October Update

The girls have had a great and busy first marking period. It's hard to believe one-fourth of the school year is over already!!

Mackenna and Alexa both received all A’s this marking period. We are so pleased and proud of their hard work! 

Mackenna's high school volleyball season has ended, for now. She will continue to work out with the team, as it is one of her classes in school. (Luckily, the 5:30 am practices are no more!!) She will receive a P.E. credit for taking volleyball. She had a great season and got to know a wonderful and diverse group of girls. They all consider each other their family. They are so cute!

This banner was hanging in the gym for the last home game.

This is hanging outside of the gym. Mackenna is in the back row, 4th from the left.

Just as her high school season is winding down, club volleyball season is beginning. She will begin practices this week. They practice two times each week and play two tournaments each month. I can’t wait to see how this goes! This our first experience with club volleyball. (She had to try-out to make the team! So proud of her!)

Alexa is still running in the afterschool fitness program. It meets once a week until the first week in December. The 5k race is being held on December 7. Unfortunately, she will not be able to compete in the race. Also scheduled for that same weekend is a Girl Scout camp-out and a softball tournament. When it rains, it pours...just hopefully not when they are camping!

Alexa is still involved in Girl Scouts and is working on her Bronze Award. It is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can achieve. She is going to focus on helping the Humane Society. Her projects include helping repaint some of the rooms, building shelving, and making dog treats. 

In addition, she is still playing competitive softball. This year we made a very difficult decision to leave our former team. It weighed heavy on our minds all summer, especially since Matt was one of the coaches. (Our team basically split into two separate teams, one called Venom and one called Magic.) We gave Alexa input into the decision and we decided to have her try-out for another team (the Aces) so as to gain an unbiased perspective. Both of the teams, the Magic and the Venom, offered her a spot on their team...and then the Aces did too! What a great position to be in! Three teams wanted Alexa! She made a very big decision to leave what was familiar and comfortable (knowing half of the girls on both the Magic and the Venom) and choose the Aces. For a quiet and shy girl, we were surprised and very proud of her. She chose the team where she knew no one and where her daddy would not be one of the coaches. (By the way…both teams still want her. The Venom coach was just talking to Matt this weekend's tournament about her coming to play for them. Crazy!)

Softball practices are two times each week (an hour away...yes, an hour!) and we have two weekend tournaments each month. She plays 1st base, 3rd base, and catcher. She loves softball!

Our weeks and weekends basically revolve around sports. It is so fun to watch these girls play!