A weekend off...and vaccines, vaccines, vaccines!!

Well, Claire had a local USJGT tourney scheduled for Saturday, but it has rained and rained here, so the tourney was cancelled.  SO, we changed our plans and met friends for dinner and then desert at the new Milk Bar.  Now that all the adults are fully vaccinated, we are finally venturing out a tad!  So we had a blast and Claire staistfied her sweet tooth!

Claire is one of the 5 finalists in the Commercial Appeal's I Am Sport Award this year....and the only underclassman to boot!  This award is for an outstanding high school athlete who has extraordinary volunteerism and citizenship....so proud of her for her nomination.  WKNO interviewed her and also came to Quail to watch and film her play....can't wait to see what comes of it!!Go Claire Go!

Fun decorating the porch for Easter...Claire did the cross sign on a rainy afternoon in 10 minutes!

 And last but not least, I have been so proud to be a part of local efforts in Memphis and Bartlett to vaccinate as many as possible.  I have no pics of me at the mass vaccination sites, as I am so bust I don't stop, but on this day I got to help vaccinate 743 teachers and staff of the Bartlett School System....so rewarding and fun!

Claire goes to Huntsville for a 2 Day SSJC Event!

Our 3rd week in a row of brutal 2 day tournaments ended today in Huntsville, AL at an amazingly beautiful and difficult Robert Trent Jones Hampton Cove Trail.  Claire played from 5800 yds and struggled, but, apparantly so did many girls.  So she pulled a 3rd place in her division, which was a pleasant suprise!  We enjoyed the rolling hills, the scenery, the houses, and meeting new people.  Claire's just in another class of golf now...the girls are WAY bigger and have been playing golf for years and years.....needless to say, little bit has some catching up to do, and she will!

My view from almost every hole....

Brutal obstacles all over the course...sand , sand, and more sand was everywhere!

This is the size I was talking about.....

Lance was able to be her caddy and offer advice WHEN she asked for it....

we were tired and weary and sun burned, but didn't care!

Claire with the tournament director...he forgot to hand her the medal in the clubhouse so he grabbed a cart and found us packing up in the parking lot!  She enjoyed theis event, despite higher scores than she would typically like!  Go Claire Go!!!

 

Busy Week!

So we traveled outside of Birmingham to another brutally hard course for Claire to compete in her 2nd Hurrican Tour event...she placed last and learned so much.  This is new territory to CLaire...losing that is.  She is learning form the elite competiton and courses and will just get better....not to mention shes been the youngest and of course smallest....go Claire go!  On to Huntsville this week!

Every hole was on a beautiful rolling hill with lovely views!

Jesse!!! So glad he and Emily came to support Claire!  We even visited Samford while we were there, and Claire loved it!

My hair was on the news giving vaccines!

Claire getting putting help from the regualrs at Quail Ridge!

I love the delicous lunches that give to us nurse volunteers after a great day giving vaccines!!!

Off to Huntsville in a few days...will post soon!

 

Happy 14th Adoption Day!!!

Happy 14th Adoption Day to this ray of sunshine and one of the hardest workers we've even met!  You complete us!  We love you!! Off we go this am to Birmingham for a 2 day tourney....Jesse and Emily will be there to meet her and celebrate this day/weekend with us all!!!

 

Claire starts travel golf!

Well, our little one has begun her first travel 2 day tournament golf  season!  We began in Nashville and had a brutal start.....She played at the beautiful Vanderbilt Legends Course.  It's a Div 1 Home course for Vanderbilt and was long, long, long, hilly, windy, and wet.....did I mention wet?  So, needless to say, Claire had a high score, which she's not used to, and played some of the best in the country.  The pic above his her pairing from the second day, and she did post a better score than both of them....and they were seniors and junionrs... One of her opponents on day was was from Mayland, ended up winning the tourney, and was having to choose between Duke or Princeton!  She is in a different league now.....  This will only make her better!  These are the sized girls she will be playing against from here on out....but she will adapt and get better! Next weekend...off to Birmingham, Alabama!!!!

 

10 inches!!

On day 1 of the snow event, Claire started panicking about our birds not being able to get to their food source.. she had fun spreading seed...we used a huge bag in 2 days....birds were everywhere!  Claire made a makeshift shelter our of her push cart box.....

Soft snow everywhere!  We loved the snow, but are ready for spring temps!  Claire hasn't played golf in weeks!!!

We are seeing all kinds of birds that we never have in the back yard.....

when we spreaded the seed, it would just fall inches beneath the snow...these birds were having to work way too hard for a morsel of seed! Well, we Memphians had our snao, but are ready to leave this house and go back to school and golf!  Bring on the higher temps!!!!
 

Happy Valentine's Day!

We celebrated Valentine's Day with Jesse last week when he was here for Super Bowl Sunday with Lance! They had to pull out their Brady jerserys for this one...even though it's the wrong team!!!!

Well, I finally got my first golf club....we are starting with baby steps!  Claire is my coach...we shall see how this goes!

We are missing Jesse today, as he is back as MSU...but we did Valentine's Day with him a week early and we got him his 1st George Foreman Grill...he's loving it and learning to cook something new every day!!

Well, Claire finally is out of her junior push cart so we took her to Edwin Watts and took her new bag and let her pick her new one! Happy Valentines Day to Claire!

Claire was able to join me Friday at the soup kitchen.  We are at only 2 volunteers per day, so it was just us and the cook!  Great day!

Love Claire's cards.....

Claire bought me an infuser!  So excited to use this!

 

February Fun.....

Claire's Christmas presents are finally coming in!  And this was the one she was so tickled about!  She finally earned her name on her own Ogio bag....a ladies bag finally! Moving on from a kid bag!

I am volunteering twice a week for at least the month of February to give mass vaccinations at the Pipkin Builing!  I have missed stuff like this and everything just came back to me....so blessed I could help vaccinate so many......and meet new friends along the way!

 

Big News for Claire...and I'm ready for Spring!

Well, the LPGA called me last week and asked me if Claire would mind being on the new LPGA site that they are working on.....they are focusing on diversity in women's golf, and also want to include a few ameteurs alongside the pros...so they chose Claire as one and she is tickled!  Should be a few weeks before it goes live, but should be fun.  There will be a head shot, a golf shot, and a little bio page.....proud of Claire!!

I have started back sewing for me and I decided to tackle this spring dress...lots of little flaws but it's wearable and I learned so much!  I forgot how much I loved to sew....since there has been zero golf, but has my time freed up!!

 

January Goings-On

Well, last week would have been the big SBA trip to the Pro Life March in DC....of course that's not happening this year, so Claire and friends in the Pro-Life club enjoyed a mass by Bishop Talley.  Not the same, but that will make next year's trip all the sweeter!!

Because it's been cold and not as much happening with golf lately, I decided to sew a bit...it's been ages since I've sewn for me.  So I'm just refreshing my skills and having fun....Going to try a bell sleeved shift next....