Tourists in Our Own City

 It's been so hot and humid here for the past few weeks but today was beautiful and just happened to line up with our last free day before football starts on Monday and we lose Aidan during the day. We are so lucky to have the DC mall within a 15 minute drive! We got awesome parking and had a nice walk around the mall. So much fun to spend some time together!

A Visit to Wesleyan University

Aidan and I drove up to Wesleyan yesterday to tour the campus and meet with the coach. It was an awesome quick trip and we stayed in the Inn at Middletown - right on the edge of campus. It was hot but we were able to walk around and get a good feel for the campus even though it was pretty empty! We were able to sample the local pizza - a MUST - and had some Thai food and visited the bookstore for a t-shirt. I wish we had been able to make it a longer trip to see more schools but it didn't work out this time. Gramma and Daddy Jim stayed with everyone else and took them to the Air and Space Museum!! So fun!

 

Yorktown Field Hockey

 This year we have TWO field hockey players at Yorktown! Emmy is in 10th grade and Aoife is in 8th - which means that she can play on the freshman team. We will now have two games to watch - JV and Freshman - and two games to photograph!!

Under Armour All American Tournament 2022

Emmy made the DC Under Armour All American Team again this year! What another fantastic experience! She was on the team with several friends from Capital and her best friend from school. She started every game and had an amazing tournamant! The team didn't do as well as they would have liked overall but I think it was awesome for everyone and so much fun to play with girls from all over the country. It was a LONG four days of driving up and back each day and it was HOT but it was a great end of the summer lacrosse season! 

A long weekend in Rehoboth

We had 5 days between the end of football preseason camp and the Under Armour tournament and I was able to find a great house in Rehoboth that ended up belonging to a friend of ours! It was perfect for us - a mile from the beach and close to restaurants and shopping. We had a resident parking pass so we were able to park at the quieter end of the beach and really enjoy the water! Brendan is in Alabama for the summer at Fort Rucker so it was just me with the kids. We bought Emmy's friend Delaney with us - so 5 kids and me! It worked out great - we ate out a few nights and cooked a few nights. They spent plenty of time at Funland, ate oysters, had Grottos pizza and got lots of beach time! I wish we had more time but I'm so glad that we were able to enjoy and relax during the time that we did have!

 

Capital at the Mid Atlantic Championship

We had a great weekend with Capital at the MidAtlantic Championship - the last tournament of the 2022 summer season. The girls did amazing and went 5-1 and went to the semi final. What an amazing improvement since the fall. They have been playing really well together and ended the season ranked #10 in the nation. Incredible!