Finally have a chance to catch our breaths for a few minutes during so far what has been a busy but fun summer. Where do I even begin...
The end of the school year was exciting as always. Sophie "graduated" from 5th grade and burns park school and will be headed to Tappan Middle School. She is excited about it but a little nervous too. Maddie will help her pave the way. Sophie also badly bruised her foot playing soccer at PE a couple weeks before the end of teh school year and is just now (7 weeks later) able to bear some weight on it. Needless to say it has cut into many of her summer activities but she is a trooper.
Maddie has an excellent end of the school year. She enjoyed running track for Tappan. She also made the A team at Canton for travel soccer next year. This is a significant step up in terms of commitment and skills so she is excited but nervous too. Four a week practices start in august. It's also a big year as she begins her confirmation prep so it will be a busy year for her.
Tonight we have a breather with no softball game. Between both girls' teams, we have games most M, T, W, Th nights. It's been a bit of a bummer that sophie can't play but we hoping maybe she can make an appearance before the end of the season. Bob is coaching both teams this year - it's a handful but he is enjoying it, as he does with all of his coaching.
We just returned from wonderful trip to Alaska. We've been planning it for a long time so we are a bit shocked it is already here and gone. We started by boarding a boat in Vancouver to wiggle our way through the inside passage up to Seward. Such beautiful scenery -- whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, puffins, sea otters - but the glaciers were most spectacular. We enjoyed having Gretchen's mom along on the trip and the wonderul dinners each night with a spectacular view out the back of the boat. Once we got of the boat, we enjoyed taking the Alaska railroad from city to city include Seward, Anchorage, Denali and Fairbanks. Denali was breath takingly beautiful - Mt. Mckinley greeted us with a perfectly clear day. And the moose, caribou, dall sheet, and grizzles made us feel really welcome. If you ever get the change to go to AK, seize it. So worth itt.
OK, now to try to post some pictures.
