In August, Chris orchestrated my first real Emilio Gonzalez adventure since the accident and took Mike and me, to Idaho, where we visited our favorite, sacred place on the river. We took some time to reflect and relax and make more memories…plus, we actually caught some fish! I guess that casting practice paid off. Chris is definitely my AAP (Adventure Accountability Partner). Speaking of time flying by, I still cannot believe Sharon and I are going to be grandparents soon. Olivia is due in November; she is going to be a Mateo Football Stats great mom. She still does not “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re want to know the gender, so the pilot.” —Michael Altshuler we are on pins and needles waiting. We are so excited to have the baby in the mix; we That’s right! Time tends to move faster the older we get. It can be wasted, or It is fall (my favorite time of the year), and free time is definitely will allot a large it can be used wisely; the choice is ours. We can spend our time floating a little scarce, Friday nights, especially. Mateo is one portion of our time with this through life, or we can spend it doing the things we love with those we love. of four sophomores on varsity. He plays both ways; munchkin! We hoped to have For most of us, we are in control of our time…most of the time. After our linebacker on defense and running back on offense. the house rebuilt by then, but recent experience with the house fire and hospital, I renewed my focus on He had his first rushing TD and first receiving TD we will have to remain patient. how precious “Time” is. I made a commitment to utilize the extra days recently and is leading the district in tackles so far. I guess we can only pilot our offered to me in a more meaningful way. However, like every other human, More importantly, he is having a great time! own plane. We will start after a few months, I fell back into the normal routine of just being “busy”. building soon! Luckily, I have friends and family who are accountability partners and I love writing these newsletters because it reminds me encourage me to take time to enjoy life! If you really think about it, there are to pilot my craft and steer toward fun, exciting, and so many things to be grateful for and so many things to find joy in, no adventurous experiences. I mean, if I am going to be matter how big or small. the pilot, I might as well be Maverick from the Top Gun movie. After all, I do look like Tom Cruise…right??? This summer, Sharon, encouraged the family to take a trip to Cedar Creek Lake. I spent a great deal of time practicing my casting (that is code for not catching any fish). It was a relaxing trip, and we were able to spend some quality time with each other.