Hegwein Family Blog

Swanky Deb!

Recently, Deb and John went a-partying in Miami, sipping champagne, gazing at uber-expensive boats, and getting lost in a 10,000 sq. ft. mansion. All this courtesy of Vogue! Anyway, here is a picture of Deb, posing before the pool.

Love the White leather sofas poolside!

Longhorns Team Photo...ATAWAYTOGO!

Thanks to a team dad, the 2006 Westfield Girls 5/6 grade Soccer Champs will live on!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

The Westfield Longhorns Win!!

What a team. What a night. What a terrific game!

Last night at 8:30 PM in 45 degree weather, our Longhorn soccer team played under the lights in the final Westfield Girls 5/6 grade Championship soccer game.

In the 9 years I have coached girls soccer; I have never been in such and exciting game. Everyone on this team never gave up and each girl gave their best effort of the season. Being down a goal with just six minutes left, we keep pressure on the Panda's. After taking many shots on goal, we created a free goal kick. Emily took the shot, and the ball flew into the net. The game was tied. In the remaining minutes, everyone continued to play their best and forced a shoot out.

I will always remember the last few minutes of the shoot out. The pressure was on everyone. Michaela was our goalie. Megan, Brittany, Charlotte, Sarah and Emily were our shooters. All our shooters made terrific shots on goal. Charlotte and Emily blew their balls into the back net. The Panda's blew one shot in the back of our net. Then they missed the goal twice. With two shooters left Michaela played tough and made two great saves. It was over and we WON, 2 goals to 1.

I want to thank all the parents for their support. And I am especially grateful to Charlie, Jim and Chuck for their coaching help and support. It was truly a team effort. I want to thank every member of this team for your hard work and effort in being true champions. I know I will never forget these players and this great game. I hope you feel the same way.

One more time. ATTAWAYTOGO!

Coach John Cavanagh

Sabrina's Birthday; Mom's Healthcare Adventure!

Hello, everyone!

Sabrina's B-day marathon party was the talk of Westfield! Well at least the 4th grade girls at McKinley. Thanks for the wonderful Birthday cake card and $ you sent Sabrina. She loves money and saves it all. It was a whirlwind weekend with all the soccer practices/games getting ready for the party and seeing mom, but it was all worth it. The 12 girls that came had a marvelous time and partied thru the night. All finally settling down for their sleepover around 2 AM. The house, Deb, Angel and I survived having thirteen 4th graders, two 6th graders, and two 9th graders sleeping in one house.

Deb and I have been meeting with Sanford Mann the new Executive Director at Brighton Gardens about many of mom's issues/complaints etc. It is nothing new in the life of your mom and her healthcare. She has always had difficulty dealing with any kind of change in help, especially when she got that added personal attention from someone she liked. I feel all the current issues have been addressed and hopefully the new staff will respond in a positive and satisfactory manner. We continue to encourage your mom to address her issues immediately with the staff or Sanford, rather than letting it build up for a week or until we visit her again.T hanks for your involvement in addressing your mom's issues. Like I tell you mom "the squeaky wheel gets the oil.". Keep communicating.

Glade to hear everyone is well. We are busier than ever with each girl in three different schools and activities. Deborah's and my day starts at 6 AM and ends at 10 PM.

Love John

Michaela's B-Day Celebration Plans!

This is my first moment to connect with ya'll. Happy Friday! It pays to blog while commuting home - or rather, escaping home from work. What a week. Thanks to the Hegwein and Scheider for your lovely bday gifts to Michaela. She was thrilled! This is a girl who knows how to celebrate. I think she is part Martha Stewart, part Dolce & Gabbana and part just plain diva muse. She has her "passion for fashion" sleepover planned to 't'. There is a red carpet, hair and makeup and design your own denium Purse project. The ladies will feast on frito casserole, crudite and pigs in blankets. Trifle cake for dessert. And then 12 of em sleep over.

Not to be confused with the nitrate and sugar filled sleep OUT at Camp Hoover last weekend that Sabrina and I attended! Samantha will be talent director tomorrow night. As for tonight, the tribe is moving thru Westfield. She is starring in her class (conceived, written, produced & performed) Opera next Monday night. I believe she told me she is a donkey that consults. (Hey - I worked with someone that fits that description!!)

Almost home, so bonsoir.

Love,

Deb

Hi Peter,

Thanks for all your tech advise. I am not sure what a blog is or does? But I will try to get into this stuff soon.

Everyone is back into school work and multi activities.

Michaela is in a swim meet this weekend swimming the 100 IM and 50 Backstroke. She is good at butter fly and free style. Perhaps she will be in the top three for the 100 IM. She is taking sewing lessons and is also in a basketball league every Saturday. In addition she just signed up for a field hockey seminar and softball this spring. Sabirna dances and fences during the week and plays basketball too. She just singed up for girls softball for Spring with Manger Cavanagh's team.

Samantha is a tipple threat. She is daily rehearsal as a singer/dancer/actor for the school play "once upon a mattress" with the performance in late March. In addition she takes four dance classes at a private dance studio at night. All this in addition doing well in school work and the fullest social calendar in the family. One thing for sure these Cavanagh girls like to perform.

We had our winter thaw and back to winter by the weekend. Take care, John & his girls....

Weekend Plans!

We are on the eve of a LONG weekend - yippee - and thank you MLK.

The Cavanagh's have big plans for the weekend. Samantha has "Night Place" tonight. (It's where all the middle school kids from both Edison & Roosevelt go to dance and do whatever middle school kids do at these things!)

Tomorrow the girls all have basketball games and Michaela also has a swim meet. She's swimming the 100m IM and backstroke. Michaela has to complete her report on an explorer that includes a film she has to script, shoot & perform in.

Samantha has offered to baby-sit on Saturday night to raise money for a shopping outing she & Caitlin are planning. And, on Sunday Sabrina & I depart for the annual "Mommy & Me" Girl Scout camp out at Camp Hoover. It's timed to coincide with the cold front arriving Sunday afternoon. Lovely.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!