IFirst day of school 2023

Four kids, four schools. 

Katelyn is a junior in college at Roberts Wesleyan College

Connor is a freshman at Vermont Technical College

Maggie is a junior in high school 

Ben is 8th grade 

 I hope it's the best year yet!  Go kick butt my monkeys!!

Connor heads to Vermont Tech

Connor wants to be a commercial airline pilot!

He has decided to go to the program at Vermont Tech. We dropped him off on August 29, 2022!

He did not want our help setting up his dorm so we quickly brought things up to his room and then he headed to the airport for the first part of his program. 

I hope it is the most wonderful year!  It's so exciting to watch you grow!

 

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!