It all began......

Guess, it all started about this time last year. Grant attended a Coerver Soccer school holiday program and loved it. He had lots of fun, picked up some new skills and enjoyed working with the coaches. To keep up his fitness through the summer, maintain his soccer skills and learn some new ones, we decided to find out if it was possible for him to join the Academy Program for the summer. It was all new to us, but Grant slotted in well and loved the benefits the extra training was having on his futsal. The Academy consisted of six months of fairly intensive trainings twice to three times a week and a National Holiday Camp during the summer holidays. Kids from all over OZ came to train for the week during the hottest part of the year. Anyway, to cut a typically Maria style, long story short, Grant was selected at the camp as a member of the National Team to tour Tokyo in September this year! Whew, wish Spike was coming along, so he could do the writing. He’s so much better at this!
Ok, now it’s under a week until we leave on the tour and it’s becoming more real to us all. Spike had to be the martyr and stay behind to work like a dog till the end of semester, while the kids and I go on an adventure without him for the first time. I hope he’ll enjoy the trip in some small way by proxy and being able to talk via skype every day will hopefully keep us all connected.