Anna Grows

Anna & her Girl Scout Troop  Soccer Season is in full swing and already the team has played in all sorts of weather, including record highs (the first weekend) and a rainstorm (this weekend).  Most of the fall team is back for the spring season and they are off to a 4-0 start.  In between soccer games, other activities from the past two weeks included the following: Anna started her instructor driver training this past week.  She needs to complete a total of 14 hours with an instructor, who can issue a provisional license if he passes her (no driver's test but rather an on-going evaluation).   Anna's girl scout troop got together to celebrate her friend Maggie's Gold Award.  It was great to see all the girls together and reminisce about all the troop activities.  You can check out the  Troop Video  with some great photos over the years. Anna and Theresa got the compost spread in the garden plot and the new fence ready for Joe to inst...

Anna's first prom was Saturday, April 15 at the  State Theater .  This was the first prom that was offsite following COVID so one could say things were back to normal.  Anna went with a group of friends and started off the evening with dinner hosted by one of her friends.  There was also food and photo opportunities for the parents.  One dad drove the group to the prom and another dad picked them up. The theme of the prom was "The Great Gatsby."  Anna reported that she really didn't notice any decorations beyond some cool lights. Apparently, the group decided to leave early as the dance was packed with shoulder-to-shoulder people.  There was some discussion of hanging out at someone's house, but the dad driver started dropping off the prom goers at their respective houses.  Anna was home by 10:30 and was very happy to take off her heels.  

Grandma, Anna, Aidyn & Grandpa  April 1-9 marked spring break for Anna.  This year was an eclectic week with a few road trips and the grand finale of an Easter weekend visit from Aunt Loren, Aunt Mary & James.  The big theme for the week was driving in that Anna completed her minimum required 45 hours of supervised driving time.  She has been working on this since the end of July, so this was a major milestone.  More on that in a moment. The family started off the week with a long weekend in Ohio to visit Grandma and Grandpa.  It is a good thing the travel day was on Saturday as Friday night was stormy in Ohio, including tornadoes.  We saw evidence of it the entire weekend with downed buildings and trees, including all the trees snapped like twigs in the cemetery where Theresa's grandparents are buried.  This was much discussed at the Sunday brunch, where Uncle Rod, Uncle Tim & Aunt Courtney met the rest of the family to celebrate Gran...