Hockey GOLD!

Practicing before the game.

Gold medal winning team.

Kids with their gold medals!


Hockey is over and the kids won gold! They were soooo happy. If they only get 1 gold medal per year this is the sport they'd want it in. We're so proud of their efforts. This is the first year they were on the same hockey team. There were only enough kids to make 3 teams instead of 2 teams (or more) per age grouping. This meant each team had kids ranging from 7-15. Joshua had no problem competing with/against 15 year olds and he earned the nickname "the beast" from some kids for his goal tending abilities. Yay for them!!

4th of July

4th of July. America's birthday. MY anniversary! 14 years and counting:o)

We started the day by going to Applebee's for lunch because kids ate free that day. Then we went to Lowe's for paint for Hannah's room (a make over happening in October). As if that wasn't exciting enough, we then went a model home to enter a contest for a trip to Disneyland! You had to find a hidden Mickey and tell the salesperson where he was and then we got to hide it for the next person to find. You all know how we like to find hidden Mickeys. Here's to hoping we win that soon.

That afternoon some friends came over to go swimming & BBQ. They had to leave before it got dark so we set off some fireworks in the daylight. After it got dark some other friends brought over their stash of fireworks and we set those off too. We never did make it out to see any "professional" fireworks. Still a fun day though.

June/July

I see it's been over a month since I posted. There just hasn't been anything picture worthy going on. June was just typical. We do school 2-3 days a week,the kids played hockey (with a few trips to Wet 'n Wild mixed in),and we see the summer movies. I just thought I'd pop in to let my few readers know I'm still around.

The kids last hockey game is next week and they will end up with at least silver but we're hoping for gold, of course. Joshua has earned the nickname "The Beast" from some other kids for his goal tending abilities. I guess all those times he's asked me to throw things at him has paid off! I expect that will be the next time I'll have a good picture to post.

July 4th was our 14th anniversary. We went out to lunch,had some friends over for swimming and BBQ, & then some more friends came over with fireworks. We never did make it to an actual fireworks show this year.