September 2025

After cleaning Jack's room, it was ready for Patrick to move in.  I wanted a picture of how nice it looked before another teenager moved into it.

Jim's band played at the St. Louis Art Fair.

Their name was listed on the lineup for the Main Stage.

Jim's and Paul's mom came to support her favorite sons.

For his birthday, we gave Charlie a scooter.

The birthday boy requested dinner at Culvers.

Happy 14th birthday, Charlie!

We went to a garage concert at my aunt's and uncle's house that evening.

Maggie and Patrick were exhausted and fell asleep on the couch before the party was over.

One Friday evening, Jim suggested we ride bikes/scooters to Grant's Farm for their Oktoberfest celebration.

We were entertained by a polka band and a fun lady photobombed our picture.

We celebrated Charlie's birthday with the family that weekend. He requested ice cream cake.

These handsome guys are ready for cotillion.

We went up to visit Jack at Notre Dame.  It was so good to see him!

Nana was excited to see him, too!

Jack showed off his dorm to his siblings.

We visited Ryan's dorm. It might be the same room Jim lived in many years ago.

Jim sang with the Glee Club before the football game while the rest of us watched (and some sang along).

We watched the players' walk.  You can see Charlie in the left and Marcus Freeman in the right of the picture below.

Maggie's school friend was at the game because her mom was being honored as a former female ND athlete.

It was fun to be together the one semester Jack and Ryan were both at Notre Dame.

You can't tell from these pictures, but a big storm came in later and we had to evacuate the stadium before the game was over (we were allowed back in after it passed).

Maggie did LOTS of push ups!

Because of the weather delay, we were at the game late.  Some of us went back early and got dinner ready.  Jim and Charlie got this fun picture.

Jack came back to the house we rented for dinner.  Jim and I were happy to snuggle with him.

Charlie and Maggie were exhausted after a long day.

On Sunday morning, we went to mass on campus and then took a few pictures.

Jack showed us where he does his radio show.

We met up with Reagan for a quick hello.

Back home, Jim taught Charlie how to change an outlet.  Future electrician?

Jim played at a SLUH celebration.

The celebration coincided with Jim's 30th high school reunion.  I was able to catch up with several grade school friends.

The next day, Jim's band played at the parish Bratfest.