Weekend Activities

We have been having a lot of fun the past few weekends. They have been wonderful occasions to unwind after busy school weeks. One day trip that we went on was to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The boys were all smiles. Don’t let the photo of the boys above fool you. Stephanie might [...]

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To Shave or Not To Shave

As the days went by Steve’s 5 o’clock shadow got more and more pronounced. So, when the week of camping came to an end, he had a decision to make, to shave, or not to shave. Perhaps a goatee? “Hmmmmm… there is something I don’t like about this look.” “Oh yeah. That’s what it is.” [...]

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District All Star Championship

Well, the formal league and post season play has now come to an end for Sean’s baseball season. The season culminated with his All Star team earning second place in the double elimination district tournament made up of 10 regional teams. The team they faced in the championship had beat them earlier in the week in [...]

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All Star Sectional Tournament Begins

Sean had the first All-Star game of his young career. His team played an outstanding game getting the win 14-2. He personally had a great pitching outing, securing his team’s first win.

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Spring Sports in Full Swing

Well, the spring sports season has been going strong for over a month now for the boys. Sean is playing his third year of Little League baseball, and Nathan is in is first year of Lacrosse. This morning there was a “Lax on the Lake” lacrosse tournament in Penn Yan – which was a confusing title since [...]

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Family Pilgrimage

As with many Yankee fans out there this season, our family made the pilgrimage this past weekend to what is soon to be known as the old Yankee Stadium. This would be the first and last time our family made the trip to see them play at the legendary field. As we sat in the stadium we couldn’t help but realize that we were [...]

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This and That From Last Week

There were a number of events last week, each in and of themselves that could be worthy of their own blog entry. But for the sake of efficiency, which is what we are all about in our household, we are going to try to combine them all into one. At the top of the list, [...]

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Let the Games Begin!

Well, Little league season is now in full swing for Sean. He has been practicing now with his minor league team since the beginning of April. This year he is one of the veterans on the team. We are really proud of him in how he has assumed that role on the team. Last week they [...]

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Sean Turned 9!

  Well… the leprechauns ushered in another birthday for Sean. They stopped by with their traditional pranks and hi-jinks. There were gold candy coins scattered throughout the most unusual of places, the milk was green, and we don’t want to know how they turned the water in the toilet green.  They are very mischievous! We [...]

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A Taste of Spring

  No, the thermometer on the front porch isn’t broken, it read 65 degrees F at about 3 o’clock yesterday when we got home. Originally Steve planned to pick the kids up a little early so that Sean could rest his cold that he is getting over. But there was no resting to be had once [...]

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