This is kind of repetitive because it's on my
FB
page, but wanted this photo on my blog (kind of
my way of scrapbooking...). Chase's team had their all-star tournament this last weekend (it went over 6 days because of rain). They made it to the championship game and had a heck of a game against a 10 year old pitcher that could throw 75 mph! The game went back and forth over a few innings and unfortunately we made a couple of errors in the field that allowed the Skowhegan team to win, final score 2-3. Over the course of 6 games Chase got 3 triples and countless singles/doubles. He and his buddy Dalton split the pitching time and each played catcher when they weren't pitching(plus a few other positions to give them a rest). When the coach was calling them up for their trophies, he introduced Chase and said if he could pick an MVP, it would be Chase! I had to blink back tears I was so proud of him. He got hurt in the 3rd game while catching and we had to ice his hand for the rest of the tournament. Luckily it wasn't his pitching hand, but it made it difficult to catch. He was a trooper and didn't let his team down!!! And what an awesome coaching job by Coach Carpenter, Coach Wood, and Coach Lyons!!!
Chase has had a fabulous summer golfing at Natanis. They have a golf clinic every Wednesday for the kids and work with them on their game. Today was the last day and they took them out for 9 holes and then gave them lunch. I have been so impressed with Natanis, they treat the kids exceptionally well and seem to really enjoy teaching them the game of golf! 
Last week we had a great day in Portland painting pottery and then enjoying dinner at the coast! Lots of fun with Sage, Mom, Sara, Diane, A. Carolyn, Jane, Mary, and Nancy!
Ok, the weather won't cooperate, rainy and cold when we decided to
Sage volunteers once a week at MM's daycare and teaches a dance class. She's teaching 10 students about broadway and they're learning a routine as well as an acting piece to go with it. Go Miss Sage!!!
Erika graduated from high school and it gave us all a great excuse for a party! Sage and I went to Vermont for 4 days (Chase and Mike stayed home because of baseball and they had a "mancation"). Mom and Dad were there and Alicia, A. Mimi, Carmel, Julie and David all flew in from Colorado!. Luckily Val's house is big enough for us all. What a blast we had. We cooked together, fell asleep on the couch, stayed up late talking, and ate, and ate, and ate! It was hard to say good-bye, but now that Carmel has overcome her fear of flying (with the help of some good prescriptions...) hopefully we will get together yearly instead of every 5 or so. Congratulations to Erika!!! 
