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!

Sage's First Game of the Season

Sage's team won their first softball game of the season!!!! Sage is the player in purple in each picture. The score was 17-16, an exciting game filled with lots of hits, runs, and of course errors that made the game that much more fun to watch. Sage was starting catcher and did an amazing job, had quite a few great plays at home plate getting the runners out! She was up to bat 4 times and got on base 3 times with hits (should have been 4, got called out at first base where she was clearly safe but it was an ump in training who made a bad call... oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes). But her batting average at the moment is a 750, not too shabby.... Onto dance recital tomorrow night, hopefully will post those photos by the end of the weekend, should be quite the opposite of these - hair, makeup, sparkles!!!!

Busy Week!

Need to add photos, just haven't found time. Dance recital this week, 2 baseball scrimmages, 1 baseball game and a softball game (suppose to be 2, but Sage has to miss one because of dance). Oh, and Mike is out of town..... but you know what, I'm having a fabulous week because I really enjoy the kids stuff! (It also means I don't have time to do housework, too bad..... :) Tonight Chase had a baseball scrimmage. He played second base, pitched, and played catcher. Got a nice hit that earned him an ice cream at Giffords.

Sage has danced for 10 hours this week, spent last night watching her for 4 of those hours. It was really fun to watch her Senior Line dance, this is a group of young ladies that can all dance well. Recital starts Friday night, goes Sat. night, and finishes Sunday afternoon. Miss Heather puts on a fabulous show, I can't wait to see all the dancers in their costumes.

Chase's Ski Team

Chase's ski team is finished for the season, but I finally have a photo of the whole team. Back row: Tim, Hayes, Gifford, Nick (Chase's best friend on the mountain), and Chase. Front row starts with Pat, Chase's awesome coach, Rachel and Kelsea. It was a fabulous season and Chase made some great friends. Mike and I became good friends with some of the parents as well and look forward to catching up with everyone again next season!!!

All 7 Cousins

Lis and the kids visited for a week and we finally got all the kids together for a photo on the last day! Had a great week, shopping, out to eat, visiting with everyone... Jaxson is adorable, I just wanted to give him kisses all the time and Alexa, what an imp, couldn't stop laughing at her antics. Gregg, Meg, Nicolle, Sage, and Chase spent the week visiting, texting, video games, shopping, etc. Gregg and Chase went on a hike with Grandpa and got to roast hot dogs over a fire, while Grammie took the girls (plus Jaxson) shopping and out to lunch. They had to head home on Saturday, we were sad and miss them very much.

Skiing Cousins

Bare and Brooke brought Aidan and Nealy for a day of skiing. They had so much fun skiing together and getting to ski with Chase (Sage only made it back from her ski trip to Saddleback to make it into the pic!). Uncle Steve took Aidan and I took Nealy for a couple of runs and it wasn't long before the Kids wanted to race, so off we went... Neals and I blew by Steve and Aidan, but Aidan wouldn't have any of that so when we slowed down, they blew by us (of course we're on the bunny slope, so speed is relative). It was a sunny day, plenty of goggle tans and laughs!!!

My Daughter, the Performer!

Today was MM's spring musical and Sage was asked to sing a solo as an alum. She sang beautifully and did her alma mater proud!!! This photo is of her with Julia (who writes and composes the whole program and is an alum herself). Sage was honored to wear the MM plaid sash that alums get to wear in performances they've been asked to participate in. The entire program was fabulous, with each class going onstage to sing a song. My Kindergarten class got to sing with their Big Buddies and I got to sing with Chase's 4th grade class (NOT a solo, with the rest of the faculty...). Chase was his usual stoic self onstage (not his favorite place to be unless he has skis on and snow under him).

Big Air

Chase going for big air! Have this photo on my facebook page, but love it so put it out here too! Three more weeks for ski season, can't believe it's almost over. Will try to hit a few days in April if the snow holds!

Sage's Ski Group

This is Sage's ski group, her coach, Casey is the one in the back in the red and blue coat. Then there's Corinne, Fresca, Sophie, Hannah, Chris, Ryan, etc., I can't remember them all.... But she has a blast with them and Casey is an awesome coach! Sage is the one in pink jacket with the funky periwinkle plaid pants.

Matt Home for a Visit

My brother came home for a week at the beginning of the month and spent it at our camp, skiing all week. I was able to take a day off from work and the kids and I went up to meet him and then Mike met us over the weekend for a great few days of skiing. Don't we look alike???

February Vacation at Sugarloaf!

What a great week we had at Sugarloaf. We skied, skated and xc skied all week and believe it or not, we needed to come home to rest.... Sage had a great week with her ski group, her favorite thing is to ski the glades and they tackled CantDog at the end of the week. It's a glade you will never hear me going down, Sage said it's not that it's harder than others they've done, just bigger consequences, like cliffs that you could go over.... Then I found out Chase's group went down the same glade. Glad I didn't know about it until they were both back, safe and sound. Chase had two competitions and he took third in the freestyle and second in the moguls (his best mogul finish ever!!!). Mike and I are happy and worn out from all the activity, guess our bodies are telling us we're not as young as we thought! All in all, a fabulous week!