Tim the Athlete: A Senior Spotlight

Tim's cross country coach asked for some photos of him in sports.  I had a look through and found some photos that show "Tim the Athlete."

Tim has been (and will be) in a sport every single season of school his high school career.   I'm very proud of him for that!  

Freshman year: 

Cross Country, 

Winter Track, and

Spring Track

Sophomore, Junior and Senior Year:  

Cross Country, 

Ski Team and 

Spring Track

Tim has been skiing since right after his 8th birthday.

He picked up alpine skiing in one single Saturday in  Dec. 2015 and has skied every season since.  

Last season 2025 he started teaching ski lessons at McIntyre ski resort.

Backcountry cross country skiing (winter camping).  Tim picked up cross country skiing several years ago as well. 

Tim's also been swimming since he was 6, often with added weight on his back - without complaint!   hahaha

  

Tim is an amazing hiking, ski, and camping buddy. He doesn't complain and he has incredible endurance.  Even if it's terribly cold and hard going, he keeps moving forward with determination.

Camp Calumet was a highlight of Tim's cross country experience each summer.

Coach Kelly Fox in front, Tim is 10th from the left

"Tim the Athlete" has been prepared to graduate, study, get married, be an amazing father, but also Tim has learned hard work and determination in another way too.

He has been attending early morning seminary for the past 4 years at 6 am BEFORE school.  He will graduate, not only from high school this year but also from 4 years of seminary.  He is an ordained priest and you will find him every Sunday early to church to prepare and bless the sacrament for the congregation.

I admire him so much!   I know that as he graduates this year that he will be successful in all he does. His positive attitude, hard work ethic, love for others, and determination to do what is right is an inspiration to me.  

Tim is planning after graduation to fulfill a full time church mission.  This is a 2 year volunteer service.  He will be sent somewhere in the world to serve others, to "go about doing good", and to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.   He will be ordained an Elder and, much like Jesus Christ, go about ministering to people spiritually and physically.

He has been preparing for this for years, and I couldn't be more proud of him for his desire to put aside his own needs, education and work opportunities for these 2 years and to spend it in the service of his fellowman.

I believe that God will bless him for it and that it will also make him a better student, husband, father and citizen of the world for his service.   God bless you Tim!   Your parents are proud of you and love you immensely!!

***Stay tuned for news sometime in March/April to see WHERE in the WORLD "Tim the Athlete" will serve!***

September Shinanigans

 Ah - Fall in New England.  Does it get any better than this?   I wish all days could be Fall days.

The photos uploaded from the end of September to the beginning, so we'll go backwards in time.

The Blackout Game in Windham is the event of the year.  Everyone is there!

Unless, you are at the ward campout....then Cora and Aaron are there.  They came all the way to Zions Camp late in the night to join us camping. :)

Can you see Cora in the line up cheering the cancer fighters on?

Tim started his last season of cross country meets!

Scott took the kids and Anna to the Umass Hockey Game whilst I was camping with my girlfriends in Cape Cod

Second annual Cape Cod trip

The Brewster Store on the cape is so cool

Campers

Scott and Cora did some mountain biking.  Scott's knee was really bothering him, but biking was a good substitute for soccer.  He's got some meniscal tears, so his soccer days are likely over.

Normal life.   Always fighting to put away the shoe pile.

Tim getting senior portraits

I was in charge of keeping kids happy. :)

Cora is still walking Curtis after school  She's done it 1-5 times a week for 3 years.

Tim took Chelsea to the Isabella Gardner Museum

I decided to make a quick stop at the Deerfield Fair after the Ward Campout.  It was crazy HUGE!

So expensive...rides, food, entrance....everything is really pricey, but I enjoyed getting a quick look at all the fuss.  This is supposed to be a smaller one compared to Topsfield fair too, but it was huge.

Zions Camp at the Waterfront in the morning

Zions Camp

The Blackout Game

Cora's "besties" the Blackout Game

Red letter day

Tim got his first haircut that I can remember that wasn't at home with Dad

The barber gave him a "Fade"

Scott was promoted to FULL professor!  Go Scott!

They had a fancy dinner for all the professors moving up in the world.

