The season begins.

No pitching machine this year:

Avery #23 at Jesuit for flag football:

Carson #1 at Arden Middle School for basketball:

Avery played a song he learned recently, a lullaby. He can play quite a few songs, all from memory.

He’s also really good at Block Blast, a currently popular video game, and learning to speak Japanese using online resources and tutoring from a bi-lingual friend. Flag football and basketball are winding down. Next comes golf and volleyball. And finishing 7th grade.

The final basketball game of the St Ignatius season.

Avery had a weekend-long tournament at a local school.

Lenin kept score:

This was a pretty good wrestling match for quite a long time. Neither would let go of the sloth.

Sophia and Lenin went to Las Vegas for a volleyball tournament. Thais managed the boys’ weekend activities. Flag football in the rain which I skipped. I did go to Avery’s basketball games on Saturday and Sunday.

Today, Carson turned 9 years old. We met at Leatherby’s for dinner and ice cream. Leah, Holly, Brooklyn, Carson, Lenin, Thais, Avery, Justin, Jeff:

Sophia played in a volleyball tournament in Roseville all weekend. Meanwhile on Sunday, Avery played flag football at Jesuit:

Carson played basketball at Arden Middle School:

After a short dinner break, Avery played basketball at Jesuit. Busy sports kids!

Saturday: my cousin Phyllis who passed away in Deer Lodge MT. Today was her celebration of life in Rio Linda where she lived for 75 of her 81 years.

Sunday: we celebrated the lives of my cousin Charles (Phyl’s brother) and his daughter Karen.

In a 7-week span, we lost three members of the Hodel family.