Officially commissioned

In September, Molly was officially a commissioned member of the YCET team. She received her commissioning (and t-shirt) from Bishop Iffert.

Wool Fest 2025

We went to Wool Fest this fall as is our annual tradition. This year we went on Saturday instead of Sunday afternoon. The weather was lovely but we missed having Christopher and Clara with us.

Emily joined in for a quick photo. She was there with her boyfriend's family.

Oh yeah - and Sabrina drove us there which was a new experience.

Lucy goes to the woods

Lucy got dressed at 5 am and went out into the woods to pursue the mighty whitetail. It was an early morning but she was excited about the possibilities. We setup shop in the corner of a field and waited for the sun to rise. It was fun being out with her and though we didn't come back with any meat there will be other hunting in the future I'm sure.

Frassati at the Aronoff

We got dressed up and went to see a play at the Aronoff about St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

The girls were moved by this touching story about a man who loved to serve, to climb and to worship the Lord. We had a lovely evening.

Molly’s on the board

Today is opening day for youth firearm deer season. A rite of passage for each of my kids is to go out deer hunting when they're 15 years old to harvest their very own white tail.

First Christopher shot a 4 point buck in 2020. Clara shot an 8 point buck two years later. Sabrina shot a doe last year and this year it was Molly's turn.

Now Molly is the least likely of my kiddos to have anything to do with blood and such. So I made a deal with her. If she shoots the beast, I'll take care of the rest. What I hadn't accounted for was that young Molly would be motivated to one up her siblings.

So this morning around 8:30 am Molly shot her first doe. And then about 15 minutes later she took out doe #2.

True to my word she didn't have to lift a finger after the deer were located. We knew right where doe #2 was but it took us about 45 minutes to find doe #1.

We were joined by some friends in the field and after some necessary preparation the two deer have been delivered to the processor.

At the moment I'm back out in the field with my friend and his son serving as a guide as they prepare for their own harvesting adventure.