cape may adventures

last week the whole fam trekked to cape may. this year we stayed in yet another new house and it was great. very open and could hold everyone just fine. this year olivia came with us for the first time. she HATED the beach but loved being with everyone. most of our time was spent playing with olivia as much as we could. there were tons of bike rides, games on the beach, food to be eaten, and kohrs ice cream being bought. it was another great year at the jersey shore. olivia even extended her stay at my house for the weekend after to celebrate a little of the independence weekend. she LOVED the pool. next year i hope to have both nieces together at the shore!

x-country or bust

well now graduation is over, college is over, and i guess the new chapter of my life begins. BUT before i went straight home to sit on the couch, i drove with four other friends across the country to san francisco! we all left from my house went to dc, nashville, memphis, oklahoma city, sante fe, grand canyon, las vegas, southern cali and up the coast to sf. SO much fun. we did the whole trip in 12 days. it was pretty awesome! we met up with friends and family members along the way, ate excellent ribs and friend chicken, saw graceland and enjoyed lots of country music, saw one of the natural wonders of the world, walked the strip, went the beach, played boardwalk games, and toured sf. it was a fabulous trip and i'm so glad we were able to bring it all together. this is something i will be able to talk about for a VERY long time. enjoy the pics!

big, scary steps

it's may 9th, 2011 and i am currently a former softball player at trinity college. during the nescac weekend the trinity softball team fell to tufts in the semi finals. we finished with a 22-14 record, not too shabby. today i handed in all of my practice gear, my helmut, and my softball bag. it's a very weird feeling and i can't quite describe it, but my fastpitch softball career has finally come to an end. i knew this day would come and i'm definitely looking forward to my coaching and slow pitch career, however something will just never be the same. My days as an athlete have ended. and something that might be even scarier, is that in exactly two weeks from today i will no longer be a trinity college student. my days are numbered here at trinity and i plan to make the most of them, but a part of me will be missing as my days as a student athlete are coming to an end. it's been a great run and i look forward to the next steps of my life. big scary steps, but nonetheless, the next part of my life!

motivation and inspiration

here's a little something to motivate the team as well as inspire any viewers.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEpqQfujBWw

how far will we go.....?

with only one weekend left to play in the regular season, the softball team is in contention for the number one spot in the NESCAC east division. next weekend we play tufts, our big rival. it looks like we'll have to win the series (win at least 2 out of the 3 games) in order to not only be in the tournament but to host! don't quote me on this, but i think that trinity has never hosted the nescac tournament. i do know that trinity has never WON the nescac tournament. so next week will be full of intense practice and friday will open up one of the most important and fun filled weekends i've played at trinity thus far. there will be TONS of fans, the weather is supposed to be great, and the team has never looked better. will softball and school winding down this weekend will be a great finish to the regular season and will hopefully push us forward to the next weekend in playoffs! wish us luck!!

TCSB

the softball season has officially started! the trinity bantams are 7-5, maybe not as well as we should be doing, but the best start of a season i've had in 4 years. we had a GREAT time in florida. my parents were down, my grandparents visited, and the people i babysat last year even came for a day! the weather was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and not too humid! great softball and a lot of fun as usual! i'm very much looking forward to my last season as a bantam, it's great being the oldest on the team and really filling my position as a leader. we have amherst tomorrow for our home opener and conference play starts this weekend with bowdoin. we're hoping for a lot of w's this week! wish us luck!

great coaching story

i hope i can make a difference in someone's life like this one day as a coach......

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3789373