End of the Season

Bella's band season and Christian's cross country season have come to an end.  It's been a lot of fun and they have both done wonderfully well.  Christian came in lower than he'd hoped but ran a great last race.  45th out of hundreds of runners.  He's an amazing runner that's just a little too cautious to really push to his limits and so he often ends the race with a lower place and with a lot of energy left.  He gets really frustrated about it but that's something that he'd learn if he had more practice.  It really doesn't bother me.  It's so fun to see him run and remember that little 7 year old who ran the 10k race with me all those years ago.  He was so committed to training and giving it his all and it took every thing he had for those little legs to keep up with me.  Now it would be reversed.  He could leave me in the dust.  He is really amazingly fast.

June 16, 2018:  First place in his age division in the 10k.

The marching band's final concert is always indoors.  The announcer always makes the joke, "it's the only marching band concert where the audience has seat backs!"  It's fun to hear all their songs and cadences and cheers in comfort.  I'm sad it's over.  The season really goes too quickly.  It's all consuming and then it's over in a blink.  Only one year left!