Six With Sticks

by Six Kennedy kids and their parents

Monthly Archives: September 2021


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Louisville Banquet – quick trip with my “Big Boy”

Luke had never heard of Bob’s Big Boys. But I saw this and made him take the pic.

Luke was the lucky sibling that got to go with me on a quick trip to Louisville for Liz’s lacrosse banquet in Sep 2021. It was a grueling 18 hours behind the wheel in just over 48 hours. But it was so worth it to spend time with Luke, and to get to see Liz.

We made the most of limited time. We left at 4AM on Friday. When we arrived late Friday afternoon, maybe 2PM, Luke wanted to work out and then get in the pool. So we lifted some weights, did some cardio, and took a quick dip. Liz was at a practice and then mandatory study hall before we could pick her up.

We got her! Picked her up at her house and took her out to dinner. We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory. It is in downtown Louisville. Had a huge meal. Liz ate it all up, lots of carbs, and she probably could have kept eating. She was smiling and talking all night. We loved her company. The next day, we knew we wouldn’t get to see her much because the team had three lacrosse games, so we relished every second of our time together.

Next morning, Luke and I went out for a special breakfast at Highland Morning. Luke got the leaning tower of waffles. And yes, we did some Pokemon GO. Really, I was more into it than Luke. But we both loved the meal before heading to the fields.

We watched Liz’s games. She is still injured from her ACL surgery. But we watched and cheered on her team. And then we needed to go get some clothes for the banquet. Oh no, we did not pack appropriately!

Luke cleaned up nice! Great new shirt. L’s up for Luke as we checked out the Louisville stadium. The banquet was in the stadium in one of the banquet rooms off the main level. Very cool to see how far the lax program went last year. And great to see Liz and some of her teammates and coaches. Luke and I were watching the clock, because we needed to leave at a reasonable hour to get home.

We were sad to leave Liz. Said goodbye at 9:30PM Sat night and hit the road. We drove through the night. Luke asleep in the back seat. Me driving. Had to stop at a rest stop to take a quick nap somewhere in WV. But made it home just before 6AM. I had lacrosse practices all day, so we made it in time to saw some Zs at home before heading out for lax.

Til next time Liz, we will miss you.


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Flower child

Had to take a nap before the long drive to Louisville. Got to get to sleep, but can’t stop watching Lila sleeping peacefully. 8pm, and Luke and I need to be up at 3AM to hit the road. Little bit of cuteness passed out on the couch, captured my heart. Good night baby girl.


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Drunk driving victim

Eden and her boyfriend, Jimmy, were hit by a drunk driver. They were coming down Frederick Rd and the drunk driver pulled straight out of the Matthews parking lot, and didn’t stop until he had rammed Jimmy’s Lexus off the other side of the road.

Fortunately neither of them were injured. Eden had some bruises on her arms and face, but got checked out and no serious injuries.

I was very annoyed that the police officers did not breathalize the driver. I asked him why not and he told me the driver was not drunk enough to pass the legal limit, that he has been doing this for 10 years, and a breathalizer won’t hold up in court.

Eden was told by a barback working that night at Matthews that the driver went back into the restaurant after the accident and kept drinking until the restaurant asked him to leave. Obviously, the police officer not doing his job taught this asshole nothing.

And I hope that Jimmy and Eden learned a hard lesson by the way the cops judged them and the witnesses. Two black women, completely separate, saw the accident from two different vantage points. The cop was rude to both witnesses and to Jimmy. I am not sure why. It seemed to me that it was biased based on the race of the witnesses and the youth and appearance of the victims. He treated the drunk driver with a lot more respect because he looked like he had money, even though his wife was next to him totally smashed and he was slurring words, and their drunk and hysterical daughter fled the scene before the cops got there.


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School daze – back to school ?!

After what seemed like a year and a half of home schooling, everybody went back to in person school. Maggie and Eden off to Gerstell. New beginnings for these two.

Noah is off to his sophomore year. Of course, he did not want to pose for a picture, so got an action shot of him leaving the house.
4th and 5th grade for Jack and Luke at Hillcrest. All smiles for these guys. Luke is riding his new bike to school.
Eden’s senior year


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Labor Day – special guest

The plan was to put Maggie and Eden on a plane and send them to Louisville for the weekend. But when we figured the budget and it didn’t work, we made something even better happen. I booked Liz a roundtrip home for two days. And we loved it.

Liz got home and everybody wanted to be around her. It was a fun family weekend. Relaxing and all together. We did not want it to end when I had to drive Liz to the airport on Monday.