lydia broke her nose!  she and luke were running around some store racks and ran into one another last week.  her glasses pushed into her face, breaking her nose and bruising her up.  after seeing the x-ray, the doctor said there wasn't anything to do--but that it would take 6-8 weeks for it to heal up.

luke has been able to join a church soccer team--a gracious answer to prayer.  luke is able to attend most practices & games, and the league is flexible enough to not mind when he can't come. (in our small town on the mission field, he fell in love with soccer, but there were no organized teams/leagues until high school level.) 

he was so pumped about his first "real" game today that he charged out and scored the first 2 goals for his team.  he is absolutely thrilled.  

luke at a soccer practice, wearing his official "milano" club soccer costume. he bought the costume with his own money in milan a few weeks before the club won the european championships.