We're just about midway through summer, so it's time for an update.
Our winter was pretty quiet. No big trips, no big events. Both kids prepared for their spring ball season. And suddenly, things were not quiet at all.
Felix had his baseball tryouts over spring break, so we stayed home for that. He made the JV team this year, and the team had a good amount of success. Felix pitched a five-inning no-hitter during the season, which was fantastic! He's now over halfway through his Legion baseball season.
Iris had a difficult season of school softball. Too many players, too few innings to go around, too big talent differential made it challenging. The nice thing was playing against her tournament teammates. She was very happy to have a few tournaments this spring. Her tournament team has been very good in their four tournaments so far, finishing 1st, 4th (out of 9, playing up against 14U teams), 2nd and 1st. She also played with the 14U team for two tournaments.
Both kids did well overall in their classes and finished the year strong. Iris received a few awards from WRAMS, such as "most improved musician" in her band class.
Felix just turned 16 on Saturday, and we had the grandparents over for a nice dinner. I waited until now to publish this post: he passed his road test today! He can officially drive the car all by himself. And he'll be running Iris around where she needs to go. (The downside of having a car at his disposal is it's also at our disposal. ;D )
That's all I have for now. We'll catch up again later this year.
Awesome things: Time Team episodes, Ologies podcasts
