What a week it's been!

So we all dropped Matthew off at the Giamatti Little League Center in Bristol, CT on Sunday the 13th. He confidently took his stuff to the Red Sox dorm and settled in quickly. That was the last we heard from him until the mail came on Wednesday. We received a 3 sentence letter that basically said he was having fun! Pick up was Friday at 10:00am, so we loaded back into the van for the 2 hour drive. It was about 95 degrees in the shade and 90% humidity, but the kids played a 6 inning game to demonstrate some of the skills they learned during the week. Matt laid down a BEAUTIFUL bunt during one of his at-bats. (see photo)

The most obvious sign that Matt enjoyed himself was the fact that he had NO voice all weekend! When we got home around 2:30 we scrambled to clean the house because the visitors from Delaware were due around 4:00! It was wonderful to see the Frerichs and spend some time with them before the big 70th birthday party for Barb on Saturday. Most of the clan managed to gather on Saturday around 2:00 to surprise her. The attendees were: The Jefferson DiLoretos, the Frerichs, Leslie, Ralph, Rob, Rachel and Terry, Nick and Gabriella (from the NY DiLoretos), and of course Nick and Barb.

I'm not convinced she was totally surprised, but we did the best we could! The rain held off for most of the day and we had tons of fun in the pool.

Sunday afternoon Tony took Matthew to Six Flags for his company outing and I dropped Elizabeth and Danielle off for a week of Girl Scout camp. We'll see how that went on Friday!