October 2024

A member of my running group turned 50 in early October so we celebrated!

We had dinner at Esca. It was so cute!

Maggie and her friends decided to be M&Ms for Halloween.  My mom helped them make their costumes. 

Jim went to Notre Dame for the Glee Club reunion. He had a great time!

He got to see Ryan and his girlfriend on Ryan's 21st birthday!

Shenanigans happened at home while Jim was away.

I went on a retreat for New Ignatian Educators. I met other Jesuit educators from across the country.

Jim and I went to dinner with friends to plan our trip to Ireland. We ordered cocktails and when the waiter brought them out I initially thought this might be my drink, but it was Jim's. So cute!

Maggie tried on Jim's new wig (for a costume party).

Jim and I took the kids, and some of Charlie's friends, to a football game. Patrick and Luke ran into Mr. Ben, the seminarian serving at our parish.

Maggie thought it was so funny to see Jim with hair in his high school portrait. 

Jim and I were able to get away for a night. We met friends at a winery and then went back to their house in Innsbrook. 

I saw Jack's kindergarten teacher at church. We had just been talking about her the night before. She was awesome!

Happy 15th birthday, Patrick!

Patrick was excited to get a personalized pillow from Nana and Papa.  If you squeeze it, you hear a message they recorded.

A sweet coloring book Meara made him.

Jim's Halloween costume this year.  Slash. Nailed it.

We hosted the Jambeque at our house this year. Jim's friend Eric played a few songs with Jim and Paul early on.

Maggie played and sang Riptide. 

She was awesome!

She was nervous, but did great!  We are so proud of her!

Here is a video of her performance.

I didn't take too many more pictures, but it was a fun day.  

Jeff's boys played as well.

The next morning was the SLUH Mother-Son Mass and Brunch. Here is Patrick with a group of freshmen. 

The only year with both of them in high school. 

Maggie's soccer team had a parent vs. child scrimmage and the girls wore their Halloween costumes. Maggie wore her panda costume from last year.

My mom took the kids to the Science Center on their day off school.  I met them during a break to say hello and for a quick picture. 

We went to a neighbor's house for a quick bite before trick-or-treating. 

Some of the neighborhood gang.

The M&Ms!

On our walk back from trick-or-treating, we ran into some other 5th grade girls.