Happy 15th Birthday, Reggie!

 

Reggie's birthday landed on the Tuesday after our annual trip to Green Bay, so he got to celebrate with his friends that day.  He invited half a dozen buddies to go bowling/arcade and then hang out at our house for food and cheesecake!  

I don't miss making complicated birthday cakes.

Green Bay 2024

Our Packers Training Camp trip has evolved over the years, but it is always a good time.  We love going to Titletown-which has a public turf football field to play on, Family Night at Lambeau Field, and hanging out with family.  This year we also went to a grill-your-own-steakhouse and go carts.  It's convenient to have Bryan's brother's home for us all to gather, even though we stay at a hotel.

July fun

Our summer was really full with sports, fun, and jobs.  In July, in addition to the kids' jobs, I worked summer school.  This year I worked as a job coach for the transitions program and it was fun.  I supervised organizing and having a sidewalk sale.  We sold the unclaimed lost and found items from several schools in the district.  Everything was a dollar- to keep the accounting simple- and the money went to the PTO.

My cousin and her son stayed with us for two weeks while he attended debate camp at the U of M. It was so nice to have them stay, even though we didn't see them much!  My parents also came for a visit.  And Lydia got her driver's permit!

Reggie's Baseball Highlights

Reggie had a good season of playing on the WAA 14AAA team.  His team was mostly the same players as his 13AAA team, and it was the same coaches.  They won their bracket in the post season tournament and participated in two state tournaments.

Reggie is a center fielder and also played right field.  I believe one of the Reggie's greatest baseball skills is his patience when he is at bat.  While a lot of 14 year old boys feel they must slug anything near the strike zone, Reggie is perfectly content with wearing the pitcher down. He brings the pitch count up by letting balls go by him and fouling off pitches he doesn't like.  He also takes to heart that the goal is to get on base and is not afraid of leaning into a pitch on occasion.  He racked up 6 hit-by-pitches over the season!

At the close of the video, you will see their last game of the seaon got rained out and they had a little fun playing football in the outfield as it rained. The last frame shows this was his sunset season for travel ball, but he's not quite ready to hang up his cleats.  He's planning to tryout for the highschool team in just a couple months!