Albuquerque Living

In mid July, Elizabeth accepted a full time job with her company and on August 1st, she signed her first lease. It took a few weeks for her relocation benefits to get squared away and so during that time, she finished out her time at her long term Air BnB and then slept on an air mattress in her new place. In early September, Lee flew out to ABQ to meet the movers and get her all set up and squared away in her new place. While she still needs to get a lot of things (for example, she has no tv and no idea when she will have the funds to buy one after all of the other stuff she has needed to purchase), her place has started to come together nicely. We can't wait to visit her! 

Because her company was handling her relocation, we bought a lot of stuff (like rugs) in Connecticut while she was here on bereavement leave.

Lee facetiming with the moving company.

Moving day!

She returned from a work trip to find all of the furniture that I had ordered for her sitting at her door.

Lee had his work cut out for him!

Emily's First Collegiate Goal

Emily scored her first collegiate goal on September 16th and it was a stunner. More importantly, it ended up being the game winner in a 3-2 win over conference rival Skidmore, earning Clarkson a very important three points in conference play. For those of us that have been watching her play for years, this was a patented Emily shot from the location where most of her goals start. Although Lee and I were not there to see it live, all three of us (Elizabeth was watching the live stream at work) were freaking out and hitting the replay button over and over again. We are so happy for our girl. 

So grateful to the student athlete photographer on the sidelines who captured these amazing photos.

The sidelines went absolutely nuts when she scored.

Clarkson - Senior Year Begins + Preseason

In mid August, we moved Emily back up to Clarkson for her final year of undergrad. She is graduating in May (completing undergrad in only three years), but planning to return next fall to get her MBA and finish out her NCAA eligibility. 

Emily and Brooke are living in an apartment on campus this year. Shopping for and budgeting groceries, as well as cooking all of their own meals, is a new life skill for both girls, but they seem to be handling it well so far.

Media Day pics

Ice bath

Season Preview

Preseason game at the University of Rochester

Team bonding

Summer Vacation 2026

Summer vacation 2026 looked a little bit different this year - much more low key, melancholy and reflective. Considering all that was going on in our lives, it was nice to be in Rye and away from it all. 

Lee and I got in a long walk every morning, exploring new areas each day.

Emily joined us for three days and was able to get in some long (for her) runs. Pretty certain she would be a marathoner if she lived at the beach full time.

There were jellyfish everywhere on the beaches this year. And they were huge.

Brown's did not disappoint.

After all these years, I finally learned that the key to getting Lee to go out for breakfast is to walk there!