June 2022

Tessie finished her first season of town travel soccer

She still favors her left foot

Erin finished spring track at the Massachusetts middle school state championship meet

Coaches Joe and Dave from Waltham Track were on hand to watch their proteges 

Erin ran the mile in 6:19, well off her personal best, and had to retire from the 4x800 relay due to recurring pain in her heel from Sever's disease. She will take it easy this summer to recover for XC in the fall.

Tessie finished her spring track season in the 9-10 age bracket and excelled in long jump and the 100-200

Breakdown of living room shoe collection: Tessie 14, Erin 7, Caroline 4, Heather 5, Dave 1 

We started a deck project to replace the aging shade deck

We continued lessons to teach our girls to play cards with real people

Summer picnic around the solstice

For Juneteenth weekend Dave and the girls traveled to DC to see sisters and cousins

Peter cooked up a feast at the beach and the kids played hours of beach volleyball

The next weekend was Caroline and Erin's weeklong Appalachian Mountain Club hiking camp

5 days of alpine hiking and staying in the AMC high huts of the White Mountains

Even though temps at the bottom were in the 80s, the summit of Mt. Washington did not disappoint for its reputation for fierce weather. Winds while they were there were sustained at 60 mph and gusting to 70 mph with a temp of 38F and wind-chill of 22F. The weekend before a solo hiker had gotten caught in a snow squall beneath the summit and despite radioing for help he died from exposure. 

We were home for the 4th of July and enjoyed the surprisingly good local Lexington firework display