First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for both kids. Ryan is taking his first class of the day at the high school (Geometry just like Meg did). But, he doesn't have to ride the bus like she did cause he's got a sister who drives. Lucky boy!

They let me take one quick picture before they left. Classes start at 7:40am so this is early - 7:15 or so.

And in the car they went...

I didn't get one heading down the street but they made it to and from school safely and both had a good first day.

Hard to believe she's a junior and he's an 8th grader. Thank goodness we aren't moving her to college yet. Some of our friends moved kids to college this past weekend. That will come soon enough!!

Megan at Cheer Camp

Megan spent most of last week at cheer camp. It was in town but from 8am until 6pm everynight. She is a captain this year which means lots of work for her and Emily the other captain. Here's some photos from camp.

The varsity girls stunting on 3rd day of camp.

Megan designed, ordered, and collected the money for these shirts and long socks. It was "fun day" at camp so they went with a baseball theme. The shirts turned out cool & she needed very little help from me. Being a captain has been a good experience for her so far.

All the girls didn't make it to camp. There are 21 girls on varsity but only 17 at camp this day. Megan is in the 2nd row, 2nd from the right. The eye black was to go along with the baseball theme. They look really cute in the shirts. Here's the back of the shirts.

Happy captains - Megan & Emily worked really hard to get everyone ready for camp. The varsity was named champs for the chant competition and won the Spirit Award which is voted on by all the teams at camp. We went to watch and they did great.

Excited girls - the varsity didn't win a single award at camp last year so they were super excited for the big wins this year.

Meg's friends Abbie & Jessica are the girls to the left of her. It's been a fun year to have her friends on varsity with her this year. Abbie was on varsity last year too but Jessica was on JV.

Get ready for lots more cheer pictures in the near future. It's her big thing - she loves to cheer!

Ryan's Golf Tourney

Ryan played in an annual youth golf tournament in early August. This is his 3rd year to be in the tourney. It's basically a trophy fest and a great deal. Three days of golf for $30 with a free item given each day. They flight the kids based on scores from day 1 & 2. The final day's scores are added and they give trophies to the first 6 places in each flight.


Ryan got 5th place in his flight. He was in the fourth flight and shot a 152 over 3 days. Not bad but there are some amazing golfers in his age group. One kid shot under par on a regular 9 hole course over 3 days. Wow!

Ryan receiving his trophy. This pic is funny cause the guy handing out trophies had on basically the same shirt as Ryan. See his sleeve? Just a little darker.

These pics are taken with my new blackberry so the quality isn't great. Notice Ryan's hat -- he was powered by Pioneer Seed Corn :)

Ryan's friend Jake always plays in this tourney too. This year both boys got trophies.


Ryan has worn a green & white stripped shirt on the final day of the tourney for the three years he's played. We call this the luck of the green shirt.

2009 - Last year's trophy & medium green & white stripes.

2008 - His first year in the tourney with wide green & white stripes.

How the heck am I going to find yet another green & white stripped shirt for next year??? :)

A New Post from Us -- Finally!

We can't believe it's almost time for school to start. Both kids are sad summer is almost over but looking forward to school. Registration was last week and they both like their schedules for this year. Yea!

July is truly a "down" month for us in terms of activities. While we felt busy, it's nothing like the months ahead. Ryan's football practice started & Megan worked on cheer stuff but nothing too exciting.

August has brought new activities and adventures. And, with that, new things to post about.

Megan's new job is one. She just started working at a local Houghlihan's as a hostess. I had to snap a few pics of her on her first day. She complained but hey, it's a requirement.

She has to wear all black which meant new clothes. She's always ready for that!! So far, so good on the job. She comes home from work happy but exhausted. She said it's really confusing but I'm sure she'll pick it up quickly.