Shooting Clays with Hoebens

We gathered to compete for the traveling trophy this weekend. Clara performed better than she anticipated but alas her uncle Paul defeated her and won the trophy. This was the first year that Lucas was able to shoot and he did reasonably well. Emily was with us observing from a distance.

Sweet 16

Clara turned 16 yesterday, the same day as Sabrina's Confirmation. We enjoyed a late night ice cream gathering to celebrate her 16 trips around the sun.

Confirmation for Sabrina

Sabrina was confirmed today at St. Timothy. Her sponsor was a friend from choir, Karen Yunker. Coincidentally, she was confirmed on her sister's birthday.

Once every ten years

Trimming the bushes on the side of the house was over due. Last time it happened was in 2013 with Mark Brown's assistance. So since this has only happened twice in 10 years, I thought it was worth a post.

After the bushes were trimmed, the trimmings were taken to an undisclosed location where they will be turned into kindling by the sun. ^AH

Marquis de Lafayette

For Lucy's bottle history project, she had to make a head resembling Marquis de Lafayette. She had some help from the family when there was an unexpected snow day called at the end of January. Her research and speech was just as impressive as her bottle.

One rope -> two kids -> three contestants

Lucy and Sabrina were tugging over the rope when Gus decided to get in on the action.