Wow! It’s been over two weeks since a post! That’s a record for me. While all of you were lamenting over not being able to read The Iris Chronicles 😉 , life around here has been keeping me hopping. Ephraim turned 5 last Friday! We ate out at McDonalds (his choice) for supper that night, …
Tag: Sports
Coaching in the Home
There have been very few moments when I was as proud of my husband as I was Sunday night. In almost twelve years together, he has gone from part rock star, part introvert 21-year-old to a man of integrity, depth, and amazing people skills. (Not that I didn’t love the rock star Steven.) As I …
Sports Culture: Hit or Miss?
I guess I’m starting a series on coaching because I have several ideas churning – on both sports coaching and instructional coaching. At any rate, you can read my first post on the topic here. So last night I attended Steven’s volleyball team’s end-of-season banquet. His team did really well this year and made it …
Coaching Tips I Can Learn From My Husband
Yep, I know it’s hard to believe that I’m taking advice from my husband (we have a pretty competitive relationship, mostly due to my need to be better than). And even harder to believe that I need coaching advice!!?? Well, we are both coaches, after all. He coaches volleyball and baseball and I coach – …
My Reluctant Relationship with Baseball
One of my husband’s loves (other than me, of course) is baseball. He is a baseball coach, a baseball player, and a baseball spectator (via TV). He even decorated our son’s room in a baseball theme (even though I was going for a dragon/castle theme). This spring my husband signed our daughter Madeleine (age 6) …