Abby's Volleyball

My niece, Abby, had a great senior volleyball season!  They won States!!!  We are so proud of her and all of her hard work over the last couple of years.  It was wonderful to be able to cheer her on whenever we could!  The pic above is her cheering section at the Regional finals against Potomac Falls.  They lost, but played great!

Max and Kylie cheering their cousin on!

The score in the the 3rd set after Abby served 13 straight in a row - including a few aces!

The next game was the State Semi's at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach!  We all met at Mark and Heather's to watch it live streaming - and went crazy when they won and knew they were going to states!

The crew nervously watching...but then this happened when they WON!

I'm not sure we could have been more excited!

They then went on to play at VCU for the State Championship!

 Digging

Hitting (while Holly blocks)

Celebrating the WIN!!!

With her parents 

With Mary Kate

 With Hannah

And with her State Championship Team

Veterans Day

Mom Mom and Pappy came and celebrated Veterans Day with us at Kylie's Veterans Day Concert!  The 4th grade did a great job of honoring veterans and singing from their heart.  They sang each of the theme songs from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines and had the veterans stand when their song came on.  They sang other American classics and did a wonderful job!

Me and my Tweeter

Kylie in the second row from the top in the middle

Pappy standing during the Army song

The slideshow honoring the Veterans

At the end they had little red, white and blue lights to make the American flag

So fun!

Mom Mom, Kylie and Pappy

Then they ate lunch with her!  She was VERY happy to have them!

Cute selfie

Final Fall Sports Weekend

Kylie's team won both games on the final weekend and played great!  She had 2 great coaches who were fun, but kept the girls focused and learning a lot.  At one of the final games we played against a set of coaches who were not that nice - yelling at the girls and making fun of them.  It made us SUPER thankful for a set of coaches who don't yell at the girls, but encourage them and keep their cool at all times!  

Jack's team made it to the boys finals and didn't win, but played great for it being almost all of their first season!  

Their medals for 2nd place!

Megan made it to the semi finals for her Open 1 bracket and didn't win, but they played great all season as a team!

Jack passing in warm ups

Overhand serving

The boys

Dinner afterwards with Jack's team

And the amazing bonfire at Kylie's team gathering - with cool green flames!

Miss Claire

Our friends called us to say that they would be in the area and would love to introduce us to their little one!  I had been at her baby shower, but hadn't gotten a chance to meet this sweet little girl yet!  The kids and I fell in love with her (Dan was out of town) :)  She is so sweet and outgoing and had a chance to play with Kylie's sweet little music table one last time before we sold it the next day!

Then her mom sent me the following pictures :)

Sweet little girl with a baby

Playing with the music table

Happily standing in the book basket we gave her - after she took out all the books!

Climbing in the cabinet

Squirting water all over herself 

Sitting in the book basket...again!

Halloween 2015

We had a great, but very different Halloween!  Megan and Jack each went trick or treating with friends, so we didn't see them for most of the night!

Cinderella, Commando and Frappuccino

 Elyse, Cassi, Rebekah and Megan

Snow White, Belle, Minnie Mouse and Cinderella

 Kylie's sweet Frappuccino outfit

 Jack as a Commando 

 Grammy and Grandad came out to hand out candy while we took Kylie around! 

 Vanessa, Avery and Kylie

Bonnie from Bonnie and Clyde, Zombie princess and Frappuccino

 Me and my Bugga

Our friends Jay and Leah have a hot chocolate stand with amazing toppings

It's so fun!

Things 1, 2 and 3 took the girlies out to pizza after trick or treating

And sent this pic!

Dan and I enjoyed walking around and then were without kiddos for an hour while everyone was out with friends!

Smoking with Grandad

And at the end of the night, getting a pic in with Jack

Jack's 12th Birthday Party

 Jack invited 4 buddies over for his birthday, but one got grounded so only 3 came :)  We had the boys ride the bus home with him, had some chips and queso for a snack, then they hung out outside for a while playing football and soccer, ate pizza for dinner, played some xBox with Dan (who took the day off of work), had root beer floats, went outside to do a firepit and smores and then headed home!  They had a great time and it was fun to have them over to hang out and celebrate Jack!

 Alec, Jack and Andrew

 Dinner with Alec, Riley, Jack and Andrew

 Playing xBox with Dan

So fun!