Cole performed Thursday Night in his 1st ever 6th grade band performance. He plays trumpet and did a great job.
Here are 2 songs they performed.
On Saturday, Jordan performed at her annual Xmas Piano recital.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Musical Weekend
In between basketball games, we managed to squeeze in some musical performances.
Cole performed Thursday Night in his 1st ever 6th grade band performance. He plays trumpet and did a great job.
Here are 2 songs they performed.
On Saturday, Jordan performed at her annual Xmas Piano recital.
Cole performed Thursday Night in his 1st ever 6th grade band performance. He plays trumpet and did a great job.
Here are 2 songs they performed.
On Saturday, Jordan performed at her annual Xmas Piano recital.
Sunday, December 04, 2011
The Nutcracker
We are used to seeing Jordan excel as an athlete when playing Soccer & Basketball but today we got to see her in a completely different light. You know that she has been taking ballet for years well, a few weeks back she decided she wanted to audition for the Nutcracker and she was lucky enough to be selected as an Angel.
After weeks of practice, performance week was finally here. Unfortunately, even parents can't see the shows without a $25 ticket. So we decided to wait for the final performance to see her on the big stage.
She was amazing!
All of the girls were equally impressive. They were all smiles and no one missed a beat. Even our boys thought the show was cool. A little long, but still cool.
They were so proud to see her up on the big stage.
After weeks of practice, performance week was finally here. Unfortunately, even parents can't see the shows without a $25 ticket. So we decided to wait for the final performance to see her on the big stage.
She was amazing!
All of the girls were equally impressive. They were all smiles and no one missed a beat. Even our boys thought the show was cool. A little long, but still cool.
They were so proud to see her up on the big stage.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
SPC Angels
After playing co-ed last season and seeing how good Jordan was at Basketball, we decided to move her to an all-girls team this season. I think we made the right choice. She is gaining confidence in her ability and does not have to be worried about getting bounced around by some of the more physical boys.
The Angels have started off a little slow losing our 1st game 13-11.
Yesterday they lost 10-8 (Jordan scored 4) but it was a hard fought game. The girls are playing hard and have made improvements in just 1 week. I'm confident we will see great things out of them in the weeks to come.
The Angels have started off a little slow losing our 1st game 13-11.
Baseball Fall Finale
I think I mentioned this before but Cole has left Rec ball and moved onto a Travel team. They look like they will be a strong AA team and with the right additions, may be able to a jump to the AAA level by end of the Spring.
The fall season officially came to end for Cole last week. His team ended up in 5th place in the Fall Finale Tournament. It was an Open tournament so all levels of teams were playing. The Jacket's played well in pool play but ran into a AAA/Major team which beat us pretty badly.
On the bright side, Cole got an opportunity to Pitch. While he loves Catching and playing 2B he did want at least 1 opportunity to try his hand at this level. I'm proud to report that he did really well. He faced 4 batters. the first reached on an error, the next singled and he retired the next 2 on grounders. He came off the field smiling and that's tough to do when your team losses big. Overall, it was a big adjustment but the team is starting to gel and Cole is the starting 2B and getting a lot of playing time at Catcher.
He gets 2 weeks off of baseball before the Winter workouts begin. In the interim, he started basketball so we really don't get much down time.
The fall season officially came to end for Cole last week. His team ended up in 5th place in the Fall Finale Tournament. It was an Open tournament so all levels of teams were playing. The Jacket's played well in pool play but ran into a AAA/Major team which beat us pretty badly.
On the bright side, Cole got an opportunity to Pitch. While he loves Catching and playing 2B he did want at least 1 opportunity to try his hand at this level. I'm proud to report that he did really well. He faced 4 batters. the first reached on an error, the next singled and he retired the next 2 on grounders. He came off the field smiling and that's tough to do when your team losses big. Overall, it was a big adjustment but the team is starting to gel and Cole is the starting 2B and getting a lot of playing time at Catcher.
