WET

After spending an hour in the drizzle watching Joshua play soccer, we are all wet! Cold, too. And stylish. No one could look as good as Lane, dressed in his mother's jacket (I sacrificed the jacket, but kept the blanket). What a hottie!

He impressed us with his good looks, and his stylin' skateboarding. Wasn't it nice of him to pay such close attention and cheer for his little brother the whole game through?

We cheered hard for Joshua's team because he was playing against his best friend Hudson. Usually we would cheer equally for Hudson and Joshua's team, but this year Hudson's team moved up a level (Soccer Academy) from Josh's team (Rec. League), so we focused all our cheering on the underdogs. Joshua's team, the Mad Dogs, lost 1-0, but played super, super hard. It's fun to watch these boys learning, growing, and exerting so much effort to be good at what they do. Joshua really does give the game everything he's got. A few weeks ago he threw up at the end of the game, after truly giving it his all. I had to give it my all in self-control not to throw up as I cleaned up a whole mess of scrambled eggs in the grass...

Anyway, today was a pretty rotten day for rain, not just because of the soccer game, but also because it was Homecoming. Poor girls, trying to be pretty and keep their hair curled in this weather! Rain or no rain, Evan got to spend all his hard-earned money on Anthea, his darling friend and Homecoming date. They started early in the afternoon, first going bowling, then to dinner, then to the dance (for all of 10 minutes--just long enough to have pictures taken), and then to one of the kid's homes for games and a movie. That is so different from my high school days when it was just dinner and a dance! What's not different is the dressing up, fumbling over boutonnieres and corsages, smiling for Mom and Dad's pictures, and the overall excitement at being "all grown up."

It really is wonderful to watch our kids growing up, and growing well. They are such nice boys who really do good things and are good people of their own accord. Michael and I are so lucky to be associated with such people. Thanks for letting us share a bit of them with you!