Daniel played with the Diamondbacks for spring soccer, and he will continue with them in the fall. They play tougher competition than he has faced before, but he is very comfortable at this level. Click the picture above to see some more. He is so much fun to watch and we took a bit of video. We only included a few clips here – in the last game pay attention to David’s commentary. The final comment is made by their cousin, Mason.
Category Archives: Video
Indoor Soccer 2012
Daniel’s soccer team from last year, the Wolverines, played winter indoor soccer. They also invited David to play on the team. It was so much fun to see the boys playing on the same team. David was fully up to the challenge of playing with the older kids. The team was very competitive and, in fact, won most of their games. Indoor is a very different game and it really wears the kids out. Here’s a little bit of video that captures Daniel and David playing together. Watch for Daniel passing to David, who passes back to Daniel for the goal! It’s kind of difficult to tell whether you’re seeing Daniel or David so here’s a clue: Daniel is number 22 and is left-footed; David is number 23 and is right-footed. Enjoy!
Daniel Basketball 2012
Daniel had a good season of growth in basketball. He played on a new team – with a bunch of kids he’s played soccer with. His speed and quickness were evident throughout the season and his skills continued to improve. We put together a small sample of his highlights. As with David, he’s rather easy to spot (hint: look for number 22).
David – Basketball 2012
What a fun time in basketball this season! David played with the same team as last year – the Celtics. He has grown so much that, most of the time, he looks a bit out of place with the rest of the third-graders on the court. He learned a lot and had a tremendous amount of fun. Here’s just a short sample of the highlights on video. You won’t have much trouble picking him out – he’s the one making all the baskets in these clips (except for the one clip in which he’s tackled by a much shorter player)!
Snow!
Disco Ball
The other day David started joking that he throws “disco parties” when he is left at home alone. Mind you, he is never home alone more than five minutes and this happens once a month when Sary-Jo has to take Daniel to school early. Nevertheless, he apparently “pushes a button” and a disco ball appears for the big party he throws. He had us in stitches as he told this story. So today Sarah went shopping and brought home a disco ball for him. Here is a little video of Sarita dancing with the boys.
Snow Boarding / Skiing
On Thursday (12/29) we took Daniel and David up to the snow. In another car, Sarah took her exchange student, Sara, Stefano (our past exchange student) and Chiara (Stefano’s girlfriend), and Felix (Julie & Cindy’s exchange student). So, if you’re keeping score we had two Italians, two Ethiopians, a Spaniard, a German and a Puerto Rican – it’s hard to imagine more national diversity in two carloads!
The boys took snowboarding lessons for a couple hours. Sarah and Sara took skiing lessons. Then, after lunch, it was on to the slopes! Click the picture above to see more; watch the video below.
Ice Skating
We took Daniel, David, Stefano, Chiara and Sara ice skating on Wednesday, 12/28/11. Along with the kids, Randy was out on the ice but somehow didn’t make it into any of the final video. That must be because the kids are pretty good skaters and, well, Randy is not.
The Christmas Story – 2011 Version
One of our family traditions is having the children memorize the Christmas story from Luke 2. Before we open gifts we take a few moments to focus on the true meaning of Christmas – that God Himself took on human form to reconcile us to Him. The boys memorized the story last year and then brushed up on it this year. Since Sarah and Janel were home for Christmas, they helped with the recitation (which they had not done for a while) and it was awesome. Enjoy the video.
Thanksgiving 2011
We hosted a small group of family for Thanksgiving. The meal was great, and the conversation even better. We have so much for which to be thankful. It’s been a year of tremendous growth in so many ways. We’ve grown as a family, the boys’ integration into our community has made major strides, they’ve just shot up physically… It’s amazing and we’re so grateful to God for all He has done for us.
After dinner, Aidan enjoyed watching Daniel’s newest helicopter (while David was manning the video camera). Enjoy the video. There are some very good pictures in here also. Within the picture slide show, you’ll find the boys’ lists of things for which they are thankful. Please enjoy.