Yes, of course, I have more to talk about than our newest venture, cross country running, but for now, this is what you get.  Primarily because I took over 2000 ( !! ) photos of other people’s kids last week, playing numerous volleyball and football games, which was pretty much awesome, because every single game [...]

OK, well, technically, it was a Thursday.  And it wasn’t night-time, since the 7th and 8th graders normally play their games after school.  So no lights, because at 4 in the afternoon, the sun is still shining nicely.   Um, shouldn’t there be some other boys lined up with him here?  Maybe on either side of [...]

The football league that Kellen played in last fall has an arrangement with a video production company for them to come to several games during the season, video the games, then compile a highlights dvd, complete with music and little mini-interviews of the players.  It’s got some cool graphics, and neat sound, and luckily they [...]

Last night was Kellen’s next-to-last game of the football season.  I won’t be able to attend their final game next week, so to ME, last night’s game was the last.  I place Kellen’s first season of football in the “positive experience” category because he’s learned a lot and had fun.  (Mainly.  When he’s not whining about having [...]

My son enjoys football, but he is not particularly gifted at it.   He has had a few decent catches this year, and even made a touchdown or two.  But he is not amazingly skilled; scouts have not come looking; the NFL is not beating a path to our door. There is most certainly no reason [...]

I am so proud of my son. Here he is, catching a pass to make a two-point conversion in tonight’s game: It’s really a shame not all boys are as lucky, to have a parent like me, to take such awesome photos of their accomplishments. Truly, have you ever seen such wonderful photography skills???? No, [...]

The beginning of summer, we spent our time sitting and watching this: The middle of summer, we spent our time sitting and watching this: And now, can you guess how we’re going to spend our time the END of this summer? (this was that jumping-and-rolling-over-your-teammate exercise, which as far as I’m concerned, they all looked [...]