Wrentham Wrumblers

The Wrentham Wrumblers started the indoor season with a crushing defeat, but came back tonight with a 2-0 victory. Goals scored by Matty Gorman and Tommy Flaherty. Excellent play by the entire team.

Sun 11-15-09 2:00 PM Field 3 - 3-1 Wrumblers victory. Goals scored by Aiden, Matty G & Jeremy.
Mon 11-23-09 8:00 PM Field 1 - TOMMY WILL NOT BE AT THIS GAME :)
Mon 11-30-09 5:00 PM Field 2
Mon 12-7-09 8:00 PM Field 3
Mon 12-14-09 5:00 PM Field 2
Sun 12-20-09 1:00 PM Field 3
Mon 1-4-10 8:00 PM Field 1
Mon (Seeded Game) 1-11-10

All games will be played at Forekicks

Happy Halloween

Another fantastic Halloween "coached" by our fearless leader "Mr. Beanberg" with some help from the very loud and enthusiastic Mr. Flaherty who, while pumping his fist in the air, repeatedly rejoiced that we "crushed this neighborhood!!" The kids have enough candy to rot the teeth out of a small nation and all are exhausted. Some may not sleep well after Uncle Marcus' stunt with the clown mask - but hey, what is family for? Auntie Carolyn was good for a little retribution on the little dragon with her vampire teeth. Here's to another great year!

Wrockstars Indoor Season

The Wrockstars "kicked" off their indoor season yesterday 10/29 at Forekicks with an awesome 7-1 victory over Walpole. We welcome back Merri, Hannah Favrea and Julia to the team. They were all awesome contributors. Goals scored by: Julia w/ a "hat trick", Carly, Merri x 2 & Hannah Flaherty. Congratulations girls!

The wrockstars enjoyed another victory 5-3 on 11/6/09. Goals scored by Alyx, Merri, Hannah Favreau, and two by Julia. Great job girls!

Fri 11/13/2009 5:00 PM Field 1: 6-1 Wrockstar victory, ANOTHER hat trick for Julia; one goal on the first play of the game! Julia also had an awesome assist to Becca. Merri put in a fantastic left foot goal and Hannah banana Flaherty punched in the sixth goal. Congratulations girls!
Fri 11/20/2009 4:00 PM Field 2 3-3 tie. Goals: Julia X 2 and with a great assist to Becca!
Fri 12/4/2009 8:00 PM Field 1
Fri 12/11/2009 7:00 PM Field 1
Fri 1/8/2010 8:00 PM Field 1
Thurs 1/14/2010 8:00 PM Field 2
Tues 1/19/2010 5:00 PM Field 3
Thurs 1/21/2010 5:00 PM Field 2

All games will be played at Forekicks

Maegan's Birthday

Mom and the girls had a "date" at the American Girl store in Natick this weekend. Maegan got her first AG doll; Ivy. As she browsed the store, she came up with some additional items to add to her wish list.

The girls got their dolls ears pierced and hair done; it was quite an interesting outing & they had a blast. Check out the salon for dolls:

Maegan's wish list has been updated and moved to the bottom of the website. We will be adding Christmas wish lists for all the kids once they write them up.

Thank you to all of you who helped make Maegan's birthday surprise party a success. Maegan is a very lucky girl. I know she felt special and loved. A special thanks to all of my sisters for helping make the house a princess dreamland. I couldn't have gotten the house decorated that quickly without you. Also, to Paul for dragging Maegan all around town distracting her and to Mom and Dad for attempting to get Hannah to her soccer game, (even though it was cancelled you were still ready, willing and on your way to stand out in the rain and support her :).

11 Rules for life by Bill Gates:

1. Life is not fair - get used to it (I say this constantly to my children and my Mom said it to me:)
2. The world won't care about your self esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
3. You will not make $60,000 a year right out of school. You won't be a vp with a car phone until you earn both, (except that nearly every child seems to have the cell phone already and I doubt they've earned it or even pay for it...)
4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.
5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for flipping burgers; they called it opportunity.
6. If you mess up, it's not your parents fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
7. Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you think you are. So, before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT....
9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. (Am I sensing a reference to "Friends" which probably means this was meant for people my age when first spoken at a HS graduation - I didn't have a cell phone :)
11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Wonder how the president would break this one down. Life isn't fair President Obama and America was built on capitalism not socialism...

Kid Quote of the Week

In church, while Grayson is misbehaving, Paul; in an attempt to distract Grayson says, "gotta get get."

Grayson promptly responds, "Daddy, no boom boom pow in church!"

