Football Camp

Chris has never been super sporty, but he has played baseball and soccer several seasons. Recently his interest in football began building and he asked if he could go to football camp this year. To my surprise, there was a football camp offered at our local middle school for $30 for the week long camp. I guess for that price we can try it out! (Chris is sitting on the far right of this picture in the olive green shirt.)

Needless to say, Chris is loving it! He is taking it well that the other boys have played before, some for several years, and has taken their encouragement and suggestions without offense. I have to say that people are much nicer here in general. We have been impressed that most people here are slow to criticize and very positive. I can learn a lot from the people here and hope that I do not come across too negatively.


Getting adjusted to the humidity with his asthma is his greatest challenge. He needs his inhaler if he is going to be active, especially with the humidity, something he is not used to. In Arizona, he only needed his inhaler once in awhile, usually if he was sick with something else.

The homeschool laws here state that homeschool students can play with the school district in which they live. My biggest dilemma is that I will be working some days and will not be here to get him to practice. So, there still may be a hindrance to him playing.

I also found a couple of homeschool sports leagues. We will be going to a meeting about their teams next week. I'm hoping that their practice times will be manageable with my new job. Mike works way too many hours to be of any help chauffeuring kids around and we have not found any other homeschoolers with boys close by.