Football and Piano

This month is a bit slower than usual but we do have Max in action with the football team!

First of all, we finally got the official picture of the Northern Tier Crew!

Max joined the performance with his Kungfu School in one of the community event. He has been busy with football practices and games, and has not been able to do a lot of practices.

While it has been really cool to see Max in football gear and get active in a team-based sports. It has not been a good experience. The coaches are so focused on gaining points in the game with other schools, they let players like Max stand on the sideline the ENTIRE time and half of the practice time.I finally sent a message to the coach through the team parent (that is how the coach wants the communication to go), the coach let Max played a couple of times, each for a few minutes. The coach never talked to us. Instead, he walked up to Max asking "Why did you think your parent sent me that message?" The irony is that the team kept its losing streak. Needless to say, neither parent nor Max wants to do it next year.

Renee attended another piano recital.

Ear Rings!

The biggest news of the month is that Max got an ear ring! And it actually looks good!

Max went with his gang of four to the six flag for a birthday celebration. These four hang out all the time these days even though they are not in the same class. Apparently they have a fixed meeting spot where they find each other in school.

Renee joined Song Team and started performing during the school football games.

Here is Max getting his first ear ring, and Renee getting a second one. They went to a special shot in Walnut Creek.

I went with Max to a short backpacking trip in Point Reyes.

I also drove Max and his scouting friends to the Advancement Camp where they spent the day learnig different scouting skills and knowledge

High School Started

The new school year finally started. This year, Max and Renee are both attending high school, marking our final chapter of full family under the same roof. With the adjustment and probably because we did a lot of activities last month, we don't really have much pictures to share.

After some try-outs, Max decided to join the high school football team. Renee happened to have a jacket from when she did the pick-up-with-a-purpose event in last school term. Also, Renée is now part of the high school Song Team, who performs when Varsity Football and Basketball teams are playing.

Max took the black belt test and upgraded to second degree! He still has not learned ariel and his back still hurts a bit. So we are taking it easy.

For the band, Max is trying Baritone Saxophone this year.