It's hard to believe that the summer is almost over and our blog has remained empty for the past 4 months or so. As much time as I spend reading other people's blogs - especially any of those polticial blogs on politico.com or washingtonpost.com, you'd think that I'd update our every once in a while. Oh well... I'm doing it now.
The summer has been rather busy and it's supposed to be the one time during the year where we actually get a break from coaching and leading our Awana group. I've spent most of the summer at work with little or no play, while Jen and the kids spent a lot of the summer at the pool getting tan and having fun. But I'm not bitter or anything.... Emily had lots of fun with a nice group of kids and Matthew just loves the water. It's so funny even now when he hears the water running in the tub... he comes to the bathroom as fast as he can crawl.
We've started back with coaching soccer, playing church coed softball and Awanas so that takes care of Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jen plays soccer and I play volleyball on Tuesday... getting done just in time to make it to Nerd Bowl a.k.a Trivia over at the Glory Days Grill. We won the league title last year and made it to the state finals where we promptly got destroyed by teams even nerdier than ours. Our secret weapon Mikapedia decided that he'd rather go to Maine and take pictures of rocks and ferns than help us win $2,000 in the finals so we knew we were toast. It was fun anyway and we've started back up with Season 21 - maybe Mike will plan his vacations a little better this time.
Matthew turned 1 year old on August 18th and we had a small family party here in Maryland. He was spoiled to death of course and was the first baby I've seen who wasn't interested in putting his face and hands into his cake. He wouldn't even really eat it so that was kind of a bummer. I expected lots of pictures of him with it in his hair and down his shirt but no such luck.
Emily has started her freshman year at Annapolis Area Christian School and has started the year off doing very well. She seems to have found a very nice group of friends and has a part in the upcoming school production of Narnia. She plays the Big Bad Wolf - forget his real name - and is working hard to be ready for November's performances. She is also doing well playing soccer and scored 2 goals this past Saturday in our first game.
Well that's all for now.... promise that I'll write more in the future. Here is Matthew's 10 month old picture. Will post more pics later.
Stan
The summer has been rather busy and it's supposed to be the one time during the year where we actually get a break from coaching and leading our Awana group. I've spent most of the summer at work with little or no play, while Jen and the kids spent a lot of the summer at the pool getting tan and having fun. But I'm not bitter or anything.... Emily had lots of fun with a nice group of kids and Matthew just loves the water. It's so funny even now when he hears the water running in the tub... he comes to the bathroom as fast as he can crawl.
We've started back with coaching soccer, playing church coed softball and Awanas so that takes care of Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jen plays soccer and I play volleyball on Tuesday... getting done just in time to make it to Nerd Bowl a.k.a Trivia over at the Glory Days Grill. We won the league title last year and made it to the state finals where we promptly got destroyed by teams even nerdier than ours. Our secret weapon Mikapedia decided that he'd rather go to Maine and take pictures of rocks and ferns than help us win $2,000 in the finals so we knew we were toast. It was fun anyway and we've started back up with Season 21 - maybe Mike will plan his vacations a little better this time.
Matthew turned 1 year old on August 18th and we had a small family party here in Maryland. He was spoiled to death of course and was the first baby I've seen who wasn't interested in putting his face and hands into his cake. He wouldn't even really eat it so that was kind of a bummer. I expected lots of pictures of him with it in his hair and down his shirt but no such luck.
Emily has started her freshman year at Annapolis Area Christian School and has started the year off doing very well. She seems to have found a very nice group of friends and has a part in the upcoming school production of Narnia. She plays the Big Bad Wolf - forget his real name - and is working hard to be ready for November's performances. She is also doing well playing soccer and scored 2 goals this past Saturday in our first game.
Well that's all for now.... promise that I'll write more in the future. Here is Matthew's 10 month old picture. Will post more pics later.
Stan
1 comment:
Jen, Great to hear an update on the family. Sounds like a busy summer for you guys! I can't believe Matthew is 1 already! Can't wait to see pics!
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