River hike

A nice early hike to start the hot day. 

A beautiful lady slipper growing right beside the trail. 

The river was running fast and was gorgeous. 

Brady was pretty hot and laid right on the cool floor of the garage. 

 

Jenna D tournament

 Maggie’s team hosted and participated in the Jenna D softball tournament this past weekend.

Jenna was a fantastic softball player who played for The Gems for years and graduated high school last spring.  She was the number one pitcher in the state and had a full ride scholarship to college that she was supposed to start last fall.  No one can understand why this talented young lady that had a whole life in front of her decided to end her life.  It was devastating and confusing for her family, the softball family and the community.

This tournament was in memory of her and the money raised was going towards a scholarship and some was being donated to a charity that Jenna truly believed in.  It was a beautiful weekend but would have been more beautiful if Jenna was there.  

Katelyn came home from college Saturday night and was there when we got home. 

These three have played softball together for years now. I love watching Juliana, Jayden, and Maggie play for club ball and school ball. 

This morning brought me back...

I get to spend a few days with Hayden this week. It brought me right back to when I had toddlers. We went to breakfast at the Cafe, then to Petco to see the animals (he loved the fishies), Michael’s to look around and then finally to the playground. 

I absolutely love spending time with Hayden. He makes me laugh and we just chat the whole time!

I miss having toddlers!

I have the best Godson ever!!!

 

 

Ben and James soccer

Another season of Londonderry United Soccer has started for these two boys!  The cousin-brothers as I call them. I LOVE watching them play and yesterday they played such a great game. Ben never came off the field. He mostly plays center defense and does such a solid job in that position. 

One of these days I will have to find all the pictures of these boys through the years. I look forward to many more years of them rocking the soccer field together. 

 

Maggie plays HS softball

 I can’t believe that Maggie is in high school and playing high school softball!  Watching her and her team play is just so great. They are such a talented group of players. Both varsity and JV are still undefeated!  The other day Maggie got an “outta the park” home run!  

These next four years are going to fly by so I am going to make sure I can see her play every chance I get!

Katelyn turned 19!

Happy 19th birthday to my sweet Katelyn. We celebrated a few days early when you came home from college. It was wonderful meeting your very good friend Rennee. She seems like such a great person and having her here was so much fun. 

I’m so thankful that freshman year has been so great for you even though Covid19 really caused craziness!  It was hard not having you here on your birthday but knowing how wonderful your friends at school are I know you still had a very happy birthday!

I love you Katelyn!!!

 

Mia Lynn

Welcome to the world Mia Lynn

We are so happy you are finally here!

You are such a beautiful baby and have been smiling since the day you were born. 

We love you Mia!

 

College swim

Covid really made a mess of life!  One of the parts it caused chaos with was your freshman year of college swim. You had a short season and we did our best to watch you swim virtually. 

On a Thursday afternoon you called me to tell me you had just found out that you could have two fans at your meet on Saturday. Less then 24 hours later Nana and I hopped in the car and drove the long way to NY to watch you swim. 

It was so amazing!  It had been so long since I had seen you swim, over a year, so it felt like “coming home” to see you dive off the blocks. 

You ROCKED the meet!  Broke four team records and won all of your events. 

I can’t wait to watch you swim for the next few years!

 

Scope day

Over the last couple years we have been able to do scopes just once a year. This time was a bummer because the scope showed active disease in the lower esophagus. 

This scope wasn’t quite as good as past ones because they treated Ben like a big kid and made him get an IV while awake. It made it pretty hard. Not to mention the Covid rules, hence the mask. 

We added an extra dose of reflux meds and will rescope in July. I pray his esophagus looks better!  

Ben, you are my rockstar!

 

Hayden turns 2

Happy 2nd birthday to my amazing Godson Hayden!  Time is flying by but you are so much fun and I love watching you grow and learn!  

 

Trip to Florida

What do you do when your whole family had Covid and desperately need some warm and sun after a tough year?  

I did something I have never done!  I bought four plane tickets, rented an apartment, and rented a car. Four days later Maggie, Connor, Ben and I went to Florida. It was so amazing!  The sun and sand were the best medicine for our souls. I only wish that Chris and Katelyn could have joined us. 

Someday I want a small house down in Florida so we can spend the majority of the winter were it is warm and I can spend days in the sand. I’m not sure I can convince Chris though!