He gets 2 weeks off of baseball before the Winter workouts begin. In the interim, he started basketball so we really don't get much down time.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Friday, November 04, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Lacrosse Season
Noah played in his last Lacrosse game of the season. He has had an absolute blast and is already talking about giving up Baseball and playing Lacrosse full time. Fortunately we have time to decide before both start up again in the spring.
Sunday was the team's last game. The boys have improved so much over the course of the season and it all came together against Pope.
The Trojans jumped out to an early 8-2 lead. Here is Noah scoring the a goal early in the game.
Noah Goal (You may have to click it twice to get it normal size)
Pope came storming back to tie the game at 8-8 late in the 4th quarter.
With 2 minutes to go in the game, here is how it ended.
Game Winning Goal
We are so proud of the team which finished 5 wins against 3 losses.
Noah played great all season long and this last game was huge for him. 2 Goals, 3 assists.
He ended the season with 3 goals and 13 assists.
Sunday was the team's last game. The boys have improved so much over the course of the season and it all came together against Pope.
The Trojans jumped out to an early 8-2 lead. Here is Noah scoring the a goal early in the game.
Noah Goal (You may have to click it twice to get it normal size)
Pope came storming back to tie the game at 8-8 late in the 4th quarter.
With 2 minutes to go in the game, here is how it ended.
Game Winning Goal
We are so proud of the team which finished 5 wins against 3 losses.
Noah played great all season long and this last game was huge for him. 2 Goals, 3 assists.
He ended the season with 3 goals and 13 assists.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
The Natural - We had no idea whether or not...
The Natural - We had no idea whether or not Noah would like Lacrosse but apparently the kid is a natural. 5 assists in 2 games and loving every minute of it.  |
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Saturday, October 01, 2011
Google + wtf
So I don't Facebook but I do blog (occasionally). So I decided to tryout Google +.
No idea why but will give it a shot.... Google +
No idea why but will give it a shot.... Google +
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Disney Cruise!
We just got back from the Disney Dream and in a word, it was AWESOME.
The ship was amazing and we had an incredible time. I can't say enough about how fun it was. The ship, the food, the service, everything was 5-star. The only negatives with the trip was that the weather was a bit overcast when we hit the Bahamas and Castaway Cay and 3 days was way too short.
The ship was amazing and we had an incredible time. I can't say enough about how fun it was. The ship, the food, the service, everything was 5-star. The only negatives with the trip was that the weather was a bit overcast when we hit the Bahamas and Castaway Cay and 3 days was way too short.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Fall Sports
Fall Sports are underway and our schedule is CRAZY
Jordan is playing Soccer and has practices/games 3x a week.
She has Piano and Dance and also was selected to be in the Nutcracker for the Holiday season. Add in that thing called school and she is fully booked.
Noah decided to pass on Fall Baseball and Soccer to try his hand at Lacrosse.
Cole is playing Travel Ball and was picked up by the Shaw Park Jackets. The Fall / Winter schedule will be light and they will only play a few tournaments before moving inside for some winter conditioning. He is really looking forward to the season.
I will post picks whenever possible.
Jordan is playing Soccer and has practices/games 3x a week.
She has Piano and Dance and also was selected to be in the Nutcracker for the Holiday season. Add in that thing called school and she is fully booked.
Noah decided to pass on Fall Baseball and Soccer to try his hand at Lacrosse.
Cole is playing Travel Ball and was picked up by the Shaw Park Jackets. The Fall / Winter schedule will be light and they will only play a few tournaments before moving inside for some winter conditioning. He is really looking forward to the season.
I will post picks whenever possible.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Summertime Blues...or Blacks..
Who knew that less than 2 miles from the house is this awesome little farm.
Laura took the kids Blackberry picking today and they had a blast.
Laura took the kids Blackberry picking today and they had a blast.
Monday, July 18, 2011
2011 10U Cougars - It's over
After 6 weeks of travel ball, it finally ended.