Maegan's Fall Soccer Schedule

Come watch Paul coach and Maegan play soccer at the Rice complex on the below dates and fields! Check the website at http://www.wys.org/ for cancellations or changes. Paul and Maegan are team 4...

10/10 10:30 am Field D2 - Maegan scored 4 goals!! However, though no official score was kept, I think "Tootsies," (that recruited "granola" all the way from Ohio :) was the unofficial victor...

10/17 9am Field D2 According to coach Flaherty Maegan scored 10 goals this week, including a beautiful left footed goal. Of course there was another "ringer" on the other team; leaving a pretty even playing field all around :)

10/24 9am Field D2 - six goals today for miss Maegan and Coach Flaherty says he's most impressed that she dribbles the ball up the field using both feet. Coach Flaherty is also impressed by what a nice group of girls he has on his team!

10/31 10:30am Field D2 - Coach Flaherty says the girls just "weren't into soccer" today. Maegan scored 1 goal. Although the girls were outplayed, Coach feels that his team continually out classes their opponents with sportsmanship, manners and good listening skills. Go Pizza!

11/7 10:30am Field D1 - Hat trick for miss Maegan today but the opposing team played some awesome soccer! Go Pizza!!

11/14 10:30am Field D1

See you at the fields :)

First Day of School

This year was a special first day of school as Maegan started kindergarten. She already made a special new friend, Gina Brown; and had a play date with her set up by the end of the orientation! Maegan loved going on the bus and had a wonderful first week. Hannah and Tommy arrived home happy and excited every day. Good luck to all the teachers and children starting a new school year! Enjoy the ride...

Wrentham Wrockstars Fall Soccer Schedule 2009

Sat. 9/12/09 10:30am @ Wellesley - Wrockstars victory 3-0
Goals scored: 2 by Alex Edney and one by a confused Wellesley player (ouch). Awesome assist by Hannah and a great overall game w/ some good shots on goal. Keep it up Wrockstars!!
Sat. 9/19/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars victory 5-0
Goals scored: Carly Adams, Monica Harvey (2), Katherine Molla & Hannah Flaherty. Great game played by all & awesome defense!
Sat. 9/26/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars victory 3-0
Goals scored by Katherine Molla X2 & Elise Regnier.
Sat. 10/3/09 9am @ Newton Albemarle Complex Field 23A - Wrockstars victory 3-1: Goals scored by Alyx Edney, Catherine Molla and Erica. The victory was also largely due to Elise's amazing goal tending. Great job team; this put you in first place!

Sat. 10/10/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars Victory 4-0

Goals scored by Carly Adams x2, Becca & Erica! Great job girls!!
Sat. 10/17/09 2:30pm @ Rice Complex field A - Wrockstar victory 1-0: Thanks to a tremendous goal by Elise and a fantastic save by Hannah the Wrockstars keep thier victorious record!!
Sat. 10/24/09 10:30am @ Medfield; Wheelock Field - Wrockstar victory 2-0. Goals from Alyx Edney and Chatherine Molla with an awesome assist from Catherine as well. Wow girls, 7-0 record; great season!!
Sat. 10/31/09 10:30am @ Foxboro; Stather Field - Wrockstar victory 3-1. Goals from Erica, Devyn (while on defense :), and Hannah Flaherty. Awesome shots on goal by Elise & a great game overall. What a formidable defense we have!
Sat. 11/7/09 9am @ Rice Complex Field F - Tough loss today 2-1. The girls are going to have to work really hard and score lots of goals next week in order to get back into standing as division champs. Goal scored today by Monica, excellent goal tending by Elise.

Sat. 11/14/09 10:30 am @ Wellesley

To check for schedule changes etc. please visit the following link: http://bays.org/?q=node/112&iteamid=474

KP Mites 1 Fall 2009 Schedule

Monday 9/7/09 vs. Holliston 4:30pm @ Home: KP Victory 25-14
Touchdowns scored by Sammy, Andrew D, Joe and Tommy (Tommy also scored an extra point)
Sunday 9/13/09 vs. Hyde Park 9am (Away): KP Victory 19-7
2 Touchdowns for Andrew D and a touchdown pass completed from Andrew to Joe on the half back option pass. Tommy scored one extra point and threw a touchdown pass to Andrew D. Both Defense and Offense played excellent games. Nice job boys!

Sunday 9/20/09 vs. Franklin 3pm @ Home - KP Victory 14-7

2 Touchdowns for Andrew D. and an extra point, Dan Mason with an extra point and props to Jarrod Rosa for an AWESOME interception and to CJ Mello for playing hard even w/ a case of pneumonia - they make those Mello's tough! Game well played boys by offense & defense! Keep it up!

