1) Europe (June): We enjoyed an epic 2+ weeks traveling Internationally between Iceland, England (London), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Rome & Florence) and France (Paris). Beckett is quite the world traveler having also been on his Caribbean cruise.
2) XC Camp | Steamboat, CO (July): Beckett joined the team for the first time for camp where the team flew to Colorado then took a charter bus to Colorado Mtn College. He had a great week bonding w the team, training and having camp fun. They did karaoke, floated the river, zipped down alpine slides, and went to a rodeo!
3) Blue Lake (July): This year at Blue Lake Beckett tried wakeboarding for the first time. It was challenging and he got up slightly after multiple attempts. Most importantly he gave it a go and tried something new.
4) Road Trip | Canada): He enjoyed a road trip up through Nelson where we took a ferry across the water and did a small hike to a lighthouse. We enjoyed Banff and drove all the way up to Jasper before coming back down to Kelowna. We did some camping where Beckett enjoyed evening fat bike rides around the campsite and even biked over to another campground all by himself for a shower after his daily run.
*He took a small break from daily runs as his thigh was hurting a bit*
5) Methow Man (Aug): This year marked the 10th annual 'Man Week' and they were put to work by papa one day as they fell a tree and spent the day cutting & stacking rounds. They also enjoyed dirt biking, golfing and swimming in Schmekel's pond.
*He ran everyday despite the warm temps!!*
Beckett is now taller than his dad and almost taller than his brother. His appetite seems to be slowing down a bit and we haven't bought him larger shoes so he may be reaching his full heigh but we'll see what the next 6-12 months hold.
Beckett has hit quite a few milestones this year . He's done with Middle School, got his braces off (so we're officially done with orthodontist visits -yay!) and starts drivers ed classes next month. We need to get him some driving time behind the wheel in preparation for his 5 drives for class. It's wild to think he'll be driving in 6 months!!
Beckett continues to LOVE sweets although interestingly enough he does NOT want a chocolate on chocolate cake for his birthday. We're going to try yellow cake with cinnamon sugar topping this time. He did want Cinnamon Toast Crunch for his birthday cereal! He still doesn't take a lunch w him to school but has started packing some crackers and bars to eat before/after XC practice.
His days are definitely more full than in years past. As we expected with classes being a little more challenging and occasional homework, practice after school everyday, he has less time to be in his room on his screen which is GREAT!
It doesn't seem like he has his eye on a girl at the moment but I bet that will change.
It's really awesome to see both boys enjoy a year together in the same school and on the same sports team. Hudson drives him to school and back from practice most days (unless he has Weeple meetings in which case Nick generously brings B home). Hudson is complimentary in B's racing and offers gentle advice and good support.
We love you Beckett-Boo <3
Beckett's Current Favorites:
Colors: Green
Book: Nostalgic for "Archie"
Song/Artist/Genre: Country
Breakfast food: Donuts
Dinner food: Mexican
Number: 16
Best friend/Buddies: XC Freshman