Sunday, July 20, 2025

A FULL Week

 Because of a scheduling conflict in Freeport... our meet was Friday last week so these gals (plus Minnie who was already honking down her dinner on the couch :) showed up hot and sweaty after track practice for a night swim and sleepover! HOORAY!

I threw food at them and we headed to "Bob and Aunt Nancy's" so they could cool off and count this as a post-practice shower :) Love summer!



Husband photobombing....
Uncle Danny's view...

On Thursday Abbey and Reese helped Husband build the meet...

We grabbed a few more friends and Husband grabbed pizza for lunch and we headed to L&L's to swim!



Is there ANYTHING better than babies in bathing suits and towels with pool hair?! :)

This poor guy... little brother club gets dragged around with all the girls but at least he had Husband once he showed up with our lunch! :)

Plus it made the bball teams even :) We jumped out of the pool when the thunderstorms rolled in and we tag teamed bringing everyone home... 

Thankfully, the storms rolled out in time for us to catch a waterski show! Thursday meets make it tricky so this was a fun thing to be able to do....

Peep JJ bottom right!


EXTRA fun to have Cerise and her crew join! These two have such a sweet and special relationship. It is ADORABLE to watch! He talked her ear off the entire show! :)


Same with these two! :) So cute!


Peep JJ?

Chatty McChatty!


It's always the little hands for me.... I love it so much!


I wish I would have pulled up the blog so I could have recreated this pic the RIGHT way... but getting them to snuggle now is a little trickier than it was back....





Thursday, July 17, 2025

Summer Track

Summer track is in full swing??? Can't really use that when my girl is throwing things straight I don't think... :)


Fun??? to have THREE home meets this year...SO.MUCH.WORK. for Husband but nice for the fans :)

Minnie has such great friends and I LOVE that they "positive peer pressured her" into the 4x400m!!! My girls HATE to run but when you friends need you... Miss B showed up :)

Minnie has been a BOSS BABE this season... watching her wrangle a million kids aged 8 and UNDER... teaching them her love for jav has been SO FUN!!! The littles LOVE the teenagers and they have done such an AMAZING job!!!

I LOVE these coaches!



and because I HAVE TO....

man I love these two :)

SO proud...
 

Monday, July 14, 2025

The Weekend Report: Basketball Camp

 Last year Minnie went in as an excited but nervous incoming Freshman...a year under her belt and a Varsity season and she knew what to expect.... So grateful for Fi!!! We met up with she and her Dad and he drove the gals up to the college for us... 


Last year....
This year....

The whole teenager phone thing is debatable... and honestly I go back and forth on it A LOT...but... when you get pics like this of your girl who is almost 2 hours away for THREE DAYS... I'm a big fan... :)



While they were playing 12 games in 2.5 days....we were having our own fun!!

I LOVE when we are all together but fun to have 1x1 time with each of them once in a while :)

Miss B wanted the crew together for ice cream again so we made her dream come true on Friday afternoon...

and on Saturday we celebrated THIS guy!!!

Complete with a hunting/fishing/camo themed party! Husband's FAV! :)



and a "mean muggin'" for good measure! Hahaha she cracks us all up!
On Sunday we headed out bright and early for the 1.5 drive north to watch Minnie and bring she and Fi home....to say they were tired would be an understatement... no sleep, barely any eating and bball until the wee hours of the morning.... 

We got there in time to watch the end of Fi's game... peep her there fighting for the ball on the GROUND??


and then walked over to watch Varsity... they beat the first team they played...




had a 2 game wait and then got to play again... In the first game they played on Saturday AM Minnie and a girl she threw jav against last year at States from Old Town went up for a rebound and the girl came down on Minnie's ankle... the ankle she always has trouble with... she was in pain, taped, and braced for the rest of the weekend... poor kiddo....

but you wouldn't know it when she was out there giving it her all... 

until there was nothing left to give... these two were MORE than ready for the ride home after we stopped and grabbed them some FOOD.... :)

It's always a LOT when you spend that much time but she always learns a lot and is glad she goes :) 
I think....