Home Life

I'm half way through my trip back home.  So far, I've had a great time with my family and have managed to stay pretty busy. 

Last weekend I went out waterskiing for the first time in two years.  I seem to only get to ski in May now.  The weather wasn't exactly ideal, but it was calm, so I can't complain. 

Ben and I going double.

My brother is a lot better at skiing since the last time I saw him.  And between his GoPro ski mount and my mom in the boat, I think we had about 200 pictures per session (literally).

Trying to stay dry!

Ben tearing it up.

Tuesday I met with my high school coach, Ted Theyerl, and Chippewa Valley Nordic  (CVN) for a little dryland and story time.  I'm not much of a speaker but I did try to show the kids that I was right where they were a few years ago.  CVN was actually just getting started when I was in high school.  At the beginning it was just three other guys, myself, and one girl. 

I was blown away at how quickly the CVN team has grown.  On a busy spring night, it was hard to know how many would make it, but we had a good dozen middle and high school age kids and another 6 or 8 of their parents.  That's just to say that the group has grown exponentially in a few short years.   It was pretty cool to see all those kids so gun - ho about Nordic!