Last summer, I was extremely blessed to be able to go to Oxford, England, to visit my oldest son during his five-week semester at Christ Church College, Oxford University. It was an awesome trip.

Ridiculously . . . I got to go to Europe again this year. This time on a nine day tour with my youngest son's soccer club (they are in red in the picture to the left. The other team is a British club). We saw four professional matches - including an amazing game (the Spanish Super Cup) featuring Barcelona versus Real Madrid, and showcasing Messi and Ronaldo, arguably the two best players on the planet. Blake's team also played four matches, two in England and two in Spain, and won three out of four!

It was exhausting and incredible. If you're interested in seeing some pictures and reading about it, I posted daily reports on my solo blog, here.