Thursday, May 28, 2009
Off to conquer the world...
Samantha and her Odyssey of the Mind team are at the world competition this week! Click on the Odyssey of the Mind logo on the right to check out their blog. They plan to update it daily so we can follow along with what is happening.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Spring Fun
We have had a fabulous spring! The main highlight is a visit from my parents (Grandy and Papa.) Billy originally arranged for them to come at Christmas as my Christmas present. It was going to be a surprise for all of us. Unfortunately my father had a heart attack shortly before they were due to come. We are all so thankful he is doing well now! We changed their tickets so they could be here during the girls spring break. We didn't tell the girls as we still wanted to surprise them so it was really fun to see their faces when they came home to find their grandparents here. They loved every minute of their time and miss them a great deal now that they are gone as do I.
We went to see the cherry blossoms as we do every year. We caught them at peak bloom, they were beautiful! It was a VERY BLUSTERY day! It was a hold on to your hat and everything else not nailed down type of day. Nevertheless the walk around the tidal basin was wonderful as always and I am so glad we went! Billy, Emma and Papa stayed with the van so we don't have any pics with them ah well.
It's a bit hard to see from the pic.. clicking on it to enlarge it might help you see it better, but the whole place was almost like a pink and white winter wonderland.... the blossoms were blowing everywhere so at times it looked like it was snowing, the girls loved it!
We made a mad dash from admiring all the beautiful cherry trees to Mandi's first soccer game of the season. Billy is coaching her team. When he coached Emma's team he had them call him Coach Twinkletoes. It was such a hit, he has resurrected the name... I don't know how anyone is keeping a straight face when addressing him but they do a good job ;) Mandi's team is called the Green Grass Monsters!! (Bet you can't guess who came up with THAT name chuckle.) They are having a fun season. Mandi is always the youngest and smallest in every group as her birthday was right before the cut off date but she is getting better at holding her own.
Later that afternoon it was off to Emma's first game of the season. She is with a developmental league that is a step above the rec teams we are used to. She has two practices a week and two games every Saturday. They are being trained by a group called UK United... a group of guys from England who work here teaching "football." She loves the extra time on the field and enjoys the training she is getting. There has been some frustration because the people who "coach" on Saturdays are not the UK United guys and are not always at practice which makes it hard for them to have a feel for team development but overall she is having a great time. Despite the fact she is the smallest skinniest thing on the field, she is very fiesty and is a great little soccer player, often taking the other team by surprise.
Caught the girls piling on their dad during some downtime... had to get a pic!
We went to see the cherry blossoms as we do every year. We caught them at peak bloom, they were beautiful! It was a VERY BLUSTERY day! It was a hold on to your hat and everything else not nailed down type of day. Nevertheless the walk around the tidal basin was wonderful as always and I am so glad we went! Billy, Emma and Papa stayed with the van so we don't have any pics with them ah well.
It's a bit hard to see from the pic.. clicking on it to enlarge it might help you see it better, but the whole place was almost like a pink and white winter wonderland.... the blossoms were blowing everywhere so at times it looked like it was snowing, the girls loved it!
We made a mad dash from admiring all the beautiful cherry trees to Mandi's first soccer game of the season. Billy is coaching her team. When he coached Emma's team he had them call him Coach Twinkletoes. It was such a hit, he has resurrected the name... I don't know how anyone is keeping a straight face when addressing him but they do a good job ;) Mandi's team is called the Green Grass Monsters!! (Bet you can't guess who came up with THAT name chuckle.) They are having a fun season. Mandi is always the youngest and smallest in every group as her birthday was right before the cut off date but she is getting better at holding her own.
Later that afternoon it was off to Emma's first game of the season. She is with a developmental league that is a step above the rec teams we are used to. She has two practices a week and two games every Saturday. They are being trained by a group called UK United... a group of guys from England who work here teaching "football." She loves the extra time on the field and enjoys the training she is getting. There has been some frustration because the people who "coach" on Saturdays are not the UK United guys and are not always at practice which makes it hard for them to have a feel for team development but overall she is having a great time. Despite the fact she is the smallest skinniest thing on the field, she is very fiesty and is a great little soccer player, often taking the other team by surprise.
Caught the girls piling on their dad during some downtime... had to get a pic! 
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