Failing to raise the fence high enough allowed the deer to chew the tops off the sunflowers (see post Garden, But). But as a result we got double the number of flowers. Unfortunately the varmint that ate the seed-producing saplings in back destroyed our food source.
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| Deer unwittingly doubled or tripled the number of flowers |
Gonzaga freshmen (i.e. RJ) had a welcome mass and picnic with the freshmen from Georgetown Visitation.
Julia and Doug didn't want to go but found about 25 field hockey balls which turned into a game of bocci ball. Grrr... didn't get pic.
Doug did take this picture ...
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| Is this Julia's future high school? |
The CHA3 team started the season with a tourney in Hershey, PA. Won 2 (big), lost 1 (big), lost a close one to CHA2.
We missed the first game due to work and high school. In the third game RJ pulled up lame with a hip injury that but him out of the tournament. No contact, no fall, no explanation ... he cannot lift his leg without pain.
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| Friday, night late night travel. Free scrap sourdough bread from Panera |
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| RJ takes a face off |
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| Bachelor night dinner |
What's better than a delicious dinner? Answer: a dinner that you don't have to make, don't have to clean up, and don't have to pay more than the cost of groceries.
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| RJ and Julia prepare steak and potatoes |
With RJ gone ... Julia gets St. Agnes all to herself.
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| Newsletter featured 6th grade, Ms. Morris class |
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| Picture day ... an unofficial picture |
Coach Joel and family went to a National's game, so Julia got to dog sit!
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| Whew ... dog sitting Jiro looks like hard work! |
RJ started high school at Gonzaga this year. There was NO first day of high-school picture, but Sara did manage take a picture of RJ coming back to get his soccer clothes that he left at home.
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| RJ - too cool for pictures, Aug 21 |
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| Doug's first appearance in a first-day-of-school pic. |
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| Julia and Sara with a more traditional look |
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| Julia and friends with the Nationals presidents |
