Activities Galore

This week we received a sports schedule from our daughter.  It contained the activities in which our grandchildren are involved - soccer games and cross-country races both in this city and surrounding areas.  We have been excited to be there to cheer for them.

Last Wednesday, many Christian schools in the vicinity held their cross-country races in Bear Creek Park in Surrey.  Our 10-year-old grandson competed with the grade 5’s in a two-km. race.  Of the hundreds of kids in the park that morning, approximately 175 were in his group.  Soon after they got started, the lad received a bump from behind; something like a domino effect, and he fell, landing on his back, with dozens of kids continuing past him.  Many saw him fall, get up and continue.  I ran to the finish line to photograph the winners.  To my astonishment, the first to come in was our grandson.  He had not only recovered from the fall, but overtook and passed everyone and was well ahead.  Soon, he was relaxed and showed no sign of exertion from having just finished his race.  He received many congratulations, especially from his teacher and classmates.

Our 10-year-old grandson will be competing in the provincial cross-country races in Aldergrove Lake Park in a few days, and will be training in the meantime.  His dad will also be running in a cross-country championship race that morning.

Both our 10-year-old grandson and his 8-year old brother competed in their respective soccer games on Saturday.  The younger lad’s team won their game 7 to 5 in South Surrey Park.  For the 10-year old grandson’s game, we drove to Abbottsford.  It was against boys a year older and ended in a tie.  Our team had been ahead throughout the game, until the opponents scored the final goal with a header.  

We grandparents are making an effort to stay in shape too.  We’ve taken the first two of five lessons on how to play pickle ball.  The sport is new to us, and skill will be acquired with practice.  We used to play badminton, and hope to regain some of that agility.  We also attend fitness classes twice a week and walk briskly almost every day on the forest trails; occasionally it’s along the seashore.