade so we got still all sorts of good activities with with her
[speaker002:] oh yeah you've kind of got uh a span there huh oh well what do you do with your seventh grader
[speaker001:] well she's into a little bit of everything she's uh loves riding horses so she goes out riding as much as she can and
[speaker002:] do do you have horses
[speaker001:] no no
[speaker002:] she just she knows people that does huh
[speaker001:] well uh yeah but mainly at a riding place that's north of town that she goes uh she rides English and does jumping takes lesson and all that kind of stuff yeah
[speaker002:] oh does she oh she must really like them
[speaker001:] and yeah she's into oh she plays the flute in the band and piccolo and she's into this uh odyssey of the mind thing which is uh takes a lot of time for it's uh for what they call pace group I don't know if you've gotten into that with your kids but that's for the kind of well it's a program for
[speaker002:] advanced
[speaker001:] higher the advanced kids yeah yeah
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I have heard of that our little little boy's just in the first grade and and I I taught school
[speaker001:] sure oh okay
[speaker002:] for six years so I I do know about that program and and
[speaker001:] okay you know what that is well my wife is involve she kind of heads that up for these kids and last year they they got uh the state level they didn't win that but they got won uh local and region and they got a new mix of kids this time so
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] keeps them busy keeps
[speaker002:] oh yeah I bet huh well so does she go actually out into a different classroom with
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] with um other kids that are involved in this
[speaker001:] well uh yes but uh well they have what they well you probably know a pace group that uh they're advanced type the they're special uh classes for pace classes I think uh this happens to be uh
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] uh history is what their peace classes is this year but uh so they they uh
[speaker002:] oh uh-huh
[speaker001:] she enjoys that kind of stuff and does well with it so yeah
[speaker002:] oh that's neat challenging huh oh
[speaker001:] yeah yeah always something to do
[speaker002:] yeah well um as far as our activities we're kind of on a different level here but my
[speaker001:] well you'll get to different levels I guarantee you that
[speaker002:] yeah yeah my husband's gonna take our six year old to the monster truck show tonight
[speaker001:] uh okay
[speaker002:] they they like to both boy things yeah
[speaker001:] that'd be fun oh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] but uh we we don't have any real um like we don't really ski we haven't taken our kids skiing or anything course the baby's young but
[speaker001:] got to wait a couple years sledding that's what you got to do tobogganing
[speaker002:] yeah yeah he's the what
[speaker001:] you got to go tobogganing and sledding with them
[speaker002:] uh oh well yeah we we have done that he in fact he just goes right out here we've got quite a bit of snow now and last week we got a lot
[speaker001:] well you're welcome to keep that
[speaker002:] yeah you don't like that huh
[speaker001:] well I grew up in Wisconsin I I had plenty of snow and when I was a kid and
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] we've lived here about seventeen years but we used to take all the kids tobogganing and ice skating and all that kind of stuff the boys and it's a lot of fun really
[speaker002:] yeah it is fun
[speaker001:] as long as you don't have to drive in it
[speaker002:] yeah I no I don't like that I really I it makes me nervous yeah
[speaker001:] I had plenty of snow to last me forever I I don't care if I ever see any well I don't care if I see it but just keep it off of here
[speaker002:] yeah yeah oh I don't mind it but uh us um the winter gets long
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] you know I get ready if that come about this time of year I'm kind of ready for it to start getting spring and it's too early yet so
[speaker001:] well you got you got you got five months before you'll see that
[speaker002:] yeah we do we do we've had a few early springs though the last few years they haven't been too bad come about March it it gets you know a lot nicer and
[speaker001:] oh yeah our our oldest son when uh
[speaker002:] yeah