August 2026

August was the start of school and everything that comes with it, which includes our final year at CKS and a sport just about every evening for both girls. 

 

            Sarah started her final year at CKS and her class decided to greet all of the other students on the first day with signs and cheering them as they walked into the gym.  A few parents organized a pool party to let the kids get together and reacquainted before the year started.  As of the end of August, Sarah is involved in 4 sports.  Her kickball regular season ended last week and they went 4-2 which qualifies them for the playoffs.  In all my years at CKS, we haven’t ever had a successful kickball season, so this has been fun.  She continues to play basketball with the Jr. Trojans and they have had games for the last 3 weekends.  Her softball team has started back up and they have had a few practices and are playing games already on Sundays along with a few tournaments scheduled this fall.  Finally, her volleyball team has had one practice and she is looking forward to that season which has games start in late September. 

 

            Allison made the JV volleyball team and was voted a captain.  She also was asked to lead the JV & Freshman teams in cheers during the varsity games.  She is doing a good job being a leader on the basketball and volleyball teams to the incoming freshman.  Their JV season is off to a decent start and the volleyball is a lot more fun to watch than last year.  For the first day of school for the freshman, Allison was there at 7AM bright and early to welcome them with signs and cheers.  I think she lost her voice with some of the incoming CKS kids along with the volleyball and basketball freshman. 

 

Sarah’s Things of the Month

            Sarah’s year is off to a good start…but she is probably over-scheduled.  The good news is that this is the final year of being able to play so many different things with high school starting next year. 

 

Allison’s Thing of the Month

             Allison is doing well with her school work and balancing it with the volleyball schedule.  Her social calendar can be spontaneous but she is able to find a ride most of the time so it isn’t like we are always being asked to drive her somewhere. 

 

A few more items from this month:

• I participated in a half-Hyrox doubles event with Jeremy in Carmel.  It was pretty challenging and we survived and then went and had a few beers to celebrate being some of the oldest people there. 
• Allison and I went downtown to a CAAMP concert the last week of the month.