Some Firsts

Luke was super excited Lydia watched his game

Luke was "captain"

# 8 in action!

We had a couple of firsts today. Luke had his first playdate at our house!  Lydia's mom dropped her off before Luke's soccer game.  She did great!  We left for the park as soon as she got here.  The coaches advised us to arrive 30 minutes before the game.  This was Luke's first soccer game!  I didn't put a lot of empahsis on people coming to watch because we had no idea what to expect, where we were going to be or how it would be having "three" kids at the fields.  For the record, Lydia and Katherine did great! They played Barbies, colored, layered on the sun screen and downed some water. 

Luke  also did great!  Paul and I were not sure if he would even know what was going on or try to get the ball, but he proved us wrong.  He chased after the ball, dribbled and passed it. He did not score a goal but we were impressed!  His team won!  The other little team never scored a goal and barely made it on our side of the field.  One of the coaches sons is really good.  He looks like he has been playing for years and he is the same age as Luke.  There are 6 kids on the team and I think 3 of them scored so that is wonderful!  The sun was hot, hot so we were glad when the game was over.  Luke was worn out, but excited.  It took us forever to get our stuff packed up and  back to the car.  We took the kids to Chik-fil-a for lunch and to play on the playground.  When we got home the three of them played trains, kitchen, worked puzzles and otherwise entertained themselves.  Lydia left around 4 and Luke and Katherine were both fast asleep within a few minutes after that.  We watched the Goodlettsville team win the US Championship in crazy fashion!  It was an amazing game -- they play for the international championship tomorrow against Japan.  What a once-in-a-lifetime experience for those boys!

The rest of our night was chill.  We had sandwiches for supper and played with the kids.  We also have a praise. Paula got her latest scan results and they were very positive!  The tumor is the same size so we believe this chemo combination is working!  Praise God!  She will have three more rounds of this chemo three weeks apart before the scan again to see how it responds.  The doctor increased the intensity of the chemo she received yesterday afternoon so she is pretty puny today.  We are just thankful for positive news!