Charlie's folks held a 4th grade girls watch party for the NWSL final. Inspired by folks who attended and witnessed the semi-final, the party was a success. Girls ate treats, played soccer in the basement, and were quite loud. Parents socialized. DC lost 1-0, nobody knew how much time was left at the end, players flopped and rolled around, limited substitutions ... the usual soccer stuff. Julia made a tired Doug stay until the end of the game.
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| Julia voluntarily shares her Sprite with Charlie |
Aunt Debbie and Grandad came over for Grandad's 82nd birthday.
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| Lemon cake and ice cream followed dinner featuring Moby Dick's Kabobs |
The Anniversary pictures were delayed due to illness (Doug). Instead of October 11 we pushed the big celebration back a month to November 10.
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| Sixteen Years! |
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| Family Photo - Doug was still slightly sick |
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| Julia preparing to be sixteen |
Doug had a Sunday business trip to Palm Springs, CA. Therefore RJ picked a nice easy dinner for the final night. This maximized the amount of cleanup effort required to ensure the time Doug spent travelling was with a maximum temperature.
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| A nice quiet dinner in the living room (Swiss Raclette) |
Due to uncertainty with the skills of new players, the Golazos moved down a division in the rec league. Turns out that the new kids were really good additions ... so the team went undefeated.
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| Team picture after last game, including Giro ... the team mascot |
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| Team celebration and awards |
Halloween 2024 was about maximizing candy. And the kids had a lot of fun too.
A St. Agnes tradition. The most valuable prize was a potato. Upon arriving home Sara had to run to the store to get potatoes because one of the kids didn't get one.
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| Milo, RJ ... and it looks like James helped run the Kovak-Johnson trunk |
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| Julia and Brooke were still young enough to get candy |
With one night to go before Halloween we carved pumpkins.
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| Kids cleaning out the pumpkins |
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| Kids did most of the carving. Doug helped Julia with "October" |
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| Charlie, Julia, RJ, and Bradley during a short break at the Grays |
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| One of the hundreds of houses visited |
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| Kids with their pile of candy ... WOW! |
Sara chaperoned the 7th grade field trip to Planet Word and the National Portrait Gallery.
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| RJs class on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery |
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| Somebody convinced RJ to sing on 'stage' |
