Great Day for a Hike

Sara took Julia and Amelia for a hike. Beautiful weather, beautiful pics.

Scenic

Wet shoes? Of course!

Julia Wraps up Soccer

Julia's ADP and Rec soccer teams ended the year on a high note. ADP team seemed to get much better as the year went along. The Rec team was easily the best team in the league.

ADP team finished with a 6-1 win

Later that day the rec team won 6-3 (they went up 5-0 and eased up)

Halloween - 2025

The scariest thing about this Halloween was the amount of candy that the kids accumulated. Poor Zara (not pictured) joined RJ, Brady, and Julia for trick-o-treating this year. At first she fell behind, but by the end she was running with the rest of them. Including a 'short cut' through a dark abandoned lot.

Kids carved their own pumpkins this year (cute bat and Happy Halloween)

 

The crew was super impatient at the neighborhood party ... but at 5:30pm they started trick-or-treating.

Bradley dressed as a climber ... and played the part by climbing a couple trees

RJ with 22 pounds of candy ... 20lbs of which he could not eat

Julia organized her candy ... and still looked a bit like a zombie the next day

RJ and Bradley before trick or trearting

RJ Loses Shoes

How does one lose a pair of shoes that you were wearing? We have looked everywhere in the house, the cars, the yard, friend's houses, the hockey rink, and more. If anybody has any idea where RJ's shoes are, please let us know!

June 6 photo

Trunk or Treat

While Doug was returning from a work trip to Seattle, Sara took the gang to Trunk or Treat at St. Agnes.

Julia and Nora D. prepare costumes for trunk or treat

Boys prepare to give out some potatoes

Several 8th graders attended (several got volunteer credits for cleaning up)

Julia and gang man their trunk (and eat some candy)

17th Anniversary

We celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary in Rochester, NY at a 13 year-old hockey game. For dinner we treated ourselves to the most expensive dinner we have ever eaten ... at Olive Garden ... and Julia didn't eat anything. Yes, it was a group dinner with a shared bill.

Back in McLean ... 

Julia was excited to be the photographer

RJ was still wearing his suit from church

Cross Country warm up meet

Both kids ran in a cross country developmental meet. 

• RJ twisted his ankle, but finished the race in 17:51 (4km)
• Julia ran hard and tried not to talk to Nora D. She finished in 15:05 (3km). A big improvement over 18:18 in her first race.

Sara has been helping with team organization (so she can wear her 'St. Agnes Coach' shirt

Girls hanging out after the race