Hello, friends and family! Hard to believe it's been a year since my last update. That, alone, should clue you in as to how crazy this past year has been. Last year, I had just got a job at the world famous Albanese Candy Factory, only to find out that the candy is really the only thing world famous there. The girls joined Jasper County 4H and are loving it, and a myriad of other things since the last update. So lets get to it shall we?!
The Fall of 2014 brought some changes. Some positive, some not so positive. I had just gotten a new job at Albanese Candy Factory in September of 2014, after losing a job of 14 years at Elco Laboratories to a company buy out by Chicago Aerosol. The girls had moved up a level in Soccer, making them first time U-10's! What a season it was too! The girls first year playing U-10 and our first coaching it, meant our first season playing Tournaments on the last day of the season! And guess what?! Our team ended the day taking Second place for the Fall 2014 season as first year U-10's! As Soccer ended, Basketball sign ups came. And so did 4H! Basketball came first and we had a great season once again! We were very blessed to have two great teams, one for Soccer and the other for Basketball! We ended the Basketball season only losing two games! Then it was time for 4H! Although the girls could not show their Chickens this past Summer due to the Bird Flu, they still were able to make posters about chickens, and were also able to show their chickens eggs as well! For the posters, Faith took Grand Champion and was selected to go to the Indiana State Fair with her poster. Hope took Reserve Grand Champion for her poster and Charity received a Blue Ribbon. In the egg class, Hope took Reserve Grand Champion again for her Brown eggs and Charity took Champion for her Blue eggs! All three girls had their pictures with their ribbons in the local paper! As for Faith and the Indiana State Fair, she received a Blue Ribbon, and the whole family took a trip there to see it! It was our first time ever going to the State Fair and we all had a great time!
As for Albanese, well it just goes to show that all that glitters isn't necessarily Gold. They were great for making all kinds of big promises, but there was no follow through on any of them. So after seven months, I took another job and left Albanese. I am now currently working for Con Agra Foods in Rennselaer, and it has turned out to be the best move. The girls are currently in 4th Grade and are doing marvelous as usual, learning new things everyday and amazing both Amy and I with how quickly they can learn them! Due to them getting into 4H this last Spring, and Amy and I not knowing for sure how much time that would take up, we decided to skip Spring Soccer for this year, but we did play again this past Fall. Again we were U- 10's and once again we took Second place on Tournament Day for Fall 2015! After two seasons taking Second place, we've decided we have enough Second place Trophies and are focused on that elusive First place Trophy for the Spring season!
And as if that weren't enough, we learned this past Spring that the Board of Directors for the Soccer league were all leaving after the Fall season. The worst part was that Volunteers to take it over were very scarce. After talking it over with Amy and another Soccer mom who happens to be a good friend of ours, we decided that we would all run for positions in the November elections to try and keep the league going for the kids and the community. The elections were held November 16th and a new Board of Directors was elected. I won the President's chair, Amy won Secretary and our Friend, Heaven, took Treasurer and Web Master. We have a lot of work to do, but we are all up for the challenges our positions will bring! Wish us luck! We're going to need it! Well, that's all there is to report for now! I will try not to wait so long before updates next time!
The Fall of 2014 brought some changes. Some positive, some not so positive. I had just gotten a new job at Albanese Candy Factory in September of 2014, after losing a job of 14 years at Elco Laboratories to a company buy out by Chicago Aerosol. The girls had moved up a level in Soccer, making them first time U-10's! What a season it was too! The girls first year playing U-10 and our first coaching it, meant our first season playing Tournaments on the last day of the season! And guess what?! Our team ended the day taking Second place for the Fall 2014 season as first year U-10's! As Soccer ended, Basketball sign ups came. And so did 4H! Basketball came first and we had a great season once again! We were very blessed to have two great teams, one for Soccer and the other for Basketball! We ended the Basketball season only losing two games! Then it was time for 4H! Although the girls could not show their Chickens this past Summer due to the Bird Flu, they still were able to make posters about chickens, and were also able to show their chickens eggs as well! For the posters, Faith took Grand Champion and was selected to go to the Indiana State Fair with her poster. Hope took Reserve Grand Champion for her poster and Charity received a Blue Ribbon. In the egg class, Hope took Reserve Grand Champion again for her Brown eggs and Charity took Champion for her Blue eggs! All three girls had their pictures with their ribbons in the local paper! As for Faith and the Indiana State Fair, she received a Blue Ribbon, and the whole family took a trip there to see it! It was our first time ever going to the State Fair and we all had a great time!
As for Albanese, well it just goes to show that all that glitters isn't necessarily Gold. They were great for making all kinds of big promises, but there was no follow through on any of them. So after seven months, I took another job and left Albanese. I am now currently working for Con Agra Foods in Rennselaer, and it has turned out to be the best move. The girls are currently in 4th Grade and are doing marvelous as usual, learning new things everyday and amazing both Amy and I with how quickly they can learn them! Due to them getting into 4H this last Spring, and Amy and I not knowing for sure how much time that would take up, we decided to skip Spring Soccer for this year, but we did play again this past Fall. Again we were U- 10's and once again we took Second place on Tournament Day for Fall 2015! After two seasons taking Second place, we've decided we have enough Second place Trophies and are focused on that elusive First place Trophy for the Spring season!
