First Day of School

 August 10th was the first day of school for the Boskovich kids and all three of them were starting at a new school this year.  We had the whole spectrum of emotions from singing and dancing with excitement, to nervous chatter to sniffles and tears.  But they all came home the first day smiling and filled with stories about their new experiences.  

 

Addison Kate

1st Grade-Mrs. Fletcher

Oak Park Elementary

 

Amelia Grace

7th Grade

Ocean Springs Middle School

  

Luke Michael

4th Grade

Ocean Springs Upper Elementary

 

Luke and Addison ride the morning bus together and I love it!  They look so cute walking down the driveway together (although I can't hear them from my perch on the couch with my coffee, so they could be fighting but whatevs, they at least look like they love each other).

It makes me happy that Luke can look after his little sister on the bus although as Addison tells it, Luke tricks her into giving him her snack everyday. 

 

So this is the first time I have had all my babies at full time school.  And I thought I would be more distraught about it but I kinda had to control myself from dancing up and down the driveway when the bus pulled away.  Ha!  Kidding. Kind of. 

 

Being 12 is pretty awesome!

 

Amelia's 12 Birthday Party!! 

 We got a couple of hotel rooms and her closest friends and let them have a dinner out, swimming in the multiple pools and a sleepover.  

 

These girls had a GREAT time!  

The giggles never stopped. 

 

Dinner at Bubba Gump.

 

The girls swam all evening until the pools closed!

 

After all that swimming it was time for some gourmet cupcakes.  

 

Board games, present opening, more giggling and then eventually they went to bed...I think.

 

Only after all of her friends checked out at 11am did little brother and sister get to join in on the fun.  

 

This is the life...

Junior Team Tennis State Tournament

 

Near the end of our summer vacation, both Amelia and Luke's Junior Team Tennis teams, made it to the State Tournament in Jackson.  

Luke, Parker and Michael were ready to play...but first they cheered on their big siblings in the 12 and Under match.

 Little bit was a trooper the whole weekend cheering on big sister and big brother.  It was A LOT of tennis and it was HOT!  She was given many popsicles to keep the whining at bay. 

 

I was the coach of the 12 and Under team and they were a super great group of kids.  We won all of our local qualifying matches and were ready for some state competition!

 

Treasure Oak 12 and Under team.

 

Amelia has a fierce backhand. 

 Amelia played fabulously at this tournament, she must have played off of sheer adrenaline (and some Mountain Dew) because we picked her up straight from youth group camp where she averaged only a few hours of sleep a night.   But she was a fighter on the court.

 

Amelia played a girls singles match, two mixed doubles matches and a girls doubles match.  

She did awesome!  She won three out of the four matches that she played and we could not have been prouder.   

I was much more stressed out watching my children compete and coaching my little team than I have ever been while playing at the state level myself, man, I was a wreck. 

 

One of the best parts about state...hanging out with all of your friends at the hotel, restaurants and the pool!

 

 

Take a look at that temperature!  Mississippi is no joke in July.  

 

So proud of my whole 12 and Under team.  Most of them were beginners to tournament play and they really held their own.  We tied for second in our flight and ended up winning our consolation match so the kids were happy and I was happy with how much experience they each got on the court.  

 

Luke played and won three matches of boys doubles and he was on fire that weekend!

 

Luke and Eli played awesome doubles together, it must have been those awesome green shirts.

 

Addison, Amelia and Alden cheering on the 10 and Under team.

  

Treasure Oak 10 and Under team. 

Luke's team ended up competing in the finals! 

We were so proud of them and although that Jackson team (full of ringers, hee hee) beat us, we will be back next year!

Way to go TOCC!  2nd place in State!

 

 Luke with his tennis trophy towel.

 

It was a fun experience and the whole family had a great time!  Stephen and I were super impressed with Amelia and Luke's tennis and happy they seemed to really enjoy it!

The Great Escape

 

Amelia's church youth group went to camp for a week.  It is a Christian camp program geared to middle school students.  

Amelia has had quite the amazing summer, lucky girl.  

 

25 middle schoolers, no thank you!   Yikes!  God bless those youth leaders.

 

That is Amelia under all that shaving cream.  

 

 

Lake time.  

Making great memories this summer, our little girl is growing up.  

Happy 12th Birthday Amelia!

 Our Amelia Grace is 12 years old! 

 

It's hard to believe "Mimi" is 12 and about to enter middle school, the years have gone by so quickly.  

 

Mississippi necklace.  

 

The kids always get to pick a birthday dinner or whatever restaurant they want and Amelia always picks the same dinner.  Steak on the grill, baked potato and asparagus or corn on the cob.  

 

Happy 12th Birthday sweet Amelia!  We love you so much and are so proud of the young lady you have become.  

Happy 70th Birthday Grandma Nancy!

 

My mom always says her favorite thing is to have her whole family all together.  With 14 people in three different states, that is not an easy feat!  

But in July, we all traveled to a big vacation house in The Wisconsin Dells to celebrate Grandma Nancy's 70th birthday.  

 

The house was perfect for all of us, lots of bedrooms, a game room and a fire pit for s'mores.

 

The girls all set for s'more time.

 

Annie and Amelia, 11 years old.

And Max ,also 11, the funniest photo bomb ever.

 

While on vacation, we hired a photographer to take some great family photos of the whole group.

This is not one of those photos.  

But, my mom really, really wanted a picture in her birthday cake hat, so there you go. 

  

Our group was too big at dinner so we split up into two tables.  

The original Wellhoefer five...

 

And the fun table!!!

All the kids and uncles.  

 

 

Some super competitive mini golf.  At least if you were in Grandpa Jon's group.

 

Fun to mini golf with little bit because no matter what your score was she would say, "Yay!  A whole in 5!"

 

Addison was thrilled to share her hair bows with Cousin Evan.  

 

We went to a fun restaurant where the food and drinks were delivered on a train.  It also blew bubbles at the kids, they loved it.  

 

Have to visit the Wisconsin Ducks when in Wisconsin Dells.  

Just like it says, a fun adventure on land and water.  

 

We saw a mommy dear and two babies while on the Duck tour.  The baby is in the background behind the mommy.

 

Cousins!

Luke-9, Annie-11, Evan-14, Amelia-11, Max-11, Addison-6

 

The vacation house was also had a common area with a restaurant, playground, and an indoor and outdoor pool which was great with the kids.  

We had a fun time hanging out with everyone and my kids LOVED seeing all of their cousins at once.  

Happy Birthday Mom!  We love you!