2013 A Year in Review

Last year, I posted a year in review a couple of days early. This year, it’s better late than never…  In January, we celebrated some birthdays and Baptism anniversaries with family and friends. I also continued to take a lot of photos of our little boy. February saw our little boy crawling and pulling himself…

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The Lord’s Day or CYO’s Day

When our children were three and under, we met a good Catholic family whose boys enjoyed playing sports, especially soccer and tennis. The boys’ parents, Anne and Paul, made sure they were able to do so, signing them up to play on soccer teams and taking them to one of the local tennis courts to…

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Winning Kick

This fall, Theresa and Brendan played soccer for the first time. On Saturday, their soccer team participated in the playoffs. Their first game went into overtime and Brendan kicked the winning goal.  My husband caught his kick on video and immediately turned the camera off and started to cheer.  As would be expected, Brendan had…

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Evangelizing on the Tennis Court

This afternoon, during my daughters’ tennis lessons, one of the children asked my eldest, “How many brothers and sisters do you have?” My daughter responded, “There are three girls and three boys in my family.” The child said, “I’m glad that I’m not you.” My daughter stated, “If your mom had more children, you wouldn’t…

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Evangelizing on the Tennis Court

This afternoon, during my daughters’ tennis lessons, one of the children asked my eldest, “How many brothers and sisters do you have?” My daughter responded, “There are three girls and three boys in my family.” The child said, “I’m glad that I’m not you.” My daughter stated, “If your mom had more children, you wouldn’t…

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Monday Night Baseball ~ Dad Style

A couple of weeks ago, my husband returned from our son’s baseball game saying, “I can’t go to any more baseball games. I have a headache.” He must have seen my quizzical look and understood that I was thinking, “Why does your headache prevent you from going to future baseball games?” He answered my thought,…

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Monday Night Baseball ~ Dad Style

A couple of weeks ago, my husband returned from our son’s baseball game saying, “I can’t go to any more baseball games. I have a headache.” He must have seen my quizzical look and understood that I was thinking, “Why does your headache prevent you from going to future baseball games?” He answered my thought,…

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Monday Night Baseball

Boy on third base: “Pleeeease hit the ball for me, Brendan. I really need this run.” Brendan responded by hitting the ball. The boy ran safely home. Brendan made it to first base and eventually made his way to the home plate.

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Monday Night Baseball

Boy on third base: “Pleeeease hit the ball for me, Brendan. I really need this run.” Brendan responded by hitting the ball. The boy ran safely home. Brendan made it to first base and eventually made his way to the home plate.

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I Missed It, but He Didn’t

My little boy played in the first couple of innings of his third baseball game tonight (we had a prior commitment that prevented him from playing in the whole game). My husband took him to the game and our son hit two singles. I wish that I had been there to see it.

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