These are those in Engineering

The whole group of new full professors in all fields at Umass Lowell

A little testing Scott is working on

"Put on the whole armor of God!

Scott started teaching a mission prep class to Tim, Aaron, Lizmel and Daritza

It's been fun!

We had Crystal, Jeremiah and Jerome for dinner

Nice to get to know them and enjoy the nice weather

I got my first tick bite.  Ugh!  I got the antibiotic and had the tick tested.

It came back negative for Lyme.  I feel pretty safe with both measures having been taken.

Took the kids to Screamfest at Lake Canobie Park

The sunset was amazing!

Parker and Ollie with the ghoul

Charlie and Anna

Go Tim!!

We had Tim's whole cross country team for dinner in our yard.  Sounds pretty simple, but it was a feat!

Tim said it was a huge success and that everyone had a great time!

Ninja Class with Jacob and Mason

Ollie's activity days group made thank you cards for the firefighters in our area.  Ollie delivered them to our firestation in Windham.  They gave him a bunch of fun thank you items too!

I'm full of dirt in the face after all the yard work I've been doing!

I was really motivated to try to get up all the piles of stuff and grossly tall weeds for the cross country dinner.

We had an epic garden this year by the way.  I spent like $300 on a bunch of stuff (mostly perennials) Scott wanted to plant.

We got a kick out of seeing what came up this year and what grew like crazy.  We also had the challenge of trying to eat it all!

Lisa got baptized!

Ollie had a riot at his friend Travis's birthday party

They rented a video game truck...

And played lawn games

Aaron hosted Grant's birthday party in our yard with paintball!

Scott helped too

Aaron did a great job explaining the safety and rules

I think the boys had a great time!

Cora and I made pipe cleaner flowers at a YW/RS event

Christian and Ollie found this cool sign in the woods!

Tim, Tyler and Noah after the race

Megan got baptized!

Scott took the kids to an airshow

They had a lot of rain, but still had fun checking it out

My cookbook club is cooking our way through the Magnolia Table

So far I've made Beef Enchiladas and Cauliflower Soup.

It's good for me to force me to try a new recipe and prepare dinner in advance at least once a month 

instead of a panicked "What should we make tonight??"

We did some purging.  Took me over a year, but I finally decided we could donate Bella's cage.  I just can't stand the idea of having to keep a pet safe again.  And I can't stand leaving a bird in a cage.

The two don't go together so well.  We donated to a rescue center that will use it well!

I also donated these kids dishes to a school.  Very sentimental.  I used to play with these as a child.

I think my mom made the bag to go with them.

More running!!  Tim improved so much in his running this year!  I am so proud of him!

Ollie is doing well with karate!  A sport Charlie introduced him to.

He also went climbing with Scott

A highlight for me this Fall was hiking Mt. Lafayette with Tim and Aaron

It was my summer goal to hike it again (I did it once before about 6-7 years ago.) 

It felt harder this time around!  We celebrated our feat with Super secret ice cream

The basil ice cream was so good!  and the fresh mint!  Mmmmm!

James Call got married to Willow!!  They had a casual ice cream and shaved ice reception.

We kayak/canoed Mine Falls Park

The kids had a stake school kick off event in Methuen with some lawn games

First day of school pick up

First day of 3rd grade

First day of 11th grade

First day of 12th grade

First day of 6th grade

Before school started we purged the shoes and gave everyone 3 rows each on a shoe rack to keep all their shoes.  It is a relief to have space for everyone's huge collection now!

We helped weed Theresa L. 's garden bed and fluff her mulch.

We were in Boston for an attempt at a dental appointment that didn't work out. 

So, we made the best of it and went to the Isabella Gardner Museum

It had been 7 years since I visited and the kids had never been.  Tim liked it so well, he invited his friends to go back a few weeks later before they all turn 18.  Kids 17 and under are free!

The kids love the zip line in our yard, especially not that it's low enough to get on, and has a nice steady brake system.  Scott built a platform to easily climb on.

Right before school started, Cora and Ollie participated as Entrepreneurs in the Kids Market in Westford.

That was September!  Whew!  I have a take a breath! :)