Cross Country....Yuuuuuuup!

In August, we decided that it would be best for our family

that Alec take a break from football.

It was a hard decision - more for me because of the 4 years we

gave to it - but Alec didn't care either way.

It cleared up our Tuesday night dilemma of how we would get

Alec home from practice while we were all 

at the church for scouts & YW.

And it also freed up our evenings in August,

which meant more family time and more nights on the lake

instead of on the football field watching him practice.

Once school started, he decided that he wanted to give 

the cross country team a try.

The first few weeks he was sore, especially his knees & ankles.

But he didn't give up or quit and I'm so proud of him for doing 

something hard and seeing it through!

(His first race)

He's not the fastest kid on the team,

but he loves it and has been a great form of exercise, too.

What's nice about middle school cross country is that the 6th graders run a mile

at the meets.  And we only have to stay for the 9 minutes that it takes

him to run!

So much better than a whole Saturday of football!!

So here's to cross country...and to our boy who turned into a runner.
(notice the back of their t-shirts.  "Yuuuup!" is part of their team cheer)