Well I finally hit some down time at work and decided what better to do with my time than update the blog. Sigh. Easier said than done because now Safari won't even recognize our blog address and despite Blogger being a google-based browser it does NOT play well with uploading photos from my phone. Still, the entire digital diary is free so I'll stop complaining and get into what I can remember of October from a full 3 months ago...
Last year Paulina begged for this inflatable Axolotl costume and against my better judgement I spent the most I ever have on a Halloween costume. It was a warm Halloween in 2024 so Paulina lasted all of half our neighborhood before she had to switch so I made a mental note to bring it out for something fun to get some use out of it. Well, what better use of the GIANT PINK AXOLOTL costume than following the "pink out" theme at one of the last home games at FGR. It was another hot one this 2025 so I basically roasted for the cause but it was a ton of fun to pass out candy and be a photographic opportunity for a bunch of kids...and kids at heart!!
Paulina played JV Volleyball and during the football game, her team set a Huron Valley Catholic School record by finishing their season all but undefeated by one game, including winning the JV VB tournament! She was *very* upset that I made the choice to be at the football game and missed it!
Rest assured, dear reader, though that I am not, in fact, the WORST MOM EVER because we ended up having two friends sleepover and went to visit the relics of Saint Therese at Shrine of the Little Flower, followed up by a meal at Vinsetta Garage and then shopping at Sephora.
Hard to tell, but I did get a glimpse of Tomas from the restaurant just as the game was starting!
Of course we cleaned up the stadium after said game.
Peter traveled with us for Josh & Jenna's wedding weekend so he could watch the girls during the reception. Lucy and Paulina were wildly jealous of course.
Rosie was a flower girl with two of Josh's nieces.
G was just some awfully cute eye candy
Ty & Ria both stood up in the wedding so we got to keep the girls with us
Went outside for pics just in time for a mini-downpour ~ oops!
HVCS Fall Fest is a favorite! I ended up having to drag Paulina away because after getting her face painted, she ended up painting faces for others and was having so much fun!
The scarecrows downtown Plymouth are also another annual fav! I think this was just before Carmen and Nate moved to Ireland for an-almost-year!
Cool sunset at an away game
I love how FGR games are a whole-family affair. One of several kids' games that organically happen ~ at this particular juncture there was a middle school touch football game and this was one of TWO duck-duck goose games!
Senior Night ~ after two years in a row losing this game to Lutheran North, the 2025 FGR football team got sweet, sweet revenge!
While we lost a good and saintly woman in Auntie Gloria Chigi, it was nice to see family we hardly ever see and visit all the other family members residing in Holy Sepulchre.
The newlyweds on a day trip on one of their first weekends in Ireland!
Finally we are Prep Bowl bound!!
We had so much fun with the Gabowitz and Mr Love while Peter watched our girls at our house :)
We played Cabrini, and Corrie was a dear friend from EMU. She was there as aunt to three Cabrini players including her niece, the Cabrini kicker!!
I'm so bummed they never put Mateo on the field because they certainly could have but given that my other "son" Finn ended up with a season-ending injury, I guess I can't be too upset.
Terrible pic but I am a super fan!
Happy Halloween!! I'll have to find my picture of Paulina as Glinda and Liliana as Cher from Clueless!
The second graders got to bring babies to "baptize" as they study the sacraments :)
I did a Catholic group study called "The Search" at St Thomas in Ann Arbor and one of the first nights was on St Therese's Feast Day, I brought a few dozen roses to bless random people with and I had to leave one for Maureen, who was a wonderful mom from our SSA days and who provided communion to us for the first time in the Covid-shutdown. I'll never forget that was our last beautiful interaction.
