My First 4-H Fair!
This year my sister and I participated in the 4-H for the first year, so the upcoming fair was our first as well. The 4-H fair events started Friday, August 1, 2014, when a dance was held on the fairgrounds. I went to the dance with my two friends, Alex and Seth, and it was […]
My First Wedding!
Last September, my cousin Christine got engaged and planned to get married in June. I was not only excited for her but excited because I had never been to a wedding before. On Thursday, June 12th, the wedding festivities started. After my family ran some errands, we went to pick my dad’s and my tuxedos. […]
Engine Class: Week 6/10/14
In the fall, I enrolled in the 4-H Piston Pushers Club, which helps you learn the parts of and how to fix up small engines, and then lets you bring in your projects to work on to show in the Tolland County 4-H Fair. For the first half of the year we disassembled and then […]
Willington Baseball Nipped By Jewett City, 3-2
Jewett City- On Saturday, June 7th, 2014, my team, the Willington Baseball Team played at Jewett City. My team had lost it’s season opener, 11-4 at home to Jewett City, and we were looking for revenge. It was my first game of the season. In the first inning, we were ready to put up a […]
Happy Memorial Day!
Monday, May 26th my family gathered together for an evening dinner for Memorial Day and also to celebrate my cousin Catherine’s birthday. My family had a great classic summer dinner, with hamburgers, hot dogs, coleslaw, and two different types of potatoes! It was delicious! After polishing off our plates, my soon to be cousin-in-law JC […]
A Visit To The Mark Twain House
On Friday, March 21st, my family and I went to the Mark Twain House in Hartford. This historical site now consists of the visitors center which holds a theater for a short film on Mark Twain’s life, and an exhibit dedicated to his servants. This site also, includes his house and his carriage house, where […]
The Journey With Braces Is Over! (Hello Retainers.)
On St. Patrick’s Day (March 17, 2014), I finally got my braces off! It actually didn’t take that long, as the orthodontist used a tool to basically grind the braces off, so they disintegrated. The luck of the Irish was with me because it didn’t hurt! I got my braces on in August of 2011, […]
To The Playoffs!
UConn will be hosting the AHA quarterfinals in their final year as an AHA member. They will host Robert Morris for the second straight year; they swept Robert Morris in the quarterfinals last year, 4-1 and 4-3. Below are some of the best and most dramatic memories of goals, saves, and plays of UConn’s 2011, […]
Regular Season Over: UConn Earns First Round Bye And #4 Seed!
Although UConn had some opportunities to get more points in the standings, the Huskies still capped another great regular season by finishing in the top four for the second straight year, and earned a first round bye for the third time in four years. On February 21st, 2014, UConn hosted Army on Senior Night. The […]