Family – Page 100 – M. Sullivan Photography

August 21, 2009August 21, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos

Dog Days Of Summer

Daphne is becoming more settled in our house and has a routine now. She still gets excited when the kids get up in the morning or when we arrive home after work. She thoroughly enjoyed all of the attention she received when we were home Saturday and Sunday last weekend. She has shown us her love of tennis balls and plays fetch any opportunity that she gets. The weather has been cool and wet this week so we have resorted to playing “bounce fetch” in the garage. She doesn’t mind all the rain we’ve had this week (as much as we have) and will go for walks when it’s drizzling. Just watch out when she shakes!

Sophia’s soccer game was cancelled on Wednesday, as were the races for Sebastian. We spent the evening inside watching the torrential downpour and high winds bending the trees to very near their breaking point. We had a family game night with Uno Attack, I Spy Bingo and Phase 10. A nice change of pace from all the craziness of summer.

We are looking forward to a quiet weekend ahead. The clouds and rain are supposed to dissipate and be replaced with sun and warm (not hot) temperatures. Daphne has a vet visit this afternoon and Sebastian has a birthday party on Sunday. Other than that, our weekend is unscheduled – Yea!

Now Youre Supposed To Return The Ball — Now You're Supposed To Return The Ball

August 6, 2009August 6, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos

Game On

We had an evening filled with soccer and races last night. I took Sophia to her very first soccer game while Mike drove Sebastian to Central High School for Wednesday Night at the Races. Sebastian’s race finished early enough that they were able to make it for the second half of Sophia’s game.

Sophia was asked to do the kick-off to start the game. Her kick-off led to a goal by one her teammates. The kids were all pretty excited. So were the parents. The team played well and Sophia did a great job keeping up with the ball. She didn’t kick the ball a lot, but it may have been that she was outnumbered by the very energetic boys on her team. Or maybe she was waiting to make her first kick worthwhile – a goal. Yes, her first kick of night resulted in a goal for her team. Way to go, Sophia!

Look for number “34” in the photos below – or the only kid with a ponytail and pink shorts on the Congdon team. 🙂

Sebastian lined up with thirty-five 7 & 8 year old boys for his 1/4 mile race. He had a nice pace at the start of the race, but kicked it into high gear to finish. He passed several kids and ended up placing 5th at 1 minute 34 seconds. Nice job, Sebastian!

August 4, 2009August 5, 2009 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos

The Next Babe Winkelman & Mia Hamm

Okay, so those two people have nothing in common, but I wanted to combine two things that have been going on with Sebastian and Sophia this week.

We went on a quick overnight trip with John, Denise & Nick to Tom & Karen’s cabin on Friday night. We arrived fairly late, but the boys wanted to try out the fishing anyway. Before the light rain turned into a downpour, Sebastian pulled in this beautiful 15 1/2 inch, 2+ lb bass. Thus, the title “The Next Babe Winkelman”. For those who don’t know who Babe is, just ask Mike (or do a Google search). He met the master fisherman back in our hotel days. I believe Mike still has his autographed photo tucked away somewhere special.

The next morning Nick was up at 6am ready to fish. John and Nick caught seven more fish in the morning and Mike added to the count later on. We fried up the fresh catch for lunch. Delicious!

On to the Mia Hamm part of the story…

Sophia had her first soccer practice last night. We arrived at the field to meet her teammates – six boys. So much for meeting other Congdon girls before she starts kindergarten. There is one player that wasn’t able to make it to practice. Our hope is that the missing teammate is a girl. Sophia was a bit timid at first, but did all the soccer drills that were requested by her coach. She looked pretty adorable in her soccer cleats, shin guards and pink shorts. We are planning to have a family soccer game tonight in the backyard to prepare for her first game tomorrow night. We’ll see then if she has Mia Hamm potential.