December 2023

Bobby got to play in the St. Mary's booster tournament with his friends on The Squad. They won all their games and got first place. Jumping into playing on this team was a bit of a challenge for Bobby since The Squad has played together for years and Bobby joined for one tournament. There isn't a travel season this year as they start basketball very soon in 7th grade. Bobby had to figure out the plays but he did really great and had so much fun.

Grandma and Grandpa's sponsorship of choir led to front row seats at Emmy's latest choir concert. We could hear her voice clearly. She also has been singing for all the VIPS as part of the Jazz choir. She has to balance this with hockey. One night the Jazz choir was going to perform for some big donors and Emmy had practice all the way up until the performance. Her jazz teacher called us to make sure Emmy could come since she has a lot of solos and told us the others would do all the set up if Emmy just agreed to show up at performance time after her hockey was finished. We made this work and Emmy was a star. My boss sent me a picture and video of Emmy that night and we were very proud.

I've really got the best people to work with at U Mary. Here we are at our annual Christmas gathering.

Bobby got some hair advice from a college aged older brother while he traveled with us for Emmy's hockey games in Fargo. The college mentor gave his advice on products to use and the result was Bobby's new hairstyle that he is very proud of.

We got our CHS hockey fan gear and now we are true fans. I dug out my old box of CHS clothes from when I was a student athlete. It was fun to see my old CHS stuff but I didn't realize that in the 90s I only wore L and XL shirts. Funny to see that I preferred super big sweatshirts and pants. I did find some things that were in good enough condition to wear again. Bobby got a kick out of my old photos and clothes.

Emmy goes on the bus and even stays at a separate hotel from us now on hockey trips. She is a big girl now!

I talked Bobby into doing a big Christmas puzzle with me last weekend. He talked me into making Dominican butter cookies for his class as they were studying this country. He is a good helper so it was a fun project!