Hello. Hope you had a great Spring.
Abby had a busy Spring. We finished out the last part of winter with a few more ski trips.
She started lacrosse practice in March. She had a very good first season and developed alot as a player. Here are some pictures from the season.
She will continue practicing with a lacrosse club team this summer, which will be fun.
She also participated with her high school team for off season field hockey practices and tournaments
She participated in fund raising for Mini-Thon at the High School to raise money for childhood cancer (Inspired by Penn State). FTK!
Abby also had a huge accomplishment, she completed her lifeguard certification over a very long weekend in May...30 Hours with exams! She also got a job as a lifeguard at the Lake Heritage Pool for the summer with that certification....her first job!
And, Abby continues to play the cello with the high school orchestra. She had a few concerts and we enjoy going to see her play with a great high school orchestra....tough to get pics, but here is one.
Madi continues to be very busy with work and grad school as she continues to pursue her Master's in Film at American University where she works as a media specialist for a department. She got exciting news that her first documentary was featured in an event downtown DC at the Environmental Film Festival. We travelled down to see the presentation, where they previewed the film and interviewed Madi on a panel. It was awesome, and excited for future opportunities and success.
Amongst her busy schedule, Madi also trained for and completed the DC Half Marathon in March!
We were able to meet up with the the Minges's in DC at Madi and Clark's church service for Easter. It was a great service and it was awesome to be all togther for Easter
Andrew continues to serve at Fort Sill, OK. He has served in a variety of roles and continues to learn the responsibilities of a 2LT training officer, including taking basic training to the field and on training exercises.
Andrew is a big NBA fan (Celtics fan), but took advantage of his proximity to Oklahoma City to go to game 7 in OKC (vs Denver Nuggets)...cool experience.
Andrew was able to find a break and take leave to come home over Memorial Day for 2 weeks. We were able to get the whole family together over Memorial Day. We went to see the new Mission Impossible Movie ( a tradition ). No pic at Memorial Day gathering, a major fail...
Abby started her job on Memorial Day weekend. It was very cold and windy, so pretty much spent the day in the guard shack....no pics that day....but, here is one soon after.
(Pic to come)
This summer Abby will practice with the club lacrosse team, continue with her offiseason field hockey practices to include a team camp at Shippensburg University and work hours at the pool as a lifeguard.
Madi and Clark have trips planned for the summer, the big one being to Machu Picchu, Peru in addition to many other planned activities.
Andrew will continue his time at Fort Sill, but also begin to plan for his PCS move to Fort Bragg, NC late this fall.
Hope you had a great spring, and have an awesome summer.....until next time....
