After a highly successful school year, we're ready for the summer holidays! Jonathan and Elisha both did really well in school this year - and Mom and Dad are awfully proud!
The end of the school year was a little nutty, though. Both kids playing soccer, Elisha in dance, and Dad playing soccer meant that we had stuff going on Monday, Tuesday (double booked), Wednesday, Thursday, sometimes Friday evenings and Saturday, sometimes Sunday afternoons. Let's just say that by the end of June, we were occasionally (ok, truth be told, often) praying for rain so that soccer would be postponed.
Both kids had a pretty good soccer season. Jonathan's team only lost about 3 games all season, and ended up being re-tiered half way through the season, 'cause they were creaming the competition! And I had the amazing privilege of helping to coach his team.
Elisha's team got off to a rougher start - they didn't score their first goal until very near the end of the season. And it happened to coincide with their first win (1:0)! I don't know who was more excited, the kids or the parents -- there was actually talk of going down to Whyte Avenue to celebrate (keep in mind, this happened in the middle of the Oilers' Stanley Cup run...) They went on to either win or tie the rest of their games (if only the same could be said of the Oilers...).
Birthday celebrations this year were, well, birthday celebrations... and reminders to both Beth and I that we aren't getting any younger. How is it that the kids are now 10 & 7? 
When the heck did that happen? The only time I feel like I could actually be old enough to have a 10 year old is the day after one of my soccer matches - then I know for a FACT I'm not 20 anymore!The summer is shaping up well. We're looking forward to spending time together at Family Camp - a week of someone else cooking, planning, entertaining... it's pretty tough to beat.
We have a few other things on the go, too. Seven weddings - though I'm only performing three of them - will keep us busy. And Jonathan has an amazing August ahead of him, but I'll leave the details for him to write about.
Over all, I am incredibly blessed. I've got the two most amazing kids on the planet (sorry, to all the other parents out there, but your kids just aren't as awesome as mine!!), live in a terrific city, am part of and help lead the most incredible church community, and am married to the same beautiful, amazing, kind, gentle... awe inspiring woman that I married 14 years ago (there's no way our kids can be 10 & 7 - we're far too young for that!).
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