Sports, sports, sports all around

Last week was a busy sports week for us, especially for Kendrick. He started football practice last week. His team practices 5 days per week. That is more than the middle school. In addition to football he had his last basketball and last baseball games. He says he never wants to play baseball again, too slow. He could play basketball year round though he says.

Keion had his last basketball game for the summer league last week. He is really starting to become more aggressive during the games. He is looking forward to football camp the first week of August. Keion also had a comedy camp this week. They learned how to do improv and comedic acting. He liked the camp and learned a lot.

Keith took both the boys to WWE wrestling in Richmond on Tues. Kendrick came back saying, "now that I saw it live, I know that it is real". He is going to "real" wrestling camp this week. He may be in for a rude awakening when he finds out there is no chair throwing, slapping, pulling hair, or 2 against 1.

Keith started working from home full time. He is enjoying not having to commute up to Alexandria daily. It allows him so much more flexibility. The boys enjoy being able to see him during the day and he makes them more elaborate breakfasts and lunches than I do. So, they like that too.

Monster Game

If they gave out game balls in Keion's summer basketball league, he definitely would have deserved one last night. He had a "monster game". He had 14 points (of the 25 his team scored), about 20 rebounds, and 2 steals. He has really been self motivated to exercise and work on his athletics this summer. His dedication is really showing.

Busy in VA

Sorry that it has been a long time since our last post. The summer has found us quite busy. The boys have been involved in summer camps as well as sports. Keion is taking the "Hollywood Experience" camp- part 1 and 2. He is learning how to use the green screen to input background and special effects into a film. Kendrick is doing a basketball camp put on by one of the local high schools. Both boys are playing in a summer basketball league and Kendrick is also playing baseball. They are also both taking swim leasons. I have been pleased that Keion still knows the different strokes, I mainly wanted to make sure he was comfortable in the deep water. Kendrick is doing well getting the different strokes down.

Keion celebrated his 13th birthday last week. It is hard to believe he is a teenager! At least he doesn't act like one most of the time.

Happy Belated Birthday Keith!!!!!!

We were on our first day of the cruise as Keith celebrated his 40th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to Keith (Daddy). Here are the waiters singing Happy Birthday to him on the ship.

Start of Summer

Well summer is off to a great start. We just returned from our cruise to Bermuda. Thank you to Mama Lucy and Papa Joe for taking all of us. We had a wonderful time. The boys got over their apprehension of the boat very quickly. I am sure we all gained 5 pounds with all the wonderful food they have available 24 hours a day on the ship. The boys are ready to start planning the next cruise!

Spring Orchestra Concert

Hey, it's me, Keion. After spending long classes and after-school rehearsels, we finally had our Spring Orchestra Concert on May 28th. The concert went very well and we used "Electric" instruments for a song [Smoke On The Water]. Mr. Tower, our school principal, also had a guitar solo. This was our last concert for the year, so thanks for everyone who came out! -Keion

Here is a picture of me, Kendrick, and Desiree after the concert

Half Marathon

I finished the Marine Corps Half Marathon this morning. This was my second year running it. Unfortunately, most of the race took place in the rain. I finished in about 2 hours, 22 mins. Which was about 10 minutes faster than my time last year. Here is a picture of me after the race.