A Night Of Family And Volleyball In Euclid

 A Family Affair

Grandpa Rich And The Boys

We have been in Euclid, at my sister Linda and her husband Rich's house,  for twenty four hours, and it's 7:10 in the morning. I am looking at Lake Erie, out their family room window; it's fairly calm after yesterday's crashing waves, snow, and sleet.  Huge rafts of buffleheads are floating on the lake at the moment, the skies clear, a fine Ohio morning.

Yesterday, spring was out of sorts, no doubt, cold, snowy, sleet, rain, just about every combination of moisture it could think of.  We spent the morning waiting to drive into Euclid at 2:15, a strange way to spend the morning, no tasks, no yoga, nothing, just waiting to drive to Ohio.  We did pack a few things, but it's an easy overnight.  We were worried about the weather but the roads were fine, some rain but it did not seem to be freezing even though the temperatures had to be below freezing.

Sophomore Daniel Gail

Senior Connor Gail

Freshmen Richie Holzheimer

Cousins Meet On The Court

We arrived at my sister Linda's house around 4:30 and sat around and talked till it was time to go to the Villa Angela/St. Joe- St. Ignatius volleyball game on Cleveland's westside. Two of my grand nephews, Connor and Dan Gail play for St. Joe, one, Richie Holzheimer, is the setter for St. Ignatius, so it was a family affair.  All of the Holzheimer family were in attendance, even those who did not have kids playing, so we go to see all four of my sister's kids, and their families, a total of twenty one, quite a cheering section.  Unfortunately, the St, Joe team was very young, so Ignatius won in three games, but it was fun to see the boys play.  The nieces had made signs supporting their cousins on both teams, so that was fun, and we got to take pictures of almost everyone after the game.  I think the coach of St. Ignatius knew that family had come not only from the Cleveland area but from New York state to see Richie play, so he made sure to play him for two games, kind of neat.

Kirsten and Kathryn, My Nieces

Vince and Sally

JP And Owen

Sweet Emily Gail, Rising Volleyballer

After the game, we all went to Scotti's, a neat little Italian restaurant on 185th Street, in Euclid, for pitchers of beer and pizza, and there were 15 of us at dinner, congratulating the winners, consoling the losers.  It was fun to see family again since we don't get to see them as much since we have moved to Chautauqua Lake.

We returned to the Holzheimer house around 10:00, but we were all tired so we went to bed around 10:30.

It's 9:00, time for a Rich Holzheimer breakfast (he's just returned from early morning tennis), then we are off to Azman's for Slovenian sausage, Trader Joe's for various goodies, a stop at the Apple Store Genius Bar, then lunch with Vi Buck at the Red Hawk in Painesville,  before heading home to the lake, and a lamb dinner at Ron and Linda's...a full day, fun day.

Morning Sun On Lake Erie