September 2020

 

Covid soccer

Braces Time

Ripstick 

The Flash 

Paintball birthday party

Julia playing volleyball

Stephen playing soccer

Isaac playing soccer

Apple picking

-Nate began working the outage at the end of August. He left for work around 3:30 am, got home around 6 pm and tried to go to bed by 7:30/8 pm. And he worked this schedule every day. This is the last full outage at the plant that he planned, so he wanted it to be excellent! 

-Isaac, Stephen and Lexi were able to play soccer with masks. Julia played in an outdoor volleyball league. It was an adjustment, but overall they weren't too bothered by the mask. They were just happy to be able to play sports! 

-Lexi had the most intense Holland Rec soccer coach we have ever experienced. He had these 1st grade girls running drills and practicing plays. He wasn't mean, he was just very serious. Lexi was not thrilled with the coach, but we kept reminding her how awesome her team was because of his coaching. And her team was a sight to behold. Hopefully the intense coach experience didn't ruin her for soccer next year. One of the team parents joked that the girls would need therapy after the season, ha! 

-Stephen had a very large team so the coach wasn't able to do much skill development with the boys. Stephen liked playing goalie and was happy to be playing soccer.

-Isaac had a large 7th grade team, basically two teams in one. So for the first quarter of play one squad played and then the second squad the second quarter and so on. Isaac is a strong defender and he also has a solid left foot and played forward quite a bit.

-Julia decided to try volleyball more seriously this year. Her friend Leila was on team which made her happy. It was fun to watch the team near the end of their season as they were getting some good volleys during the matches. 

-Isaac got his braces, should be an easy one round- about 1.5 years. I wonder how many years total we will be paying the orthodontist?..  

-Caleb started his cross country season. They run a 5k at every race and in his first race he ran 24 min. I think a 5k in 24 min is amazing. Caleb set a goal to reduce his time every race. Caleb had quite a few friends on the XC team and the practices were challenging, but fun for him. 

-We celebrated Caleb's 16th birthday! Caleb is 164 lbs and is 6 ft. He chose paint-balling for his birthday party. He took along Josh, Teddy, Henry, Nathan, Jacob, Jason, Gavin, Andrew, Ashton and Eli. Most of them had never done it before, so there was a mixture of excitement tinged with nervousness. They had a fantastic time and all wanted to paintball again. For Caleb's bday he got a ripstick and a new kindle fire. Caleb is responsible, a hard worker, can give great one liners, athletic and he is kind. His closest friends are Jacob, Ashton and Nathan. He enjoys playing on his Switch with friends and watching funny youtube videos. Caleb is taking his first AP class this year, US history. His favorite classes this year are Bible and history. Because of covid delays, he couldn't get his license on his birthday. Caleb, we love you very much!

-Nate had a birthday, but he was busy with the outage and requested we not do anything for it. Felt weird to not celebrate, but we are happy to celebrate another year with Nate!