The State tournament was held at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA (right on the GA / Tennessee border). It was a great experience and the boys played a lot of baseball. Unfortunately, it ended a few games short of a championship.
Of the 24 teams, our Sandy Plains Cougars finished 5th in the State. It was a fun experience and hopefully Cole will look back on this as a really enjoyable time.
After working his tail off, he earned the leadoff spot in the lineup and the starting Second base job.
He really grew as a player both offensively and defensively.
His final stats:
The State tournament was held at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA (right on the GA / Tennessee border). It was a great experience and the boys played a lot of baseball. Unfortunately, it ended a few games short of a championship.
Of the 24 teams, our Sandy Plains Cougars finished 5th in the State. It was a fun experience and hopefully Cole will look back on this as a really enjoyable time.
After working his tail off, he earned the leadoff spot in the lineup and the starting Second base job.
He really grew as a player both offensively and defensively.
His final stats:
| Name | PA | AB | H | RUNS | RBI | SB | BA | OB% | |||
| Schwartz | 59 | 49 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 12 | .408 | .508 |
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
Priceless!
Summer vacation 2011 - New York
This year we decided to take the kids to a nice relaxing vacation in the mountains of upstate New York. Well, not so fast. Due to some late changes of plans, we spent 1 day upstate, a day in Jersey and a few in good old NYC.
It was an action packed week and the kids have some experiences that will last a lifetime.
On our first day we drove to one of Laura's elementary school friends from Pittsburgh. It was a nice break after the early morning travel. Our kids got to take a break and play with some new friends for a few hours while Laura and her friend got to visit and catch up on some lost time.
Then we were off on a 3 hour drive up to Cooperstown. Granted, our rental, a Hyundai Sonata was a bit on the small side but you would think that the kids have never driven in sedan before. We all got our fair share of "He's touching me! or "She's touching me!"
There was still plenty of daylight when we arrived so decided to grab a quick dinner before heading into Cooperstown to scout out the town for our next days adventures.
As you drive into town, you pass Cooperstown Dream Park. This is the pinnacle for Youth Baseball and after seeing it up close, we hope to play there in the coming years.
Cooperstown itself is a quaint little town and the kids loved all the stores lined with item after item of Yankees gear.
Tuesday was Hall of Fame day. We got up early and headed into town to explore the Hall. Before going in, we needed to fuel up on Jordan's power breakfast.
As for the Hall itself, it was awesome! The kids had a great time seeing the memorabilia. There was a scavenger hunt to keep them busy in each section of the museum so not only did they see some cool things, they learned a few things about the history of the game. It was a really nice day. Here are just a few of the many pictures taken.
One of their favorite moments came when they were selected to perform the radio call of Hank Aaron's
Cole was the color commentator, Jordan read the station identification and Noah was the "sound effects technician" You can check out their performance here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbLA0LGHHA
The day would not have been complete without picking up some souvenirs, the coolest being Cole's personally engraved bat from the Where is All Began Bat Company.
That night we headed back down to Jersey to visit Mimi. The kids got to spend some really nice time both at Dinner on Tuesday and bringing bagels over Wednesday morning.
After breakfast, we headed into NYC and became tourists. Noah really wanted to go to the top of the Empire State building so that was 1st on the agenda. It was a beautiful day and we saw for miles. Jordan was a little shutterbug taking picture after picture. Here are just a few of the shots.
A visit to NYC wouldn't be complete without stopping for some Hot Dogs. We worked up quite an appetite at the Empire State Building so we quickly hit the Papaya Dog store across the street.
After lunch, the kids wanted to hit Times Square for the giant Toys R Us and M&M world. As we were making our way uptown, we saw a line forming a block before the stores. It turned New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who was promoting an upcoming TV show.
The kids really thought that was cool as they got to meet him and get an autographed mini football.
After hitting a few of the stores, we were hungry again so we did what everyone should do when in the City. Catch a train downtown for dinner. Since we had already eaten Chines, Little Italy beat out Chinatown as the dinner of choice. We ate at a simple Italian restaurant right on Mulberry Street. The food was OK but the kids thought the experience was great. Jordan loved hearing everyone speaking Italian in Little Italy, Chinese in Chinatown and Spanish in the Bronx.
