Week in Review: A College Decision, A Piano Competition and the Start of Construction

Let's start with the biggest news of the week - Andrew made his college decision.  He'll be attending...

We are so thrilled for him, and very proud of his hard work to earn the Chancellor's Scholarship and other merit scholarships.  He hopes to play soccer for them in the fall as well, and will be flying out to meet the coach on Athletic Visit Day next week.  We saw the new field when we visited campus for Easter last year, never knowing he might be playing on it one day!

JP is very happy to have Andrew join him on campus next year...and also because we are letting them take a car with them :)  Andrew really dragged his feet carefully considered his college options and realized that Franciscan was the best financial option and where he would be the happiest.  He is following in the footsteps of his brother, both parents, two cousins, and eight aunts and uncles.  Looks like one year old Andrew has always known he would be attending Franciscan:

Alexander (age 11) participated in his 4th annual piano competition and won 2nd place in his category, Age 11 and 12 Classical.  He basically trains all year on his one recital song, so it's a big deal when he finally performs it.  I need to get a video of him playing the song while it's still fresh in his mind, he is so talented!

UPDATE: Xander recorded a video "with a few mistakes but I don't want to record it again so it's fine."

 

We attended the Living Stations of the Cross last Friday night.

Maggie was Mary:

Declan was the Child Jesus:

And Xander was Pontius Pilate:

On Saturday we cleaned the Cottage and I want to thank GoCleanCo for teaching me the magic cleaning mixture of bleach, powdered tide and hot water.  This freezer went from disgusting to sparkling in very little time.

Construction on the building started this morning!  

Thankfully my dad, who was a builder, is acting as the Construction Manager for us while we are at our other jobs.  Couldn't do this without him or my mom who have been sharing their opinions and tips.  The four of us went to the New England Food Show to test out products and get ideas, while filling our bellies with samples :)

 We're famous!  Just kidding, but the little kids think we are since this article came out in our local newspaper...

“We've always had this in the back of our heads,” said Colleen Martin, who co-owns The Ice Cream Cottage with her husband Phil Martin.

“This was definitely a goal over the years of our marriage,” Phil Martin said, adding that he worked in Colleen Martin’s family ice cream store Maggie’s when they got married. 

“I've been looking for a while for the right location and the right time.”

Read more here

Tonight is Mass for Holy Thursday, then Good Friday tomorrow and finally Easter on Sunday!  It's been a Lenty Lent and I am ready for it to be over, how about you?  Have a wonderful holy weekend everybody!