Life

I didn’t get very many good shots from Henry’s first game but here is one.  His team struggled and Henry didn’t get to shoot the ball very much but he’s probably the best ball handler on the team.

Henry went to see Dr. Berkowitz today.  He’s the orthodontist who did wonders with my teeth.  Bottom line, Henry will have to get braces in 3 years to ensure space for a couple of his teeth.  Pretty much the exact thing I had if left unchecked.  Not the best news of the years but everything else looks good. 

Frantic day at work, at least for a Monday.  Jack played up today in soccer with the bigger kids.  He struggled but had some good plays.  And he smiled the whole time, even when the big kids pushed him down.  Didn’t know you could get turf in your mouth from an artificial surface…

Just typed all Henry’s info into a college calculator and its telling me that we will be able to pay 75 percent of his college costs based on what we have currently saved and what we are putting into his account.  I think that’s a fair number, I never set out to pay 100 percent of his costs.  Of course, this is all assuming that the stock market doesn’t crash multiple times over the next 11 years…

Kind of a boring weekend.  I took the boys to a birthday party today; Sarah went to a movie.  Church tomorrow then no plans.  What else are we going to do when its freezing?

I really really need to get down to the lake.  One, I’m concerned some wild animal has gotten in the house so I need to make sure that hasn’t happened. Two, I need to build the bar in the basement.

So I have to agree with Jack’s soccer coach, he’s a superstar.  I think he scored 15 goals tonight; I’m not sure anyone else on either team scored a goal.  Photos didn’t come out so great but here are a few.

Heading up to Mansfield this morning for a ski lesson for Jack.  Henry doesn’t want to do it for some reason but he’s still going along with us.  For a family of non-skiers, I’m excited for Jack.  Who knows, maybe I’ll finally try it, bad knee and all. 

Jack is in a soccer program at his daycare; they have a weekly session and he just started a Monday night league.  I’ve missed his first two games because of New Orleans and the Governor’s Gala but Sarah says he is really good.  He scored 5 goals on Monday.  This morning I saw the guy who teaches them at daycare.  He called Jack a “superstar” and said they might have to move him up to the bigger league.  Another Briggs boy who looks like he will be an athlete.  Makes a dad proud.

I am going to try to post something on my blog every day. If it’s not photos, it’ll be a one liner on the days events.  Today’s post would read something like this: A day like most other days.  That pretty much means nothing exciting happened today.