Nationals! (and Las Vegas!)
After all the anticipation, all the practices, all the other tournaments working toward bids, there we were at NATIONALS in Las Vegas. Oh boy. It’s always interesting to be at…
a summer experience for Claire
Years ago Dave and I decided (inspired by an idea from Dave’s brother), that we wanted to create an opportunity for our kids to do some sort of experience/internship away…
volleyball mania
I mentioned yesterday that Claire has had pretty much non-stop volleyball tournaments for the last couple months or so. Local around here (only three parents in all allowed to watch),…
weekend wrap-up
I am going to see if I can start to stay a little more up-to-date around here. Like, let’s talk about what happened this last weekend. Started out with Lucy…
seeking summer internship ideas (once again)
See this girl right here? She’s always been the life of the party. She makes things fun: She takes herself lightly: And she knows how to focus and WORK when…
pandemic volleyball
I never wrote about Claire’s new volleyball club dealio. It’s her fourth year in club volleyball, and her fourth club. Which seems kind of strange, but it’s been a good…
Claire’s 17th birthday
I wrote a slew of things I loved about Claire yesterday on the big day, but here’s what we did. Let’s back up to the day before when Lucy was…
Claire is 17 today…
…and she is in a little bit of mourning about it. I mean, who wants to grow up when you’re having so much fun? And let’s be honest, I’m in…
gratitude for a volleyball season, and the building of girls
Claire got a volleyball season. After club was curtailed back in March, and the corona virus raged, we had no idea what this season would look like. But it turned…