Anna doing her gymnastics performance at the end of camp

Well the first two weeks of summer break have just flown by. I spent most of last week in Dublin for a conference so we missed last week’s update.

The first week of summer break Anna had gymnastics camp at DU that she just loved. Meanwhile Jude was in a morning tennis camp with a friend from school but he had the afternoons free. He has joined the First Tee summer golf program so I have taken him out a couple of times. Last weekend I took Jude to the local course and he had his first ever regulation sized 9 hole round. He did well, although the par 5’s were challenging. The most important thing is he enjoyed it and wanted to do it again.

Jude playing his first 9 holes on a regulation golf course at Overland

We have rejoined the JCC for the summer and the kids have already had a few days at the pool. I joined everyone yesterday and we had a great time. Both kids have become strong swimmers over the past year and they wanted to race. Anna is now the fastest in the family at freestyle and Jude is the fastest at breaststroke.

Anna fooling around by the pool at the JCC

Today was Fathers Day and Marcy made me a lovely breakfast of french toast and bacon. Then we went for a long family bike ride downtown. It ended being 12.5 miles, the longest ride the kids have ever done but they both did well. It helped that it was not very hot. After we got home Jude and I watched some World Cup soccer and then the US Open golf. We ended with a dinner at my favorite Mexican place, Benny’s.

Climbing the rock outside REI on our Fathers Day bike ride