Grand Central Station
Calvin had his fall season piano recital tonight, and played Grand Central Station. The videos below are the performance, and then an encore performance at home. Enjoy..!
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Trevor’s Last JV Soccer Game for the 2016 Season
Trevor’s high school JV soccer team played their last game of the season tonight. It was a brisk, fall evening. The trees are changing colors, and a full moon was out. But it was getting pretty cold as the sun went down, like into the 40’s. Trevor’s team lost this game, but had a chance …
Read More Trevor’s Last JV Soccer Game for the 2016 SeasonNorski Soccer
Calvin had a club soccer game today. Weather was misty, but not too wet. The teams were closely matched, and Calvin’s team ended up losing 2 to 3. Calvin played goalie the 2nd half of this game.
Read More Norski SoccerLakeside Homecoming
Tonight was Trevor’s high school homecoming parade and football game. (His school won the game 34 to 21.) The marching band performed in a small parade they had before the game, and also during halftime. A video of the halftime performance is at the bottom of this post.
Read More Lakeside HomecomingSuper Soccer Saturday
Lot’s of soccer today. Calvin’s team played 6 tournament games today. They won their first 4 games, then lost their semi-final and final game. By the 6th game, they were pretty tired. Trevor got to be a referee at this tournament, and had to ref 9 games. The last game that Calvin’s team played was …
Read More Super Soccer SaturdayGemütlichkeit Days Parade
Trevor marched and played the smallest of five bass drums in the Gemuetlichkeit Days parade today. This was his first parade playing a bass drum. He previously played the cymbals in the marching band this past summer. Weather was really nice – sunny, and in the 70’s. But those band uniforms are really thick so the band members were pretty hot. …
Read More Gemütlichkeit Days ParadeCalvin plays in Eastside Soccer Tournament
Calvin played in a soccer tournament today for the Eagles. His team tied the first game, won the second game, and lost their final game. Calvin scored two goals today. He did not get to play goal keeper at all, so he was able to move the ball around and show how he can score …
Read More Calvin plays in Eastside Soccer TournamentLabor Day Boating
We rented a SeaRay boat on Lake Mendota today for the afternoon. Had a great time cruising around, and even took Calvin and Trevor tubing in front of Monona Terrace and the Capital building. We took the lock from Lake Mendota down to Lake Monona. Lots of fun.
Read More Labor Day BoatingGoodbye to the Swingset
Today was a bittersweet day. We sold our Rainbow Playset that has been in our backyard for the past 12 or so years. It was taking more time to seal and stain it each year, than the kids were using it. So we agreed as a family to sell it on Craigslist and open up …
Read More Goodbye to the SwingsetCalvin plays in Soccer Mudfest
Calvin played in a soccer tournament this weekend, and the fields were super muddy. We had to power wash his socks and shoes when he got home. The teams he played in the tournament were ranked much better that Calvin’s team, so Calvin got a lot of time building up his goal keeper experience..!
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