Claire probably would not have joined the soccer team this year if we did not provide an expectation that she choose a sport to keep herself busy after school and keep her body moving. As we suspected since she is willing to run, she didn't mind the game and grew as a player throughout the season. This wasn't a championship experience by any stretch of the imagination but the whole team showed so much improvement and they had an awesome coach who focused on developing as a human and an athlete rather than emphasizing on winning games with a group of girls who had very litte to no experience at the start of the seaon!
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was a reminder of times gone by - they've grown up so fast!
We normally take a trip every fall to get away for a night or two and this year I joined Randy on his Turning Stone golf trip. We had a very relaxing weekend with good food, lots of laughs, dancing and so much fun with friends!
Stella got her braces off this month and was all smiles!
Claire turned 12 this month and celebrated with a sleepover with friends! Grammie and Papa also visited for lunch and brought her an icecream cake for a surprise, which she didn't mind at all!
We joined Claire's team for the Parent/Player end-of-season Soccer game and it was lots of fun!
Stella finished up her modified season with an Invitational at OFA and did great! It was a great year with improved times and lots of hard work.
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| A gift Stella made for her coach from the team, before they all signed it! |
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| Making Molasses Cookies for his classroom to celebrate Mole Day! |
Halloween!
