Hello Monday, Hello Cheer Kick Off and Hello Diana's Bday!

 

Hi Friends and Happy Monday!  I am here with Sarah and we are chatting about our weekends.  Hope you will join us!

 

Here is what our last 2025 Summer Weekend looked like... 

 

 First Thing Friday

 

Took my girls to breakfast real early, before cheer practice for Diana...a way to say bye to a wonderful summer

 

 

Friday Night

 

Pidge got her Back To School Hair Cut by the lovely and talented Taylor....she looks so grown up...I can't take it!

 

 

Then we all headed down to Mimi and Papa's to celebrate Papa's and Diana's Bdays...we enjoyed Mimi's homemade calzones, Chinese, Japanese and Mimi's Homemade Pudding Cake- we were stuffed!  It was a great celebration full of laughs as always (and I was being attacked all night-primarily by my kids-that wasn't fun but hey)

 

 

Saturday

 

Eva and Rob headed to her Club Team Softball Practice.  I met up with Cass for coffee as she just got home from bringing Alexis to college- I was very proud of her- she did so well- probably much better than I will- eek!

 

Diana headed out with Cat for a pre-bday celebration 

 

 

 I came home and got some real estate work done and then I met Rob and Eva at the party after practice.  It was the first time I was introduced to Eva's new club team families and I got really excited because they welcomed us in with open arms- they are some great families- so warm and I know we will have lots of fun together!

 

We even introduced them to our Crack Bars- big hit

 

This is the only pic I happened to snap all day... 

 That night, Diana worked and we headed over to Red's to visit her and have a quick dinner.  When we got home...someone was looking to snuggle :)

Rob and I wrapped up our night with some more FNL :)

 

 

Sunday

 

Happy 17th Birthday Diana!

 

 

We were up bright and early and I continued cooking and prepping for the big Cheer Kick Off Dinner.  Rob and I headed to 7:30 mass and then came home to continue the work. 

 

Zach and Zoe came to take Diana out for a birthday breakfast :)

 

 

 

 Then it was finally time to host the WHS Cheer Kickoff Dinner!

 

The Seniors

 

 

 Maddy and her Mom Danielle

 

 

 

 Diana and Me

 

 

Leah and her Mom Bethany 

 

 

 

 Maddie and her Mom Chrissy

 

 

 The Seniors with Their Sashes

 

 

The Varsity Team

 

 The Seniors with Coach Stacey

 

 

 

 

Wish I had snapped the pics of the meals I made- Chicken Broccoli and Ziti, Rigatoni with Shrimp and Vodka Sauce, Chicken Parm and Bowties with Marinara.  We also had two kinds of salad and garlic bread

 

For dessert, we had cupcakes and then we sang Diana Happy Birthday with the little cake I got to match the theme

 

 It was a great night!

 

After that, we let Diana have some friends over and we didn't get much sleep...so extra caffeine is needed this morning!  What were you all up to?

 

 

 

 

 

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"Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader"

 

 

(Fall 2014)

 

So...the cat is out of the bag....Diana made the Windham High School Varsity Cheer Team yesterday.  This is something she decided she wanted to try last spring.  It was a time of heartbreak, self-reflecting, and moving forward with some dreams that were not addressed in the last few years.

(Fall 2015)

Diana knows it is tough being a kid like her- wanting to do it all and do it well but time not allowing that luxury.

(Winter 2016)

She decided that she wanted to try out for the high school cheer team for a few reasons.  1. She wanted to be involved in a sport team at the high school and achieve a varsity letter.  2. She wanted to be able to socialize more AND at school instead of heading to a dance studio 7 days/week and 3. She has always loved cheer and kept begging to go back to it so...here we are.

(Fall 2016)

 

She worked out with the high school team all summer.  She went to team workouts at ECE on Tuesday Nights and team workouts at the high school on Thursday Nights.  She also attended open gyms at ECE on her own on various days.  Lastly, as you know, we spent much time at the rail trail this summer.  I would walk but she would go ahead and get her required runs in, record them and send them to the coach with an app.  She was determined.

 

Here are some snippets of her summer tumbling work...

 

 

and we are back....

(Fall 2017)

Tryouts were on Monday 9-11 and again 1-3.  Then yesterday they continued 12-3.  She found out at the end of tryouts yesterday when the coach called them in one by one.  Eek!

(Winter 2018)

She was thrilled.  The coach has been watching her cheer and perform since she was a little kid.  Fun fact: the coach graduated with Zach and we watched her growing up cheering through college!  She told Diana she had nothing to be nervous about- she is a hard worker- she was born for this and she was ready for this team- ahhhh!  Such a thrill!

(Fall 2018)

We are so proud of her determination, work and now so happy for her JOY!  We couldn't be happier to see her so happy!

(Winter 2019)

This means sacrifices in other areas of course.  She can't dance right now and she can't try out for the fall play but she is ok with all of that and so are we actually.

(Fall 2019)

Change is something I usually dislike but I am so thrilled for her and can't wait to experience Friday Night Lights again...I feel like Rob and I are going to be able to enjoy the high school football games now for a bonus few years!!  Yeah! 

Congrats Diana- you earned this and we can't wait to watch you cheer!