Winnie Made Cheer

Congrats to Winnie for making the 7th grade football cheer squad! (She did not want to be pictured.)

OVA Championship in WV

The girls won the silver cup in Triadelphia, WV. Great job to Kit for strong serves and one volley with three perfect passes!

Hangin' Around

Just Dance

We all have fun moving to Just Dance.

Go, Emerson, Go

Emerson was a super goalie and received a character medal today.

Landscapers

Working on spring cleanup!

OVR - Mizuno National & Freedom Bid Tournament

A2 14 Green had three total wins at the Columbus three-day tournament. Kit had a different parent on hand each day :) On Sunday, both Regan and Prisha hurt their ankles. Kit ended up playing all-around (see her at the net!), serving, and doing a good job with it! She had one volley where she had a save, hit, and set!

AAU Ohio State Championship

Congrats to Winnie for placing third on floor and fifth overall in the silver division for her age group (which was large!) at the AAU Ohio State Championship meet.

Buddies

Weekend: Friends & Fun

Emerson is back to i9 soccer (and Seth is back to coaching). Thanks to a weekend of volleyball off, I took the girls and Lydia shopping. On Sunday, Emerson and Charlotte had time to play.

Windy City Qualifier in Chicago

It was a different kind of Easter weekend with the team playing in Chicago. Kit and I enjoyed our time with the team, eating out, sightseeing, and shopping. My highlight was watching the choir of St. James Cathedral practice on Good Friday. The team had a rough couple of days, but when bracketed, they won two of three games.

Early Easter

We celebrated Easter early with the Kaelbers and Zech. It was a treat to see 10-month old Maggie.

Tego Turns Two

Happy second birthday to Tego! We're glad he's part of our family.

Headed Home

The kids were troopers on the way home. We stopped for lunch at Cheddar's.

Steve & Ilene

Thanks to Ancestry.com, DNAngels, and matches from distant cousins, definitive answers came while I was in St. Louis. Going with the flow, we spent a day with Ilene (82), my paternal grandmother, who lives in St. Charles. We visited Steve (61), my biological father, who lives in a nursing facility in Jennings.

The kids and Ilene enjoyed City Museum, which is truly "weirdly wonderful" with its slides, tunnels, caves, collections, and sculptures.

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

Seth and I loved our time at the Basilica. It's a unique blending of east and west. The kids lit candles and were mostly reverent ;) A tour guide shared interesting tidbits and captured the kids' attention.

St. Louis Aquarium

Trees are beginning to blossom in St. Louis, and we had a lovely day to be out and about. We enjoyed the hands-on activities at the St. Louis aquarium. We had a good laugh over a worker mishearing me and informing me that "Jellyfish aren't sad. They don't have brains."

Kit and Emerson (with dad's help) also took advantage of the nearby ropes course while Winnie and I watched.