Connor scored his first real touchdown in a live football game this weekend, on a nearly-30-yard run. It was awesome to see, and I was so happy for him! He did it like a true pro, too...he crossed the goal line, and just ran back and gave the ball to the referee, and headed back with his team. (I don't know if it's because he didn't realize the awesomeness of his touchdown or if he just was relaly low-key about it, but it was a great thing to see.)
Now, every team has to supply a dad as a volunteer referee for every game. I happen to have refereed flag football before, when I was in college, so I am it for our team. So to make a long story short, the best part of seeing Connor score the touchdown for me was: that referee he handed the ball to? It was me. I was standing 10 feet away as he crossed the goal line. I got to make the call, standing at the goal line with my arms raised in the standard touchdown signal, blowing my whistle happily. What a wonderful feeling! And of course, the real winner here was Connor. It's great that occasionally, as a parent, you get to fully participate and watch up close as your child does something great for the first time; I was fortunate, blessed by God, to get to be a minor participant in his achievement.
Donovan is doing great with his karate. He's nearly ready to test for his yellow belt, in just a few short weeks of training. Yellow is the first belt after white, the first step forward on the journey toward black belt. He's really enjoying karate so far, and I think it's helping him with his physical energy (which he has a lot of, by the way). It's an interesting bit of role reversal, since it's normally Connor doing karate and Donovan doing football or something else.
More work on the truck for me this weekend; I spent some time fixing the brakes, this weekend. It's the third straight weekend of some serious mechanic time, and frankly, I need a break from it. I love working on the cars but sometimes I'd rather be doing something else when we have a beautiful weekend like we just had...something like playing outside with the boys or spending time with Owen and Heidi, or some combination of the two.
Heidi and I are thinking harder and harder about how we can accelerate our plans to move to Oklahoma. I think we both are beginning to realize that life in Colorado is good, but we would be in better shape (or at least, I would be in better shape) if we moved back. The stress of having to do so many things here continues to weigh on me pretty heavily, and I've been pretty much swamped for the last several weeks. The new year started off difficult and it hasn't let up much for us. Don't get me wrong, we're not in the midst of a catasrophe...but we are looking at some serious stuff, like how to get things caught up financially and how to get to a point where we're not running ourselves ragged with all of our obligations. We're looking at some extreme options, and there's a lot of juggling behind the scenes right now. Unfortunately, I can't elaborate on them because there are a lot of puzzle pieces that have to fall into place, and discussing them openly might affect how things turn out. Just please keep praying for us that things will happen the way they need to happen. It's tough to keep the faith, that God will guide everything the way He wants it to go, the way He knows is best for us. The good news for me is that I'm so busy, I don't have as much time to worry about those puzzle pieces.
Thanks for reading along.
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