Jude in the lead at the start of the Stanley Middle School cross country meet

On Saturday it was the middle school state cross country championships. It was the first time ever that Jude’s school had entered and Jude was pretty excited about it; the top seven runners from each school got to compete and Jude qualified (he is almost always first on his team). On Thursday they had a cross country meet with Stanley Middle School and Jude had run really well and won that race for his first win. He had no illusions that he could repeat that at the state championships. His goal was to come in the top 100 and he achieved that as he came in 96th with a great time of 14:50 for the 2.1 mile course.

Coming down the stretch at the state Cross Country Championships

After watching Jude race it was off to see Anna play soccer. Her team played really well and had a good win 2-1 and Anna had a solid game.

Anna in action for her Skyline soccer team

On Friday night there was a festival at Anna’s school. It was homecoming weekend for DU and they had lots of activities for the kids. There was a 5k, pumpkin painting, a pie eating contest, a sack race and more. Anna had a great time.

Anna and her friend Emily painting pumpkins

They also gave away free tickets to the DU Pioneers hockey game for Saturday night. So, Anna and I went to game for our first “Anna and Daddy date” in quite some time.

At the DU Pioneers hockey game