4th Of July!

Kaitlyn and Amanda

Kaitlyn,Amanda,Mike

Dianne

Tim and Denise

Lisa and Michael

Amanda and Mike

Amanda and Kaitlyn in the t-shirts they made

Kaitlyn,Pat,Amanda

Brandon,Amanda,Mike,Jake

Teya and her glow necklace

Even though the weather was not very good, we still had a fun 4th of July. Angela was camping up at Indian Lake in the Adirondacks with her gymnast friend Bailey and her family, and even though it was cold and windy, she had a lot of fun. We started with fireworks on Friday night up in Brewerton. Amanda's friends Mike and Kaitlyn, along with Dianne,Jake, Lisa,Mike, and Michael joined us on the Brewerton Bridge. It was really windy, but they were able to set off the fireworks. Tim didn't enjoy the company of the "Pabst Blue Ribbon" crowd, so he, along with Jake left before the fireworks even started. I will admit the crowd was a bit "colorful", so per Amanda's request we moved to the opposite side of the bridge. We could not see the fireworks as well, but it was definitely more family friendly. We planned to go out on the boat on Saturday, but again the weather did not cooperate, way to windy. So Amanda had some friends over, and Mark and Brandon Hood stopped by. It was a quieter 4th of July then we are used to, we usually have a party at our house, but it was very relaxing. We will definitely be ready for next year's 4th, weather permitting!

She's Movin' on Up!

Angela in her pink sparkle Barbie dress

a little blurry but I like this pic of her

check out the Bandolino shoes

Amanda and Angela

Angela and her bf Jeffrey

They wore their cheerleading spankies under their dresses

Ang and a group of her friends

Ang and her good friends Caden, Vishal, Rachael

Angela and her friend Beau

Academic Achievement Award

Art Excellence Award

Her Certificate of Promotion










Angela had her 8th grade moving up ceremony this past Wednesday. It's a ceremony her school holds as the kids leave Soule Road Middle School. She is officially a freshman! It was a nice ceremony, and she received a couple of nice awards. She looked so pretty and her dress was so sparkly, she looked like a disco ball walking across the stage! I can't believe I will have two kids in high school, although Angela will be at the 9th grade annex, which technically is not the high school. It has gone so fast, I really can't believe it. Like Kenny Chesney says in one of his songs "100 years goes faster than you think, don't blink"

Working at the Car Wash!

Angela trying a new stunt

The girls

Angela

Angela and her friends

Tim in the sparkling clean vette

Washing the Vette





Angela had her first(I'm sure of many) fundraiser for cheerleading. She had to wash cars at a local gas station, and I (unknowingly) signed up to be a chaperon. The weather was perfect, the girls were really sweet, and I met some really nice parents. To drum up more business, the girls decided to put Angela up in some stunts. It must have worked because they raised quite a bit of money. They even got to wash a fancy red car!!

Peonies!

Playing around with a color feature on my camera

Besides lilacs, peonies are my favorite flowers. To bad both of my favorite flowers only last such a short time. I took these photos in my garden this past weekend.Enjoy!

Rickity Rackity Russ!

Angela

Angela on the modified squad

Angela flying


Last week were the try-outs for the Liverpool JV and Varsity cheerleading squads. The coaches for both cheerleading and track were pretty flexible with Angela, as she had to leave some track practices early, and missed 2 days of try-outs due to track meets. Apparently the cheerleading coaches were very impressed with Angela, because she made VARSITY!! Angela was the only 8th grader to make it. I guess it's pretty much unheard of for a incoming freshmen to make varsity(I guess those years and years of gymnastics helped). I was a little worried about how the older girls were going to treat Angela, but so far they have been great, in fact they all want her to be their flyer because she doesn't weigh very much. I never realized that cheerleading is pretty much a 10 month sport, she will cheer for football in the fall, basketball in the spring, and have competitions in between. I guess we will be spending a lot of time sitting in the bleachers! Congratulations Angela!

Last Track Meet!

Warming up before the relay

Looks like it's hurting Christina more

Angela

Joking around with Coach Olden

Practicing the relay

Sisterly love

Tim and Amanda

Victoria,Rachel,Angela







Here are some photos and videos of Angela's last 2 track meets. She really enjoyed running this year and can't wait till next spring when she will be on the high school team.She came in 1st in the 100M and her relay team once again came in first. Congratulations to all the Liverpool girls on their undefeated season. Check out her videos, she really flies!








4X100 relay







100M

Liverpool vs Henninger!

Angela and Christina getting ready for the relay

Hair emergency at the long jump pit

Angela and teammates


Angela had a track meet this past week at Henninger High School(part of the Syracuse City School District). Henninger is a big school and a big competitor in track. Liverpool not only won this meet, Angela had one of her personal best meets to date. She placed first in the 100m, 3rd in the long jump, and her 4x100 relay team placed 1st. Her relay team is still undefeated. Two meets left, next up Baldwinsville then Fayetteville-Manlius. Check out her videos! Great job Angela!!

4x100 relayLong jump100Meter