Marcy spent part of Mothers Day working in the yard

This weekend was dominated by kids sport. Both Jude and Anna had soccer games on Saturday and Jude also had a track meet. So, we had to divide and conquer. Jude had a 9am game at Dicks Sporting Goods park so he and I were on way before 8am. Jude had probably his best game of the season in a closely fought 0-0 draw. We barely had time for a quick lunch and then it was on to the track meet.

Jude running down the final stretch in his 400m race

Jude ran in the 1600m and 400m races. The 1600m was first and he did well coming in 5th out to 10 kids. His time was 6:29, pretty good for a mile. In the 400m Jude came third and ran a great race. He said as we were leaving, “That was so fun”. So, he will be doing track again I expect.

Anna looking after Olive on her way to soccer

Today was Mother’s Day. Marcy wanted to spend as much of the day in the yard and both Jude and Anna had makeup soccer games. I decided to take Olive along to both games to keep socializing her and also to make sure Marcy was able to get some things done. Anna played her best game of the season today and was very unlucky not to score a goal. She was playing so well that the coach never subbed her off. Jude played in the afternoon and they had another good win. With seven wins, one draw and one loss Jude’s team won their league.

After presenting to Anna’s 4th grade class at Ricks

On Monday, my week started off with a presentation to Anna’s class. They are doing a unit on business and finance, so I came to talk to them about starting a business and we also played a fun little business game that Anna and I devised. It seemed to go over quite well.

Saying goodbye to the play set that has been part of their lives for the past six years

This week we said goodbye to the play set. We got this back in 2013 at our old house and the kids got hundreds of hours of use out of it. But they have pretty much grown out of it now so Marcy put an ad on Nextdoor and someone came to dismantle it and take it away. Now, another family will get to enjoy hundreds of hours of fun.