Days with the Dorans

Well Friday Night Lights are back!! (except that the first two games are on Thursdays). I call them Marching Band Games though sometimes there are people throwing a football around (but sadly not too well). I feel badly for our team and wish they could have more success! The band is fun though and the band fans are loud! Since they didn't have their uniforms yet, they marched in T-shirts but it was great to see Seany doing his thing! 

After Away Camp, the band always puts on their preview show. It had to be at MY high school because Sean's is still under construction (even though my dad and I have been walking the parking lot there all summer). The parking at WLC is AWFUL but we got there early and managed to grab Sean's stuff quickly and get seats for his fan club! I was SO excited that Joe was able to make it home too! Sean went to all the Bigs things but with him the only one left at home, the sibs aren't able to get to his things. Ali and Z were home for the summer to work so I knew they were able to be there but when Joey came home it was the cherry on top! Sean was easy to spot because he has a unique Lions hat that he got in Myrtle Beach and we were so glad that he was wearing it! It is a bit easier to find him when he's not in FULL uniform but the hat definitely makes it easier! When I volunteered, I didn't ever see the band take the field or even play together so it was a total surprise,...

The day after Jeff and I got home from Kentucky, Sean was off to AWAY band camp. I hate that we had such little time together but we made the most of the Sunday night before and then next day, Jeff took Sean to the middle school (the HS is under construction AGAIN) and then he was off to camp with the band! The good news is that I was able to volunteer for band camp for at least one day. It was a long day though- because I went after tutoring (it was also the same day that Ali and I voted to I was pooped). But I was able to find Sean and take a few pictures myself. I swear my kids never get many pictures from the real photographers... Maybe it's because clarinets are usually near the back. I have been hearing from Sean regularly though! He is loving being an upperclassman and had fun in his cabin! I didn't get many pictures from him but I LOVED these fun selfies! I also loved his updates and in return I sent him pictures of his daughter (AKA Rizzo the guinea pig).

While we were gone, Sean had his band camp. It was weird not volunteering (but the sign-ups were filled up literally immediately- I've never seen anything like it). It was also weird that I couldn't see him and like his sibs, he's not the best at taking pictures. Thankfully the camp people take lots of pictures and I was able to see him in some! They had a Pink Day, Super Hero Day, America Day, Beach Day and Section Day. They wore Togas and I was logging in like crazy when we were away but they never posted them! I hope to find some eventually. Here are some of the pictures I got! Clarinets Flexing! (Their section won!) Mary H sent me this! I was so happy since I hadn't see him! And because that crazy kid of mine, they won!! Sean won the individual award for being "El Nacho"~ I guess he was a huge hit! America Day! Beach Day Someone turned my kid into a mermaid!  

The boys left EARLY!! I'm baaaack! After much too long not blogging, it is time for me to get back in the saddle. I'll be going forward and backward to fill in the gaps because clearly...  a lot has happened. The last post I made, Joey was in high school and he is now a junior in college. Covid did a number on me I think but I'm ready to start telling our story again~ I do love to write and my family is of course my favorite subject! Spied them on social media... Want to know what Z wasn't doing... TEXTING ME! The boys left early! I was sick (later I found out it was Covid) so Jeff dropped them off. I did wake early (2:30am) to get that first picture of them and hug them goodbye! I gave them instructions to update me and send pics like their sibs did back when they went to Disney as a freshman and sophomore. Well... they weren't doing so good. Sean and Hayden. Hayden is the son of two of my high school friends! So fun! They were roomies on the trip and both play cla...