The weekend after returning home from Michigan I was busy again doing laundry, cleaning house and grocery shopping. Allison had attended her first try out for Field Hockey on Saturday morning and we had the neighbors over for dinner on Saturday night.

Sunday afternoon we headed off to a minor league baseball game, Cal Ripkin Jr's Ironbirds team. CAl was a Baltimore Oriole player along with his Dad, Cal Ripkin Sr. When Cal Jr retired, he built his own stadium north of Baltimore that looks like a mini Orioles stadium. OUr Girl Scout choir was singing the National Anthem, so we had to arrive early to get out on the field. We had a lot of fun even though my family are not major fans of baseball. Hot dogs were only a buck, and we even got some free birthday cake and free baseball hats. And the game was exciting, plus our team won. Whats not to love? Tom was hoping we would be rained out.

We had another week of summer camp for SCott. He really enjoyed this Y camp since he spent the morning hours in a Lego robotics class and was able to work on his own robot set. Allison was busy with Field Hockey try outs.

And we are excited to report that Allison made the Varsity Team as a goalie! How exciting. And our schedule just got a lot crazier! She had practice twice a day, and the girls decided to get the morning sessions done early, so she was heading off to school at 730 am. That actually helped her get ready for the early start of school on August 29th. She also got done in time to head to work on Friday as a skate guard. They are still running summer camps on Friday and Allison was overwhelmed with the number of kids that showed up, especially since her coworkers were less than helpful(it appears they hired a nephew that was not keeping up with the busy pace which gave Allison twice as much work to oversee). At least it is just a part time position!

While she was off to work, I was busy packing for our weekend away with the Girl SCouts-our last camping activity of the summer. I managed to locate one other girl to go along with Allison at the grocery store the weekend before. I ran into her and her mother in the store and asked them along. They managed to get the paperwork done and I ran it over to our Service Unit Managers house on the way to the baseball game so she could get her registered. MOre on our camping weekend next blog.

Here are a few fishing photos from our Hilton Head trip. Even Mom Seitz braved the waves! Susan and husband John joined myself as well as Allison and Scott. I caught the sting ray, and Allison and Scott each caught a few baby sharks! I was not going swimming in that bay!

Kathleen