Jeanine has been in Burlington, VT all weekend celebrating her sister Susan’s 72nd birthday.

On the home front, Nicolai, Maya, and several of her friends, participated in the Bionic 5K race this morning. Later in the week, I hope to publish a picture of Nico, who placed first in the above-the-knee amputee division.

This season, my over-62 soccer team is required to play in Division 2, because we are a newly formed team. Should we finish in first place, we will be promoted to Division 1 for the fall season. Our team is comprised of the same guys, just a little older now, who were Division 1 champs for several years running in the over-55 league. This explains our 11-0 win this morning against the team from Harvard. So far this season we have scored 22 goals and given up zero. Honestly, it is more fun to play against better opponents and hopefully that will be the case in the fall.

I hosted the kids and their friends for dinner this evening at the River House. It was the first time in their entire lives that I prepared an entire meal for them. I made chicken fajitas on the grill served with guacamole, salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, Spanish rice, and black beans. After the shock wore off and the story told of how Jeanine was fooled into believing I knew how to cook when we were dating (full story on page 83 of her cookbook), we gathered around the fire pit for dinner. For those who do not know, Jeanine is a magnificent cook and all three kids have followed in her footsteps making this audition of my culinary ability somewhat intimidating. In the end, the results were not half bad and there may be more cooking in my future.