Will, Olivia, Sophia, Arianna -- At Texas Rangers Baseball Game --May 19, 2024

 

Olivia's Graduation Week Schedule -- May, 2024

Monday, May 20, 2024: preparation. No one arriving this date.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024: California contingent arrives

• Nothing on the Nevin calendar as far as I know
• It's all on May Garcia's calendar
• Cindy and Flavio arrive: 1:00 p.m. LUV airport
• Southwest Airlines, flight 4330
• May and Bruce pick up
  
• will be at Grammy's house about 3:00 p.m. for chicken marsala dinner
  
• anyone is welcome to come be; we don't expect anyone
• 4:45 p.m.: Sophia to Jinho; Papa will take and bring back to apartment complex
  
• evening free; no plans for Flavio and Cindy
  

Wednesday, May 22, 2024: Kentucky contingent arrives

• Papa Bob, Amber and Charlotte
• Josh has this arrival
• Grammy and Papa free all day for any pop-ups
• Grammy and Papa prefer to stay home; will catch up with Papa Bob, Amber, Charlotte later in evening
• more pending details of plans for Kentucky contingent
  

Thursday, May 23, 2024: graduation ceremony -- busy, busy day

• half-day school for Sophia; early release -- noonish; Papa able to pick up unless Josh and his family want to pick up Sophia -- don't know about bus schedule
  
• graduation ceremony: 3:30 p.m. -- details to be updated
• depart around 2:00-ish 
• Grammy and Papa plan to be at front door at event site at 2:45 with Flavio and Cindy
  
• UT Arlington, College Park Center
  
• sit-down dinner -- Josh / Olivia planning: 
• Grammy prefers to stay home; 
• Papa will catch up with Papa Bob, Amber, Charlotte later in evening
• more pending details of plans for Kentucky contingent
• Olivia at Senior lock-in: to bus at 10:30 p.m. 
  

Friday, May 24, 2024: Papa's poolside lalapalootza (yeah, that's a word)

• we have community room, poolside, Phase 2 side, small pool side reserved for the entire day, from 0900 - 2300
  
• hosting:
• Papa
• Sophia, Arianna, Grammy -- if they want; not required;
• Sophia: will be released from senior overnight early in a.m.
  
• community room 
• all day long: folks and come and go as they want; we have no expectations of anyone being there unless they want;
• brunch: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  Stop by any time.
• afternoon social, including ice cream sundaes: 1400 - 1600 (2:00 p.m. to 4: p.m.)
• dinner: 1900 - 2100 (7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.). Again, stop by any time. Sit down but not formal.
• Papa plans to  be there all day; whether anyone else stops by is their choice; no pressure on anyone -- please feel free to take your out-of-town guests to tour the local area
  
• no school for anyone; Kiri probably working from home; Josh will be in town

Saturday, May 25, 2024: California contingent (Flavio and Cindy) departs

• BIG PARTY -- Olivia and Melody host -- 1:00 to 4:00 at Melody's house
• Jinho's Father's Day gift -- one hour -- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. -- only fathers (males)
• surprise guest (I'm thinking Taylor Swift's boyfriend?) LOL
  
• at Jinho
• Kentucky contingent departs -- 2:00 p.m. -- needs to be fact-checked; happened to hear this
  
• Cindy and Flavio depart, Love airport
• Southwest: 3782; departs at 5:20 p.m

Sunday, May 26, 2024:

• Graduation Party: Jaidyn and Lindsey, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

March 26, 2024 -- Olivia Posts Her Last High School Soccer Note -- Won't Be Going To State

March 26, 2024

Hi, Olivia,

Your soccer note tonight hit me like a ton of bricks. I was overwhelmed with sadness; I re-lived a decade of memories in the blink of an eye.

Your grandmother and I were with you from your first days with Kiki in Belmont / Boston. And then the transition from Massachusetts to Texas. Year after year after year of driving you to soccer practice and going to so many games in all kinds of weather and to see the pinnacle of success last year when, as a junior, you were named (a) captain of the team and took your team to state.

With public school soccer, club soccer, and ODP soccer, we drove you to so many practice fields and soccer stadiums. So many of my most wonderful memories are of our longer trips to practice fields, like Rockwell (ODP) about 45 minutes east of here. I got to learn the geography of Texas by taking you to soccer events and Arianna to water-polo practice and tournaments. I remember so many little things about all those trips, I think you would be surprised.

I did not know you had a game tonight. I was upset that we were not there, but grammy said it was an “away-game” and instead we went to watch Sophia play her game in Oak Grove Park. I remarked to Sophia on the way through Grapevine that the trip out to Oak Grove brought back so many memories of driving you to the same soccer field for practice and for games. Little did I know that while remembering those trips, you were playing what would be your last game.

And, then watching Sophia play. Oh, my goodness, she looked just like you and played just like you when you were her age. Sophia has said many times she learned so much from watching you; she was always so appreciative of the time you spent with her teaching her soccer. And, wow, she looked just like you tonight.

You mentioned you were the only one to score a PK point tonight in your last game. Ironically, Sophia also scored the only point for her team, in a game, her team also lost. Sophia was so thrilled with scoring that only point, winning/losing that game did not matter.

You brought us years — a decade —of wonderful memories through soccer. It’s going to take me a long time to get over my sadness.


Papa

Olivia's Soccer Team -- 2023 - 2024

Olivia's team!

2023 - 2024.

Olivia -- Senior -- High School -- Captain High School Soccer Team -- Captain Robotics Team -- September 7, 2023

 

Fast Forward Eight Years -- February 4, 2023

Updates

October 21, 2023: Olivia's high school soccer team went on to take the championship, taking first place in Texas, in the spring of 2023. As noted, Olivia was one of three captains, a spot usually reserved for seniors. She was a junior.

Original Post 

My notes regarding the grandchildren all these years were placed at the main blog, tagged with "notes to grandchildren" or something similar. 

But, this is a huge milestone -- so need to post this.

Olivia was named one of three co-captains on her high school soccer team. She is a junior and captains are almost always seniors. 

Olivia is playing on her high school team which finished second in the state of Texas last year.

Olivia is also playing for a club team for FC Dallas.

Olivia lives and breathes soccer.

Quick Update -- June 3, 2015

After four years in Boston, the family moved to Grapevine, Texas, in 2013. They lived in an apartment complex in Grapevine for two years, on the same street as their elementary school, Colleyville-Grapevine Heritage Elementary - Middle - High School.

Over the May 4, 2015, weekend, the family moved into a home in the immediate area but they will go to new schools starting the 2015 - 2016 school year.

Sophia will turn one year old in June.

Olivia will turn 9 years old in July.

Arianna will turn 12 years old in July.

Soccer Season Has Started -- First Game

No one keeps score at these games, but it was noted by Papa that the only time our team scored was when I was on the field. I recorded several assists. Kiki was awesome.  -- April 28, 2012.

Making Spaghetti Dinner - Autumn, 2011

My sister and I making spaghetti dinner. Don't worry. Papa was watching us closely.

Baking Brownies -- Autumn, 2011

My sister Arianna baking Ghiradelli Brownies from a mix that our daddy brought home to us from San Francisco.