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Finn had a good time on the soccer field today too, scoring a goal and running really hard chasing the ball all over the field. Here are some videos so you can see what I mean:

Elliot had a big day today.  He spent three hours this morning testing for his green belt.  Lisa said the board-breaking was a bit of a challenge for him...but so it was for the adult who was testing for the same belt too.  He made it to the soccer field just as the game started.  He played really well despite being tired and having almost nothing for lunch...running all over the field, scoring a goal and also playing some great defense.  Hardly any balls made it past mid-field on his watch.  Here are some photos:

We never showed any photos from the Nashville-KY-Knoxville trip we took in August...After a few days at the Lake Cumberland Resort, we spent the last weekend of our vacation in Knoxville. Saturday night UT's Christian Student Center (CSC) was having a cook-out at the World's Fair site, so we went with the Bells.

At one point, a bunch kids (including Finn) were chasing a huge beach volleyball around the field.  I was sitting in a lawn chair and watching.  A few minutes later, Lisa and I realized that we couldn't see Finn.  We gazed around the big field but still couldn't see him.  Each of us and a few of our friends scattered looking for him.  Lisa went into the men's restroom looking for him.  We couldn't find him.  Now it's about 5 minutes later, and we're about to start panicking and calling the police.  At that point I see Finn walking towards us with our friend Kelly.  She said that she had seen a small kid walking outside the park, just past the spray park.  She ran to him, and sure enough it was Finn.  He had crossed a small street and was walking down the sidewalk.  He couldn't really explain why he had walked off.

What a relief to find him!  We decided to get each of us one of the Road ID's (link) to wear when I'm biking by myself, Lisa is walking by herself, Elliot is at soccer practice or Tae Kwon Do, we're at an amusement park, or wherever.

Here are some photos from Knoxville:

The boys are playing soccer again this fall.  Last Saturday Finn scored his team's only goal, and Elliot scored 2 of his team's 3.  Here are some photos of Finn in action:

Being chased by Goliaths, Finn actually fought them off and scored in the above series of photos...

Last Friday morning Lisa and I took a bike ride on the Chippewa Trail out to the Chippewa Nature Center and back.  It was a nice morning ride, winding through woods and along fields...5 miles out and 5 back.  Here are a few pictures: