Boys Baseball / Girls Wedding

Hey, Check out John & Kyle in the outfield when this guys hits a homerun.  Click on the Video "MN@KC: Butler belts a homer to put KC up."  As the camera goes to the outfield, they are on the right hand side, Kyle in white, John in a brown t-shirt.  http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=456714    

 The boys had a great time - three games in three days.   

As for the girls, we had our own fun in South Haven for Julia's wedding.  Even Aunt Fudgie was present.  

     

Erin & Katie were the unofficial photographers.  We loved spending the night at John & Suzanne's on Friday.  Then, on Saturday, we enjoyed our time with the Woods and Grandma Cronley.  The wedding was beautiful.  At the reception, I enjoyed introducing Annie, Katie & Erin to so many cousins that I haven't seen in so many years.  I am so glad that we made the trip.

    

             

Late Summer Update...

So much has happened... We joined the Woods at Notre Dame Family Hall for a long weekend.  Of course, we had to meet there to retrieve Annie after her week with Patty's family.    Here is the view of the dome from our window in Carroll Hall - my first time in that dorm ever!  

 

Kyle and Luke, John and a friend Kyle visited the College Football Hall of Fame.  Patty and I took the girls and Dominic to the South Bend Chocolate Factory.  Here Katie demonstrates how to make a chocolate spoon while wearing the fashionable hairnet.  The chocolate was fabulous.  

We all ate lunch at South Dining Hall, enjoying the full offering provided.  Dominic won the eating contest by eating approximately 3 times his weight in food.  

We enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere on campus, riding bikes, praying the rosary at the grotto, swimming at the Rock.  

This is a new statue titled "In Celebration of the Family."  I think that is so appropriate for all that Notre Dame stands for to the Cronley Family.  You might also notice that it is located behind the best dorm on campus - Walsh Hall!  

So then, John went off to Catholic Youth Camp for a week and the girls began 2 weeks of swimming lessons.  Katie & Erin followed that with Spanish Camp at their school, then Living History Farms Day Camp for Erin and Tennis Lessons for Katie.  

Last Thursday, Sally (Goethals) and Darren Smith and their 5 kids stopped in for an overnight on their way from Sturgis to Colorado.  On Friday, Sally and I took our 9 children to the zoo, then we had pizza on our patio and waited for John & Suzanne, Clare & Kate to join us from Chicago.  After a popsicle and a quick Hello, the Smith's headed on to Omaha for the night and we got the Cronley's settled in.  

On Saturday morning, John Cronley, John Greening and I ran a quick (or not so quick) 2 miles and then we headed to the pool.  We all had a great time and rather than choose between hamburgers and tacos, we just made both!!!  

We loved the girls hair so much that Annie & Erin wanted to go short as well...
   

And so today, they got haircuts!!!  Erin wanted to have hers like Clare so we asked for a stacked bob, angled to the front, with bangs.  Aren't they stunning! 

School starts in less than 10 days!  Home & School is sponsoring a Wahoo/Boohoo Party on the first day - for those who want to celebrate and those who want to cry.  I'll be celebrating!