Temecula, CA. Adventure boy. 2006
Having nephews is a beautiful thing. Especially when they like doing things you enjoy. Like riding bikes through mud puddles. Like marathon ping pong matches, hoops in the driveway, cannon balls in the pool, making funny videos, volunteering for talent shows and surfing at San Onofre. I've been a screaming fan at this guy's roller hockey games when he was 6 or 7. I watched an entire season's worth of Little League games when he was a 9-year-old all-star with a knack for big hits in clutch spots. (Go Phillies!) I saw a bunch of his pee-wee football games too, back when he played linebacker, wide receiver and that year he played QB and led his team to a 10-1 record. As of last summer, the blonde surf boy is now an east coast lacrosse star, a high school junior on the team that won a Virginia state championship last year. And now that we're moving to NYC this fall, I'll be able to watch Noah do his thing on a lacrosse field back East. Maybe we'll even ride our bikes through a few mud puddles.