The Pinto Family: September 2023

Saturday, September 30, 2023

September

With school, Cross Country, Scouts, and Baseball into full swing, was a FULL month!!

Grace was elected to Student Council as class representative.

We went to the Queen of Angels Braves game night where Grace sang the National Anthem with the school choir and we all enjoyed time with friends

Nicholas went to the Freshman dance at BT

He continued running very well with Varsity

Samuel started 9U rec fall baseball - which is kid pitch for the first time. He was the opening game starting pitcher, throwing 8 strike outs and won the game!

Nicholas and Henry earned merit badges and Henry earned the next rank in Scouts

Fun times at high school football games

Grace and Henry ran for Alpha Crush XC - Milton meet to start off

First place team, and Grace in top 10 individual yet again

Grace took a Swim clinic from an Olympic swimmer

Wingfoot - the most fun XC meet of the season did not disappoint!

Nicholas ran it as a high schooler for the first time

The girls team won again this year!!!

Henry continues to be a junior K of C helper making meals for youth group

Our friend, Nick, who is 10 years old and goes to school with our kids, was diagnosed with Leukemia (ALL) in Aug and is undergoing chemo. Grace and Henry decided to raise money for childhood cancer in his honor doing the Swim Across America event - they both swam 1 mile in an open Lake Lanier early one Saturday morning (on Grace's birthday). We were so very proud of both of them!

They also swam in honor of Mitch, my cousin who has been battling colon cancer in his late 20's - early 30's.

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Happy 13th Birthday Grace!

Dear Grace,

Wow - how can you be a teenager already!? You are entering your teen years as a tall, beautiful, athletic, smart, crafty and kind hearted young lady. You continue to excel in school as an A student. You enjoy school, most especially the social aspect, and thankfully have many great friends. You wish you weren't the only one without a phone, but we feel strong about waiting another year to hopefully avoid some of those exposures and added pressures etc that seems to come along with that even at this age. You love both running and swimming equally and do very well in both. You are aren't the most competitive spirit but instead enjoy the personal challenges and the friendships that comes along with the sport more than the competition itself. You joined National Charity League this year and so have been spending quite a bit of time doing a variety of service work this past several months. You continue with your love of baking, which our whole family enjoys the benefits of very much! You also remain very creative and crafty, especially when it comes to making gifts and cards for others - you are so talented there! You show leadership on Student Council, are enjoying singing in the choir for the first time, and are active and enjoying church Youth group. You are a super helpful and loving sister to your brothers and we all do not know what we would do without you! We are so incredibly proud of you Grace!! We pray this year you will continue to know how greatly you are loved by God, and and by us, and that you will continue to spread that love to all those around you!

Love, Mom and Dad

Grace wanted to host her first sleep over for her 13th birthday party. She invited Jillian, McKenna and Natalie over. They had turkey tacos and strawberries with dip for dinner and mini Bundtini cakes with ice cream sundaes for dessert. They spent the evening playing basketball, football, cheerleading, playing games and taking photos in the photo booth. There was A LOT of talk and giggles all evening long! They ended the night with a movie and popcorn and had a waffle bar the next morning for breakfast.