Wet Wet Wet Lacrosse

PHEW...Can you say floating? I don't think I've seen the sun but 1 day in the past week and yet they both got their games in yesterday! We had to split the game since both played at 11:15 yesterday morning. It took Jeff and I 50 minutes to get to his while it took "the Phils" close to an hour and 15 minutes to get to theirs! Needless to say, Phil's game ended in a tie (8-8) and since it was heavy downpours they didn't play OT. Jeff's team lost by 1 (5-4) but the coach actually admitted that the last goal was his fault. He was subbing his defense after a call and the whistle blew before the D was on the field. Jeff played goalie the entire game and had 21 saves but no one could have stopped a 5 on 1 to the goal. He played an AMAZING game and every one of our parents on the sideline congratulated him and the opposing coach actually mentioned to our coach that he did a fantastic job. I'm so proud of all the boys! Here are some pics of Jeff's game. If I find any of Phil's I'll post them too.

Lax Fall Schedule

Well, games start this weekend! Here's our schedule for the fall! Hope Uncle Robby and the clan and Grandma/Grandpa can make it to one of each! hint hint!

Sunday, September 20th:
Jeff - 2pm - against Roswell at home
Phil - 5pm - against Cherokee at home

Saturday, September 26th:
Jeff - 11:15am - against West Cobb at Pine Mtn. Middle School
Phil - 11:15am - against Allatoona at Allatoona HS

Saturday, October 3rd:
Phil - 1:15pm - against Roswell at Roswell North ES

Sunday, October 4th:
Jeff - 4pm - against Alpharetta at home

Saturday, October 10th:
Jeff - 10:15am - against Walton at Dodgen MS
Phil - 11:15am - against Jr. Greyhounds at Hightower MS

Saturday, October 17th:
Jeff - 11:15am - against Trojans at McCleskey MS
Phil - 2pm - against Cherokee at JJ Biello Park

Saturday, October 24th:
Jeff - 11:15am - against Cherokee at JJ Biello Park
Phil - 1:45pm - against Hillgrove at Allatoona HS

Back to School...Back to School

Today is the first day of school..WOOOOHOOOOOOOO...here are 1st day pics of Jeff (6th grade) and Phil (7th grade). Good luck today guys!

a whole month flew by

WOW, I cannot believe it has been an entire month since I have blogged. So much has happened! Let's see:

1) July 2nd-5th - Charlotte Lacrosse Tournament

2) July 5th-7th - Arapahoe, NC. During our trip to Charlotte we received word that my 94 year old grandmother (Mama Lee) had passed away.

3) Daddy got a promotion and has spent July 20th-today (so far) traveling back and forth to San Francisco. He leaves on Mondays and comes home Friday nights. Needless to say, it's been a lot quieter around the house! hahahaha, JUST KIDDING

4) July 11th, July 22nd, and July 31st we had in person lax registrations. We're near 100 boys so far and I believe 38 girls. We are having mail in registrations until this Friday and then I'm DONE!

5) Procida family reunion - what a fun time but SUCH a looooooooooong drive. If we go next year we're FLYING! Thanks to Nancy and Tim for hosting the four of us during our stay in NJ. Below are pictures of the event.

6) July 29th-31st - Lacrosse camp sponsored by WFY Lacrosse. Our first annual Stix 4 Schools! 100% of the proceeds are going to purchase lacrosse sticks for area elementary schools. We are looking at around 125 sticks. SO AWESOME!

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7) and today is August 3rd, our 13th wedding anniversary. He was joking last night that technically it's only our 9th or 10th but hey, no one ever signed the papers, right!?

So today, on the anniversary of our 13th year he will be in CA and I will be taking the boys to the mall to get ready for school (NEXT MONDAY). This after they make dinner...yes, THEY are making dinner. Lil Phil has decided on cheese stuffed cheeseburgers with homemade french fries. Wish us luck!

We had the best visit with Grandma, Grandpa, and Chloe last weekend. They arrived on Thursday, Grandpa headed home on Sunday, and Grandma stayed until Tuesday to help with the boys. Thursday night they joined us at Phil's practice and afterwards we introduced them to Bobby's Burgers YUMMY...Friday while I was working they hung out with the boys, took them to the mall, and then we all went to Chepes..again...YUMMY! Phil got home late that night from a business trip to California with some great news. He got a promotion! Not only that, he will be joining me working from home beginning in late July!
On Saturday we went to Phil's practice again then to Williamson BBQ for lunch...tasty! We came back to the house and the boys and I headed up to the pool for about an hour. Grandma then suggested that Phil and I should go have a nice dinner and they would stay home with the boys, which we gladly accepted :-). Sunday we spent a couple hours on the boat. We anchored on a shore and had a great time hanging out and playing in the water. Chloe and Sarah joined us and I think they have become the best of friends.
Monday and Tuesday it was my turn to travel, headed up to Philly, which is why Grandma was so kind to stay with the boys. Now I'm back, have done most of my running around, and have to drive the dogs to the "Paw Spa" at 8am so we can head to Charlotte for Phil's tournament. Wish him luck!
Side note: on Tuesday we received word that MamaLee (my dad's mom in NC) has taken a turn for the worse. She has stopped eating and can no longer swallow. They have her on an IV and morphine but have decided against a feeding tube. As many of you know, she has been battling Alzheimer's for years and is now 95 years old. Please keep her in your prayers.

Charlotte Schedule Posted

Saturday, July 4th
9:50am - Atlanta Crush VS. South Charlotte Typhoons
11:30am - Atlanta Crush VS. Old North State Lacrosse
2pm - Atlanta Crush VS. South Charlotte Hurricanes

Sunday, July 5th
9:40am - Atlanta Crush VS. South Charlotte Tornadoes
11:20am - Atlanta Crush VS. Top Tier
1pm - Championship game

MALLARD CREEK PARK
(3001 Johnston Oehler Road, Charlotte, NC 28269)
For directions click here.
For a field map click here.
or
MALLARD CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
(3825 Johnston Oehler Road, Charlotte, NC 28269)

Holy Week Batman!

OK, so isn't the summer supposed to be the slow time of the year? Chillin out, relaxing, etc? Pfft, yea right! This week Jeff's at a free (yes, you read that right) lacrosse camp Mon-Thur, Wednesday Phil's flying to California, Thursday Amy and Ken get into town (finally!), Thursday lil Phil has lax practice, Phil gets back into town Friday night, lil Phil has some sort of lacrosse thing on Saturday, Sunday "should" be open (better be a boat day!), and Monday and Tuesday I'm in Philly! PHEW...I'll tell you if I survive!