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Hey Lis-

Happy Birthday!

Love you!

One Last Day at the Beach!

Took a break from the house renovations last week and went to the beach. It was a 90 and gorgeous! Had a hard time leaving knowing it was probably the last day we could go this summer! School started today!

Dance Workshop

The first weekend in August was the Northeast Dancer's Workshop in Nashua. Sage spent 3 days dancing and learning from professional dancers from all over the United States. They studied tap, ballet, hip hop, jazz, lyrical and much more over the 3 days. Miss Heather brought 50 girls from her studio this year! Sage was excited to be in the senior class and did a great job! Gram and I go with her and we got to watch all the classes! It was so much fun to see them dance and to learn what's going on around the country in dance.

Beaching It!

Okay it took until July 28th to be warm and sunny enough to head to the beach! But what a beautiful day we had! Chase stayed in the water all day and Sage and Erika (who's spending the week with us) were bathing beauties, though they ventured in a couple of times. It was an incredible, fantastic day and I hope we have a few more days like this, because it's been a depressing summer weather wise up until now.

Golfing

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!

Chase did awesome today, he almost got a hole in one on a par 3!!! The ball hit the hole and bounced off it! Was he excited to tell me when I picked him up! Way to go buddy!

Birthday Club

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!

"Lobsta Dinna"

Ok, the weather won't cooperate, rainy and cold when we decided to
go ahead and have our "lobsta dinna". We should have had it earlier, the following 3 days were sunny and warm, summer may finally be here! Thanks Mom and Dad for a wonderful meal!

Sage - The Dance Teacher

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!!!

Vermont

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!!!

All-Stars

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!!!

Homerun Number 5!

Homerun number 5!!!!! Last game of the regular season and he clobbered another one!

Sage is officially in High School!

Sage had her 8th grade banquet Monday night. The girls (Georgie, Alex, Ali, Brooke, Allison, and Sage) came over (boys too, but they had to go home to get ready) for a party and then got all dressed up and headed back to the school for the evening where they received their year books. The morning had started with a talent show where Sage sang the National Anthem and then was lead singer in a band with her friends Will and Jaymes.

Tuesday was the last day of school and it concluded with an awards ceremony. Sage received highest honors (above 97 gpa), received an award for performing in the excellence range on a National Spanish Exam and then was surprised to hear her name called for the Math Award that is given to one female and one male who excel and enjoy math! Way to go Sage! Here comes High School....

Home Run Number 4!!!

OK, here we go again, Chase hit his 4th home run of the season tonight!!! What a shot out to left field. I'm not the proud mama or anything right? But boy, what it does for his confidence!

Voice Recital

Sage had her voice recital last night and she sang "Not for the Life of Me" from the musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie. I'm always amazed at how natural she is on stage, I'm petrified for her because I would be absolutely petrified if it were me on stage, ha....that would never happen in my lifetime! She put on a beautiful performance and was a joy to watch and listen to (not that I'm biased or anything.....)!

Quebec Trip

Sage and I had a wonderful time in Quebec on her eighth
grade class trip. We toured Old Quebec, had a night out on the town where all the kids dressed up, she had a caricature done and went on a dance cruise up and down the St. Lawrence River with about 800 other students visiting the city! Here are pics of our trip. Yes, that's Sam in a couple pics and Sage's friends, Allison and Ali in another.

Tree ID Hike

Dad took Chase's cub scout troop for a hike in the Colby Arboretum to teach them how to ID trees. It was a beautiful warm day and when the boys were

listening, they learned a lot. Chase

was proud of

his Grandpa and would "remind" the boys to listen!

Homerun!!!

ok, ok, I can't resist.... Chase got another homerun tonight!

Another Great Game!

Okay, I'm bragging again, but this is what this blog page is about, how much I love my kids and am proud of their accomplishments!!!!

Chase almost pitched a no hitter last night. In the last inning, there was a hit and the player made it to first, but then tried for second when the first baseman bobbled the ball. Our first basemen threw the ball to second and the runner got tagged out! That was the only hit of the game against Chase. His team won 10-0 and Chase was awarded the game ball!

I missed this game because I was on a great trip to Quebec with Sage, but Mike texted me play by plays throughout the game!

Baseball

I don't have any photos, but what a game Chase had tonight!!!! A single to start, then a double next at bat and then a huge HOME RUN!!!! It was his second home run of the season! He also pitched the first two innings and had 6 strikeouts! He was given the game ball tonight. He was so excited. But you know what I liked most? When he was pitching, he threw a wild pitch that hit the batter. Before Chase threw another pitch, he walked over to the batter to make sure he was okay. I was very proud of him!

Dance Recital 09

Sage with all her grandparents!

Sage with Miss Heather after the finale!


Sage with Paige C.


Sage with Ali L.

Whew! What a weekend!!!! Dance recital ended this afternoon with a fabulous finale. The finale was tap and the costumes were Vegas Show girl costumes complete with feather boas and head pieces. There was a kick chorus line and it was incredible to watch. This was Sage's first year in the Senior Line and she performed beautifully!