Another Day, Another Llama Video
Aaron’s McCracken Varsity Soccer team has made the playoffs. The team is part of the “Little Nine Conference” in Northeastern Illinois. They have tournament games next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon to determine the conference champion.
You can find team standings, and (scroll down a bit) playoff brackets at the Little Nine Conference web page. I’ll update as well.
Aaron’s team won, 6-3. Justin’s team lost 1-7, and Ethan’s team lost 0-5. Both Justin and Aaron’s teams have W’s on the board now, and I’m working on putting up a W for Ethan’s team (8 year olds – will they ever play their assigned position?)
Sorry, no pictures, maybe next time 🙂
Today was the first game of the kid’s fall soccer season. Justin scored a key goal, Ethan played goal keeper in a regulation game for the first time, and Aaron held off a very strong team’s attack at goal keeper.  Not everyone won, but everyone had a great time playing.
School has started, everyone’s back to their routines, and everyone seems to be adjusting to their new grades (and new school, in Justin’s case) very well. Aaron is in eight grade and Symphonic Band, which means he has to practice every day at 7:20 A.M. Wow, seems like school starts a lot earlier than when I was a kid, but hey… it’s Symphonic Band, I guess that’s the price you pay. Ethan’s in third grade and high math. Justin’s starting 1st grade.
All the soccer schedules are out, and amazingly we have very few conflicts. I’ll miss one of Aaron’s games because I have to coach Ethan’s team (in a game). Otherwise, overlaps are minimal. I’m coaching Ethan’s U10 team, and assisting Aaron’s U14 team. Marla is my assistant coach on Ethan’s U10 team, and she’s coaching Justin’s U8 team. Games, practices, and school… that’ll be our life for the next eight weeks!
By the way, if you’re on Facebook, look for my video page (friend me up, if you haven’t already) and you’ll see some cool videos of our trip. Enjoy!
Aaron has been invited to join the McCracken Middle School Varsity Soccer team! Since he also is on the Symphonic Band, which means he will be very busy this fall. He’s also still playing soccer in AYSO. So he’ll have plenty of games!
I’m still sorting through the videos from the trip. A few have been uploaded to my facebook wall… if you’re a friend, have a look. Some will get posted here via YouTube once I have time to sort through the YouTube machine.
I’m torn on posting a review of the cruise itself. I start to write it, then I putter out. I’m not sure if my audience really cares about the minutae details of the boat. School & Soccer season starts soon, and there will be plenty of blog material to post as that gets started. Meh, I’ll figure it out and let you know.
So for those of you too tired, bored, afraid, or otherwise uninterested to look at all the pictures, in all their glory, or read all the blog entries, after the jump I’ll post some pictorial highlights from the trip.  There might be one or two more posts about the cruise, but it’s all starting to wrap up now. Note: I haven’t gone through any of the pictures and deleted the stupid shots, finger-in-the-lens shots, or anything else boring. You have been warned. Now, where’s that pesky “more” button? Oh yeah, here it is.
Before and after our cruise, we stayed in London. For five days before our cruise, and one day after, we toured London from our base camp at the Marriott London County Hall hotel. Here are my experiences.
Justin has a rather special skill – when he’s tired, no matter where he is, he can sleep. It’s not that he’s narcoleptic or anything, he doesn’t fall asleep first thing in the morning or in the middle of playing. But as the day progresses, and especially when he’s had a full day, he’ll fall asleep when he’s tired… no matter where he is, or what position he’s in. I thought I would show you a few of the places and positions that he found.
After 12 days and 9 ports, it’s time to disembark. A fitting picture for today, as it’s the end of our cruise…
We made our way back to London, to the same hotel we stayed at prior to our journey. We had traditional English tea at tea time, and then rested up prior to going on a Jack the Ripper Walking Tour. This tour takes you to some of the locations where Jack the Ripper struck. Pictures are of London around Tower Hill, where we waited for the tour, and then the tour itself, and then some pics from the Tube ride back home.
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