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These kids have been friends forever, like from the day they were born. In turn...
They moved to America 2 years ago and we met them for the second time since during their annual Summer European Tour. "Meeting Harry" as the boys call it. It was a great great weekend, and the kids picked up exactly where they left at a year ago. Parents did too!
It is always hard seeing them leave but we are already thinking of the next time we'll all meet again.
The first 2 days were HOT, above the 33. With a little wind. The rest of the week was cooler and more wind. They both liked it a lot. Maxim got his diploma (incl. theory + practice). Nathan got 8 certificates out of the 10 for practice. And 3 out of the 4 for theory. They were both happy, and diploma or not, the goal here was to have fun and learn sailing. And they did, both. So mission accomplished. They'll definitely go back next summer or even before. We'll see.
This is their instructor handing out diploma/certificate. Bad picture but had to take one!
She keeps me on my toes, my little smartie pants! And when I try to capture our moments, she gives me this....
Another mishmash. But rather than giving up on the day, I thought I'd keep us with a month mix in the months I missed the 12th. It actually works better for me. I love to go back and see what happened.
Now that my exams are behind me I can officially announce that live has a sweeter taste again....Now if our house could just be finished, we were already moved in and life would be...perfect!
Tomorrow we are meeting for 2 days with our good friends who now live in the USA and I can't wait!
Look at that smile! I think he couldn't believe it himself. Shame I only had my mobile that carries a bad camera (I'm usually too late or just not cropping correctly, which is exactly what happened here! lol). No matter what, his face says it all. The boys were at tennis camp the whole week from 9-5. Pretty intensive and they were beat every night. The last day was tournament day. The parents could come and watch from the 1/4 final but Manouk was very sick (stomach bug) so I decided to only show up for the finals.
Each category (they were 5 in total, Maxim was in 4) had their own tournament. When I turned up he ran to me to say he was in the final with a big grin. I was so happy I would see him play afterall; did not expect it as he was in a pretty strong group). I did not see much of the match, far too nerve wracking. Nathan sat next to me telling me what was happening! LOL!
Yes you read correctly....June.
June is actually not a month I'd want to remember. too many bad things happened, but thinking about it, we had lots of happy moments too and those are the ones that count! So, like I did in February, I just made a mix of photos from the month, as opposed to 12th June only. The main argument for this is that my mother came to visit for a week, and this only, made the whole moth worthwhile. Including moments from her visit was just a must.
