Summer 2025 - Week 3

Will was in Spain for all of Week 3. Alex had climb camp downtown for three days. Grandma came down on Thursday and we did some shopping downtown while Alex was climbing. We watched the end of camp and then all went to lunch. On Friday, I drove up to Petoskey to meet up with some of the girls from my book club. We were celebrating our 200th book! Only about half of us were able to make the trip but we had a lot of fun. Two of the girls have cottages in the area so we stayed with them. On Friday, we had a nice dinner on the water in Harbor Springs. On Saturday morning, we walked the Harbor Springs farmers' market and did some shopping. Then we went for a walk on the beach and a boat ride around Little Traverse Bay. We went into Bayview for dinner at the Terrace Inn on Saturday night and sat outside and listened to an ABBA cover band before walking down to the lake for the sunset. The rain came in on Sunday morning, so we packed up and went home. On Sunday afternoon, we took Alex to Austin Lake to try out his inflatable kayak which worked great!

 

Summer 2025 - Week 2

On Monday, Phil left for Chicago for a sales meeting. We started to get Will packed for Spain before he had Muskies summer hockey practice in the evening. On Tuesday, Grandma came down to take us out to lunch before Will left and we spent more time in the afternoon getting things packed/prepped. On Tuesday evening, Will had baseball practice, I had a KOHA board retreat, and Alex was invited to a sleepover. We set numerous alarms because Will needed to be at school by 4am to depart! On Wednesday afternoon, Alex had a summer hockey game. At his baseball practice on Thursday, the kids took on their dads. The boys pitched and tried to strike them out. Then Alex had his final baseball game of the season over the weekend. We went to the rock shop in Galesburg after the game on Saturday and also stopped for gelato on the way home (Will sent us a picture of his gelato from Spain). He pitched on Sunday morning (6 of the 7 innings) and the Muskies got the win. Alex was awarded the MVP of the game.  We also made a couple trips to the pool this week.  

 

Game MVP

13U Muskies

The boys that have been on the team since 9U

WPLL Father’s Day Classic Champions

The Muskies had a great weekend of baseball at the West Portage Father's Day Classic.  They went 1-1 on Saturday which earned them a spot in the semi finals on Sunday.  They played the Brooklyn Blue Devils and managed to win 4-3 after seven innings.  Then they played the Hamilton Crush in the championship game (who they lost to in the Championship game in Muskegon a few weeks ago) and won 12-6.  Alex pitched 6/7 innings against the Blue Devils and did great.  He also did really well at the plate with several doubles, singles, and walks over the weekend.  It was probably his best weekend of baseball ever.  

 

Summer 2025 - Week 1

This summer is going to look a little different since Will is going to be out of town so much.  Will left for Camp Wakeshma for training right after his final exam.  He got home Saturday afternoon.  Alex was in Grand Rapids for baseball (he got a ride with a teammate) and Phil and I went to a surprise 50th birthday party.  On Sunday, Will went back to camp to start his first week.  He found out when he arrived that he had been promoted from Junior Counselor to a regular counselor and was in charge of his own cabin.  Alex had a few appointments this week.  We also went to Grand Rapids to visit Grandma and he had a sleepover.  On Saturday, his hockey team had a party at Texas Drive Park.

 

Camp Wakeshma - Band Camp

Here are photos from Will's first week as a counselor at Camp Wakeshma. He was supposed to be a Junior Counselor but found out he had been promoted to head counselor when he got to camp. The first week is always Band Camp which is a little more low key and the theme for the week was Star Wars.  He had a really fun week!