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Greystone

June 24, 2024

Spencer and I picked up our Greystone girl on Friday morning and I got the biggest running jumping crying hug ever and it was the best! We missed her so much and I’m so glad she’s back – but I’m also so happy she got to experience camp. Going to the three week session ended up being the right decision – she said she was homesick the first week but then got over it and wasn’t sad at all the last two weeks. Hooray! I think staying that long at camp allowed her to work through the homesickness and then get into a routine and really have fun. She made some cute friends, did lots of activities and crafts, and gained some independence! I’m so proud of her and, most importantly, she’s proud of herself. Lots and lots of pics from the 3 weeks to share starting with day 1!

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Cabin Tu7 with counselors Sarah and Ky’Aisa!

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camp

The girls in her cabin were: McCarty, Charlotte, Piper, Perry, Gianna, Dilly, Helen, Sloane, Eloise, Jane and Bitsy.

I figured out that Sloane is the daughter of one of my friends from Vandy! What a small world. It was even more fun when I saw the pics of Samantha and Sloane together the first full day of camp! They had tons of activities together and had fun together the whole session!

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camp

Samantha did all kinds of activities – I think her final schedule ended up being: MWF – Drama (they did the play Frozen), soccer, volleyball, tumbling, cooking, ceramics and crafts. TThS – drama, knitting, painting, sewing, archery, waterpark, and tennis.

Of course I loved seeing these tennis pics!!

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tennis

Cabin lip synch! Nice beard Samantha! ha!

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lip synch

I got a lot of pics like this – smiling on her way to activities. I sure was glad to see that happy smile!

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camp

Action photos were hard to come by so these were especially awesome!

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camp

Another day another smile!

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Knitting is fun! haha!

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camp

Happy girl!

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Cooking!

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Waterpark – I think one of her favorite things!

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waterpark

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What a picture!

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Talent show night. I didn’t get a picture but Samantha got up on stage and did a round off backhand spring!

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See her back there waiting to go on? 🙂

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Cute girls…

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Morning and evening flag ceremony…

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vespers

and Vespers.

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vespers

And that was just the first week! Lots more pics to come!

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Only child

June 21, 2024

Today we’re picking up Samantha from camp! Hooray! I’ve got my buddy Spencer along for the ride and I think he’s going to be a little sad to give up his only child status. It’s just been him for the past two weeks – and just me and him the past week!

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He had football camp this week and his team took home the championship! MVP QB right here!!

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football

He also got to knock out some service hours at the library for scouts. I’m going to let you guess which activity he enjoyed more! 😉

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Love this kid.

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Night sky

June 20, 2024

The sky was showing off for all the dads – especially Robert – after dinner on Father’s Day…

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I’d like to think that pretty sky was Daddo up there saying hello!

Also, what more could this guy want for Father’s Day than this…

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Good find Maxwell!

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More Yard Goats

June 19, 2024

After the final OTM game the boys still had one more practice so we made it a fun parent/son baseball/kickball game. I got a hit both times up to bat, I kicked the kickball straight down the 3rd base line, and Spencer said his friends said “your mom is really fast!” Phew. I didn’t embarrass him! It was a really fun afternoon with some sweet boys.

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goats

goats

We then played in one final tournament that weekend and had some good spectators!

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The first day went awesome with two wins including a game where Spencer got to pitch! He got in and shut the game down just like I knew he could. I was so proud of him and he was so proud of himself!

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goats

goats

Unfortunately the next day we had a tough loss in the semi-finals to end our season. But, no complaining – it was the very best season all around and one loss can’t damper that. The boys finished with 28 wins, 17 losses, and 1 tie!

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That’s a pretty good record I’d say. Go Goats!!

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More Yard Goats

June 18, 2024

Aside from all the out of town weekend tournaments, the Goats also played regular season games for OTM. They were in the AA 11U division. Lots of game throughout the season – lots of games against the Vestavia Voodoo! ha!

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goats

These boys ended the season as regular season champs and they also beat out Oak Mountain to win the tournament! Woohoo! It was a great game that included Noah hitting it over the fence for 3 runs!

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goats

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A fantastic season all around for the Goats! I’m so proud of all these boys – they worked so hard and earned that ring!

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Of course, I’m most proud of this Goat right here….

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goats

Way to go Spencer and go Goats!!

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