All County Team

I was perusing Facebook tonight and found a friend posted this article.

https://www.mainstreetpreps.com/county/montgomery/2021-all-montgomery-county-boys-soccer-team/article_6c4e4902-d924-11eb-8f97-7f4fa2782c99.html?fbclid=IwAR3DKyx409j3-IlNbdFgZRK_axk1A-IuvHjNuRXiYm4Oy4SRi85Owgznn_E#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Evan made the 2021 All County Soccer Team, and Keagan, an underclass man, was named honorable mention. What a wonderful surprise! 

There is No Off Season

There is no off season for soccer. Summer training is in full swing! 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KN4fcRHFW5g&feature=youtu.be

Summer Art Project

It wouldn’t be summer if my teacher friends and I didn’t make something! Today we toyed with wood, power tools, paint, and stencils. 

I think they all turned out so cute. My porch sign matches the colors in my outdoor rug perfectly!  It was a great day with great friends! 

This Month in Home Renovation

In March we began planning the project Operation Cover the Popcorn Ceiling. My Pinterest inspired design was to be completed by May 25. However, the shortage of wood meant the saw mill pushed our order to May 26. We were in the middle of graduation that week, so we had the planks delivered the following week. Wes stained the wood while I was in Alabama with Keagan for soccer, and we’ve been waiting since then for the installation team to fit us in their schedule. Today was the day! 

That ugly, dated popcorn ceiling is finally disappearing. 

And here we have it! We updated the ceiling fan and that statement ceiling makes you want to look up! 

It was a great debacle for me, but after deliberation and consultation with Pinterest. the stone will now need to be painted white. Wes loves me! 🤣

Summer Vacation - Part 2

Our summer of soccer “vacations” took us this weekend to an ID camp in Music City. It was hotter than seven Hades, but Belmont is Keagan’s dream school. He has had his eyes set on this D1 school for a couple of years. We hydrated, hydrated some more, and crossed our fingers he would make a great impression on the coach. 

Pink 16 was impressive because although the heat wilted me, Keagan was running on that hot turf, giving it his all, and making some impressive stops. He conceded one goal and that was to an actual player from the college team. 

Two ID camps down. Two (or three) more ID camps to go. Summer training begins tomorrow night. 

Summer Time Job

Evan has toyed with the idea of getting a job since mid-May when the soccer season ended and ref jobs dried up, but who wants to hire a kid who is about to leave for college and needs a week off for vacation, this day off for orientation, this day off for advising, and don’t forget the freshmen canoe trip?  A snow cone truck! 

Evan has a part time summer job working at a snow cone food truck. The snow cones are loaded with sugar, whipped cream, and candy. It’s basically diabetes in a cup. 

Evan can wear shorts, tshirt, and crocs but he also has to wear this: 

I know. I thought the same thing. But he told me, “I’m getting paid $12 to scoop ice in a cup. I’ll wear whatever they want.”

Freshmen Orientation

Freshman orientation and class registration was this week. Remember back in 1992 when you had to go to the gym to find the professor teaching the college class you wanted to take? You had to stand in line. You had to ask if there was an open slot. You had to provide a brief  background to prove you could handle the class. When you got the professor’s coveted signature, then you raced to the next table to find the next professor and the next signature. 

Well, they don’t do that any more. 

This is freshman registration now. It’s all done online  on the couch in your living room, and data driven formulas determine which classes you should take. He’s registered for college algebra, English, philosophy, soccer, biology, and freshman focus. 

Summer Vacation

Our trip to Peru was postponed again. The rental car crisis means flying anywhere stateside is almost impossible because you can’t rent a car. This is our summer vacation instead  - a collection of soccer camps. 

This weekend we are in Alabama for our first ID camp. It was supposed to rain all day today, so I packed a raincoat and umbrella. It was 87 degrees with clear skies. I needed sunscreen instead of rain gear. Now I have a sunburn on my face and a heat rash on both legs. I could heat an entire room with the heat radiating from my body right now.

But I got to watch my favorite 16 year old play soccer. Keagan has been asleep since 7:15. He had a shower, ate a burger, cooled off with ice cream and hit the hotel bed ready for sleep.  The heat and training took its toil on him too. Number 118 will be back on the pitch tomorrow. It’s supposed to storm all day. I will not be upset at all if God sends us lightning at our lunch break, so we can head home a little earlier than planned.