Aschermanns

Friday, October 24, 2025

Life in full swing

Like most families, our days are full and fast-paced — running from one activity to the next, trying to keep up with it all!

Maddox is soaking up his last year of elementary school. He just wrapped up his 11U fall baseball season and has already laced up his skates for his very first year of PeeWee (12U) hockey. Busy kid, happy heart!

Milo has officially kicked off his high school adventure. He’s embracing his new independence and learning to balance that freedom with good time management — not an easy feat! He’s finishing up his first high school hockey season this fall and has CHSAA tryouts coming up in November. He also tried out for the golf team and, while he didn’t make it this year, he’s already working hard to tee up success for next season.

Liesel continues her middle school career and still all-in on her horse life. She recently switched barns and is absolutely loving it. The big news? Through an AQHA program, she was selected to receive a yearling to train over the next year! That means Gus (Scott’s horse) will have a new friend — and Liesel will get even more time in her happy place, working with horses both at the barn and at home.

Life feels wonderfully full — full of sports, school, animals, and the joyful chaos that makes up our days

Off to 7th Grade...

5th Grade....and...

Freshman Year of Highschool!

We got to catch up with our old pals, the Honeymans.

Not often, but sometimes we get lazy mornings in bed.

Maddox and his baseball buddies. This is an incredibly special team. They got to go to the Savannah Bananas together!

Like Father, like son.

Liesel, Scott, and I went to the Lainey Wilson Concert.

We met up with some friends beforehand. So much fun with the Castleberrys

Here we come Lainey

being silly on the train home from the concert.

Sometimes I can't believe how fast she is growing up.

Maddox and Jackson testing out golf similators.

Working from home.

This girl!

Aschermann Consulting continues to thrive. I couldn't be more proud of the team we have and the work we do!

Milo and Maddox got to go camping with Uncle Matt and Renae.

Watching some Hockey

Freshman Homecoming

Maddox's class was assigned to write about an inventor/invention. Most of the boys in his class wrote about ipads, iphones, super soakers, duct tape. Maddox wrote about....scotch guard! So funny!

Another buckle!

Sometimes Colorado shows off and we are lucky to see it from our back deck!

This boy

Being Silly after a long day at the ball park.

Horse show time.

Gus in the back yard looking majestic

Maddox got to go to his first concert. Not a bad way to spend a Wednesday night, at Red Rocks watching Charles Wesley Godwin.

Halloween fun with Henry

Look at these cute girls

I'll miss these morning breakfasts after a sleepover.

Friday, August 8, 2025

Summer 2025 – All the Sports, All the Family, All the Fun

This summer was one for the books — and by “books,” I mean the kind where every page is packed with kids running, laughing, and leaving me wondering where on earth they get all their energy (and if they can share some).

Maddox spent his days on the baseball diamond with his Diamond Club team — and I mean all the baseball. These boys grew a ton, both figuratively and literally. They had a blast, though I’m not entirely sure the parents didn’t have more fun.

Liesel? Horses, horses, and more horses. I’m pretty sure if you gave her a sleeping bag and a granola bar, she’d happily move into the barn. She’s got that rider’s glow — and maybe just a little hay in her hair. I know very little about horses and showing them, but I do know she’s a beautiful rider, and nothing makes her happier than spending time with Casey. As she says, she loves the “fat redheads” (see photo below of Casey, her Quarter Horse, in all his chestnut glory).

Milo took to the golf course this summer, working on his swing — which is impressive considering he seemed to grow half an inch every week. It’s hard enough to perfect your shot without your limbs changing length like Stretch Armstrong. He also found time to sharpen his hockey edges at the ice rink. And since Happy Gilmore 2 came out this summer, I’m not sure if that inspired the golf/hockey combo, but somehow, he manages to thrive in both worlds — even if they live on opposite ends of the etiquette spectrum.

No summer is complete without family time, and we made sure to soak it in. We spent lake days in Wisconsin with Scott’s family on Janet’s side — swimming, boating, and soaking up that perfect Midwest sunshine. Then there was a lovely gathering with the Thompson crew at Miranda’s house. All the cousins together, laughing, playing, and making memories that will last long after the epic hide a go seek game ended. It just isn’t summer unless we see the people we love and miss.

And because the summer wasn’t quite dramatic enough, I decided to wrap it up with a bang… or more accurately, a snap. Jump roping. Yes, jump roping. At 43, I can still jump rope with the best of them — provided I’m wearing tennis shoes, paying attention, and not enjoying a glass of wine beforehand. This time, I skipped the checklist. The rope won.

Now we’re just a couple of weeks from school starting, and for the first (and only!) time, all three kids will be in three different schools. Maddox is heading into his last year of elementary school, Liesel continues her middle school adventure, and Milo — somehow — is starting high school. How did we get here? Somebody slow down time. Here’s to a summer well spent and a fall full of new beginnings.

Milo, Maddox, Connor, Joslyn, Riley, Caden, Liesel cannot get over how big some of these kids are and how cute the little ones are. The big ones are cute too :)