Saturday 9/26/09 vs. Norfolk 1pm@ Home - KP Victory 32-6

Touchdowns: Sammy Sesay, Andrew D, Sean Manning and Tommy Flaherty X2 (one was an awesome defensive strip when the Norfolk runner was stacked up in the pile. He took the strip 50 yards), . Extra points: Dan Mason & Collin Grahm. AWESOME interception by Sean Manning that would have been another KP TD if not for the mercy rule that was invoked and ended the game. Keep it up boys!

Sunday 10/4/09 vs. Apponnequet 9am @ TBD - KP Victory 20-0

Touchdowns: Dan Mason, Joe Fruci x2 (one receiving, see Andrew), Extra points: Daniel Cobb & Sammy Seasay. Also, Andrew D. threw a TD pass and Hunter LaFlamme was a defensive force, serving up two QB sacks. WOW boys, what a season!

Sunday 10/11/09 vs. Wareham 4:30pm - KP Victory 19-6

Tommy made a great fumble recovery that he ran in 50 yards for a terrific touchdown. Tommy also had a great pass interception on defense during a goal line stand. Andrew D. made two dazzling long touchdown runs for 30 and 65 and ran it in for an extra point. Sean Manning wrecked the QB causing the fumble Tommy picked up & had a nice "floating run" (it was like his feet never touched the ground). CJ Mello made some huge defensive plays stuffing a reverse and Bricks was again a force on defense all around and on the goal line. All the boys played a great game. Also, Coach Flaherty thanks Joe Fruci for being a true example of a team player and always doing what he's asked without question. 6-0 WOW!!

Sat. 10/17/09 vs. Norfolk 12:30pm @ Home - Tough loss, 19-7. Although the game was closer than the score indicates, it came down to turnovers. KP fumbled in the 4th qrt down 13-7 and when they got the ball back again it was 19-7 with too little time left on the clock. Paul wishes he called a different play other than the one that resulted in the fumble. The boys were bummed about their first loss of the season; the only consolation is that Norfolk M1 is 7-0. So at least they were competitive against another solid (albeit stacked) team. Congrats to Sean Manning for his TD and Tommy for the extra point. You put us on the board boys.

Sat. 10/24 6:30pm vs. Taunton @ Taunton H.S. - KP 32, Taunton 7 and this game was not as close as the score indicates. It was 19-0 at half and 26-0 midway thru the 3rd quarter. League rules required us to run a basic offense for most of the rest of the game. The game got off to a rough start as KP fumbled on their first possesion. However KP's defense responded with an interception for a TD by Daniel Cobb. Sean Manning had the next TD for KP on offense followed by a 70+ yard TD run by Andrew D to close out the half. The extra point went to Joe Fruci on a quick pass to the corner from Tommy. The defensive held tough all evening and KP's next offensive possession ended with Daniel Cobb's first rushing TD of the season. The extra point was completed by a high stepping, untouched Connor Keegan on a 42 dive. Taunton scored a TD against our third string D late in the game, which fortunately allowed KP to run a "real" offense. With time running down in the game, Andrew D took his third carry of the evening 60+ yards (3 carries for 130+ yards and 1 TD in the game for Andrew) and could have scored except he was instructed to run out of bounds at the 5, which he did. That set up Colin Graham's first TD of the season to close out the game.

All in all, great season by the boys, a 7-1 record, a potent offense and a stingy D contributed to the success. All the boys got better as the season went on and last night's victory was a culmination of all their hard work.

Flaherty Family Annual Picnic at Nana Bananas

Summer has been very busy and we've had little time to blog about our adventures. However, we wanted to send out a special thanks to Nana Banana for another wonderful annual picnic and share some special photos. Nana turns 80 this coming winter and it was wonderful to share a pre-birthday surprise celebration with her as well. Happy almost 80th Nana Banana...

Berkshires 2009

Thank you to Anna and Jim Tupper and all of their crew, (Papa duck Justin, Julia and Tina), for another wonderful weekend at their log cabin in the Berkshires. We thoroughly enjoyed the time on the lake, the fishing (especially Tommy), and the campfire stories. Though, there may be Tuppers and Flaherty's having nightmares for years to come about the Red Lady with bad teeth! Murphy apologizes to Daisy for his poor behavior and plans to send over a treat! Oh, and Justin... Mr. Flaherty is practicing up for next year's rope swing competition - watch out!!