Catching Up - Part One - Mollie

Well lets see, so many things have been going on the last three months that I am not sure where to start. I thought it might be easier if I broke it into segements. So I will start with Mollie. Mollie has had a very busy and exciting spring and summer. She spent several months playing on her regular season softball team and had a fabulous season. Her team won first place in the league in her division and she did a fabulous job pitching. After the regular season Mollie tried out for the all star team and made it. She has loved being on a more competative team but sometimes gets a little tired with the rigorous schedule. If she is not playing short stop she is pitching and doing a great job. She pitched a fabulous four innings in 95 degree heat to win the district tournament. It was very FUN! The state tournament started today, GO Mollie!!!

Mollie graduated from elementary school last month and will be moving on to middle school. She was excited to leave elementary school behind and is looking forward to new adventures. She loves the idea of having a band class and getting to rotate teachers. I went with Mollie and all of the 5th graders to Camp Orkila in the San Juans for three days, what an adventure. Mollie and I both came home very tired. Since school has been out Mollie has enjoyed filling her spare time (when she is not playing softball) with friends, swimming, babysitting, cooking, watching movies, and of course wakeboarding and innertubing at the lake.

Mollie recently started collecting water bottles. We thought it was a little crazy at first but now that the collection is growing it is very fun to see all of the different places and different types of bottles she has. It is time for a bigger water bottle box in the pantry. She is always on the look out for the best deal and loves that the family has started picking out bottles from special locations.

Last week Mollie celebrated her 11th birthday. We had a great party here at the house with thirteen girls. It was crazy but fun.