Jude addressing the crowd at his graduation ceremony

On Wednesday this past week Jude graduated eighth grade at the International School of Denver. The past three years have flown by and we find it hard to believe we are about to have a high schooler. Jude really enjoyed his time at ISD, it was a good fit for him and we were really pleased with the school. He has become very proficient in French, his favorite subject. He ended his middle school strongly with his best grades of his entire time there.

The family photo after the ceremony

The ceremony it itself was really cool. Rather than just call each student’s name the teachers get together and decide on one word that best describes each of the students. Jude’s word was “candid” as he is always forthright in telling the truth, a quality his teachers clearly valued.

Throwing the caps in the air

This weekend was all about soccer with the annual end of season tournament at Aurora Sports Park. Jude’s team played four matches over two days. They won one, lost one, and drew one and that was enough to make the final. But they lost to a team from New Mexico who were really good. Jude played really well.

Jude gets around this defender and has a breakaway up the field

Tonight, Marcy, Jude and I went to see the US Mens National Soccer Team play Mexico in the final of the Nations Cup which happened to be in Denver. It was a wild and crazy game which the US won 3-2 after a penalty from Christian Pulisic (our biggest star). The fans were wild, in a negative way, and the game had to be stopped a number of times because of objects on the field. But it was an epic match and we were all glad we went.

Watching the USA play Mexico at Mile High Stadium