We finished off with some gelato and coffee from Ferrara's. It was a great ending to a very LONG day.
Tomorrow - Yankee Stadium!
It was an action packed week and the kids have some experiences that will last a lifetime.
Then we were off on a 3 hour drive up to Cooperstown. Granted, our rental, a Hyundai Sonata was a bit on the small side but you would think that the kids have never driven in sedan before. We all got our fair share of "He's touching me! or "She's touching me!"
There was still plenty of daylight when we arrived so decided to grab a quick dinner before heading into Cooperstown to scout out the town for our next days adventures.
As you drive into town, you pass Cooperstown Dream Park. This is the pinnacle for Youth Baseball and after seeing it up close, we hope to play there in the coming years.
Cooperstown itself is a quaint little town and the kids loved all the stores lined with item after item of Yankees gear.
Tuesday was Hall of Fame day. We got up early and headed into town to explore the Hall. Before going in, we needed to fuel up on Jordan's power breakfast.
As for the Hall itself, it was awesome! The kids had a great time seeing the memorabilia. There was a scavenger hunt to keep them busy in each section of the museum so not only did they see some cool things, they learned a few things about the history of the game. It was a really nice day. Here are just a few of the many pictures taken.
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| Noah & Jeter |
One of their favorite moments came when they were selected to perform the radio call of Hank Aaron's
Cole was the color commentator, Jordan read the station identification and Noah was the "sound effects technician" You can check out their performance here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbLA0LGHHA
The day would not have been complete without picking up some souvenirs, the coolest being Cole's personally engraved bat from the Where is All Began Bat Company.
That night we headed back down to Jersey to visit Mimi. The kids got to spend some really nice time both at Dinner on Tuesday and bringing bagels over Wednesday morning.
After breakfast, we headed into NYC and became tourists. Noah really wanted to go to the top of the Empire State building so that was 1st on the agenda. It was a beautiful day and we saw for miles. Jordan was a little shutterbug taking picture after picture. Here are just a few of the shots.
A visit to NYC wouldn't be complete without stopping for some Hot Dogs. We worked up quite an appetite at the Empire State Building so we quickly hit the Papaya Dog store across the street.
After lunch, the kids wanted to hit Times Square for the giant Toys R Us and M&M world. As we were making our way uptown, we saw a line forming a block before the stores. It turned New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who was promoting an upcoming TV show.
The kids really thought that was cool as they got to meet him and get an autographed mini football.
After hitting a few of the stores, we were hungry again so we did what everyone should do when in the City. Catch a train downtown for dinner. Since we had already eaten Chines, Little Italy beat out Chinatown as the dinner of choice. We ate at a simple Italian restaurant right on Mulberry Street. The food was OK but the kids thought the experience was great. Jordan loved hearing everyone speaking Italian in Little Italy, Chinese in Chinatown and Spanish in the Bronx.
We finished off with some gelato and coffee from Ferrara's. It was a great ending to a very LONG day.
Tomorrow - Yankee Stadium!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
White Lightning
Noah's All-star season ended a bit too soon. He had a good little team but not enough to get them into the championship game.
It was a fun experience for him as he got to play 2nd Base and Catcher.
It was a fun experience for him as he got to play 2nd Base and Catcher.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Memorial Day 2011
Noah took a break from his his busy sports activities this morning to take part in something really special.
He and his cub scout pack, along with scouts from around the area, planted ~ 18,000 flags at the Marietta National Cemetery for our fallen soldiers.
He he is carefully placing an American flag in front of a grave, then then stepping back and gives a solemn salute.
He and his cub scout pack, along with scouts from around the area, planted ~ 18,000 flags at the Marietta National Cemetery for our fallen soldiers.
He he is carefully placing an American flag in front of a grave, then then stepping back and gives a solemn salute.
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