Andrew’s Final Orchestra Concert

Tonight was Andrew’s final orchestra concert. His orchestra concerts have really been a joy during his four years of high school.

Andrew’s Senior Slide
Andrew and some friends
Andrew and Will – They sure have come a long way.

April 2022

Girls at the park
Andrew played high school soccer this spring, for the first time. His team was a blast and had a lot of fun.
Andrew and his friends were the fan club for the girls soccer team.
We went out for dinner after church on Easter. Our kids mostly just didn’t know what to order.
Easter Family Pic
Looking for hidden Easter baskets.
Easter Egg Hunt
Andrew and Claudia, headed to prom
Prom group
Easter party
Andrew in the act of shooting
The girls making a fancy cake for Lucia and Rose’s First Communion

Ski Trip with Andrew

This past weekend Andrew and I went to visit Regis University in Denver and then went skiing at Keystone. Andrew did a wonderful job snowboarding. I managed to make it down the hill a few times on my skis.

Lunch Parking Lot
Tunnel in the training zone. This was Andrew’s first time officially snowboarding and my first time on skis since college.
Ready to get started.

NXR

Andrew traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota this weekend for Nike Cross Regionals, a national Cros Country championship series, although there are no nationals this year because of Covid. Andrew attended this race his freshman and sophomore years and it was canceled last year.

Will and Andrew
Seniors
whole group

Senior All-Star Meet

Andrew and his friend Cody qualified for the Senior All-Star Meet. It was a beautiful day and fun to cheer for all of the seniors who worked so hard these past 4 years.

Cody and Andrew

After the meet we enjoyed some pastries in Pella, stopped by Yellow Banks Park to hike and play by the river, and then picked up some ice cream at Over The Top. That’s a good day.

Halloween 2021

Susan dressed up as Moira from Schitt’s Creek and won her office costume contest.
Andrew and his friend Jackson went as characters from The Outsiders.
FairyLucia and Rose went as Dorothy and the Sugarplum Fairy

State Qualifying Meet

Andrew ran in the State Qualifying Meet today. It was his first race in a few weeks and it could have gone better. Andrew and I have had a discussion a few times about whether you should collapse at the end of a race. We generally agree that you should collapse because you should be giving it every last ounce of energy.

After today’s race, Andrew collapsed. He was exhausted and his lungs hurt from the effects of his cold. Not his greatest finish, but one of his greatest races because he really gave it his all. This was the last official race of Andrew’s cross country career at Valley. It was emotional then and even writing this now I can feel it. One of the things I love about being a cross country parent for all 3 kids is that you know they all work so hard and it is great to cheer for all the kids. There is little glory in cross country, and a lot of effort.

Freshman Year at DMACC
Senior Year at DMACC
Finishing