fishing festival

Izzy and I attended a local fishing festival. They had different learning stations where she learn about specific fish, do a craft, learn to tie knots and cast a fishing rod. She was very into all of it. She then had the opportunity to fish for awhile. She did not catch anything that day but on our way out they gave her a brand new fishing pole since sha had spent the whole day there. Her luck is still with her. Now we have to find some places to go fishing.
 

lake day

 We spent this ridiculously hot day,  95 degrees,  at one of Vermont's beautiful state parks. Thank goodness for friends with boats and toys. The kids spent the afternoon on the boat taking turns in this awesome tube. They had a blast and were very suntanned and tired by the time we got home tonight.

Good summer fun.

tournament champions

We had a hot and long weekend of soccer. Harkin's team worked hard and they won the tournament for his age group. These kids have been together for over 5 years now and really have come together as a team. So happy for them. 

soccer: upgraded

 Will has been working towards one goal: To play professional soccer.

He has been playing men's soccer at the collegiate level for the past three years and has been working so hard towards the next step.

This summer it is coming true. He made a National Premier Men's Soccer team. He is playing in Hershey PA for the Hershey FC. This is a big deal and we are so very  proud of him. 

It hasn't been an easy road and he has had several disappointments along the way, but kept on persevering. This is by no means the end but we can't be happier for him and love watching him play. 

Your our superstar!!

May and June

Two months have passed since I have written. Life is definitely going by faster as I get older. Its been a good two months. 

Spring came slowly as we had lots of rain but now we are about to head into summer! 

Landon came home from Spain and it has been so good to have him home although we don't see him much as he is busy working a lot. 

Will stayed in PA for the summer but came home for a quick visit one weekend. 

Harkin has been enjoying going to the Vermont Green games with either Eric or myself.

Izzy got promoted to her next belt.

We are hoping to have a pretty mellow summer.  Already made it to the pool once! Yay.

last runs

 So glad we hit the slopes for our last runs last Friday. This past week has been rainy and the trail count is significantly lower. The day we went, April 18th, was a beautiful bluebird day. A great way to end our season. I am happy they still enjoy skiing with their Mama as they are so much better than me at this point but they put up with me and where I want to go. Love my babes.  

sunday smiles

 

sunday smiles

 Still able to hunt for the easter eggs in town;)

this is 12

 So Harkin turned 12 way back in February. He finally got to go snow biking which was something he has wanted to do for the past three years.  Thanks to the great people at Jay we were able to make it happen and he absolutely loved it. He picked it up so quickly and was going through the woods and doing spins by the days end. He also managed to run into a tree and broke the ring, which many people don't  do but it was all good. 

We came home and had a yummy dinner made by dad and blondies with ice cream. Happy Birthday to my sweet young man. Can't believe its been 12 years already. Going by way too fast.

ice skating

 So my goal of writing more often this year has not happened as regularly as I had wanted. There are so many things that I have missed that I am going to play catchup for a few posts.

So from October to February Issabelle was participating in ice skating lessons and then at the very end they had a performance. She has worked really hard this year and was asked to be in the opening show as well as her regular class. It was kind of a big deal. She has really taken to the sport and would want to go on extra days to just practice by herself. I am very happy for her that she as found something that she really enjoys, although she does do several thigs already. We had fun watching her preform and are proud of her.