ThirTEEN, heaven help me

Well, I'm the mother of a thirTEEN yr old. How did that just sneak up on me so suddenly? Few things have made me feel this old so far. So this is what thirteen looks like on Rachel.

The picture above was taken at temple, right before their Hebrew naming ceremony. The picture below, with Rabbi Paula, is in the temple library where they were named. Now they are Rakhel Nitzanah and Shmuel Yakov.

Another Soccer Season

It's my favorite time of year again, soccer season! Sean is playing on a rec U10Boys team, coached by my dear friend Vicky. Here he is stealing the ball from the other team! Love the red flame jerseys, and they named themselves the Red Hot Chili Peppers.


Rachel is playing comp again, on a U13 Girls team (coached by Vicky's husband Marcus) with a teammate's twin brother on this U13Boys team, so they had a scrimmage the other day. I think the girls outplayed them in the first half, but the boys definitely had more speed left in the second half.

Rachel strips the ball away in her standard NONE SHALL PASS stance that scares most boys away. : )

Poor guy still doesn't know where the ball went, as Rachel has already passed it up the field to Lena so she can score.
Rachel's team had games on both Saturday and Sunday last weekend, so now they are 2-0 and enjoying their first place standing while it lasts.

Green Stripe Test

I took about 100 pictures of their forms, kicks, punches, and blocks, but I'll skip to the good stuff.

Ah, another new belt for my killers.

First Day of School

If these are my babies:


explain to me who these big kids are!!!!!!!!!!!

Where Did August Go?

I lost a whole month somewhere. Here's the last day of Guards, notice the fog and the junkfood on the surf-table.


Sean trippin' some seagulls on the last day (i.e. bad pushup form)