School Starting

As the school start date approaches, we find ourselves emerged in school sports. Nathan is now the proud owner of a driver's license so he drives himself to and from practice. That is a HUGE relief for me. He made the varsity soccer team this year so he practices later and longer than the other teams.....4-6 pm. The fact that he can take care of himself is a huge weight off my shoulders. His first game is in 2 days! I am looking forward to watching him play and improve his skills this year. I have a feeling the coach is going to use him as a forward (offense) this year because of his speed. He will not like it, but that is the price you pay when you are the fastest kid on the team. :) 

Michael decided to mix it up and joined the cross country team this year. His      practice is at 7:30 am. Yep, you read that right, 7:30 AM! He is up by 6, 6:30 at the latest so his body can wake up. He hates it when he runs poorly because he is not awake. He is doing a decent job of keeping up with the high schoolers       during practice and timed runs. They had a 3 mile timed run today and he ran it in 21+ minutes. Not bad for an 8th grader with only 4 weeks of summer            training. He was so excited that he beat 3 high school students! His goal is to make it on the JV team by the end of the season. I am sure he can do it if he keeps practicing as hard as he has been. It will be exciting to watch him run!