Sam had another soccer game today and he got some good time in on the field… at least until he apparently got a pinched/stretched nerve in his deck. Sam ended up coming out of the game and we had to take him home because it hurt so bad. He seems to be recovering now, but still has some pain in his neck. He should be better tomorrow, but I don’t think he will make soccer practice. Sam is running much faster this year – we think the treadmill has been helping quite a bit.

Gung Gung brought Alex and Sam back a couple of soccer jerseys from England – he even had their names put on the back… the boys loved them! The wore them today to Sam’s soccer practice. Alex goes to help with practice as he plays on the same team in the Spring (the fall he is playing on the school team). Gung Gung got the home jersey for the Chelsea Football club.

Last year we stopped and took a photo of the boys on the mountain on the way home, so today we thought we would update the photo. Sometimes boys will be boys….

Aunt Courtney took a photo of all of us in front of Grammy’s house today…

We celebrated Nana’s birthday today – a few days late as this was the first time we all had a chance to get together. Here is a couple of photos of the whole gang together.

A couple of quick photos of the boys and Aunt Courtney…

We drove up to Waynesboro today to pick up the boys as they had a few days off from school. We got a chance to see Gung Gung’s 1966 Bristol almost completely restored (there was only 47 made that year!). The car looks great and he is going to put it in the car show next weekend. When I asked Sam about the car, he said that he liked the engine the best… of course I didn’t get a photo of the engine.

Alex got to play about 10 minutes at the last Varsity soccer game. Unfortunately TCS lost to the home school kids by a score of 3-2. Fortunately for Alex he didn’t get to play too much because the coach was upset with all of the starters and made them run extra laps after the game.

Today Sam is giving a presentation on the Water Hopper. The Water Hopper is a mythical insect that Sam invented for his project. It is the combination of a Grasshopper and a Water Strider. Here are some photos of his model (he had a little help from Mom).

Alex’s last Varsity game on Tuesday ended in a 5-1 loss, but on Thursday the JV team won 5-2 and most importantly Alex Scored a GOAL. Everyone on the team came out and gave him a High 5 and hugs. The photo below is from the Varsity game.