IT'S CRAB SEASON

 AND WE'VE GOT CRAB!

OUR NEIGHBOR WENT CRABBING, AND LOOK WHAT HE BROUGHT HOME FOR US.  
MMM YUMMY!!!
I LOVE CRAB!

TWO DAYS OF SOCCER

 FOR SOPHIA.

SHE STARTED OUT YESTERDAY'S GAME, THE WAY SHE STARTS OUT EVERY GAME, AS GOALIE.

HER FANCY FOOTWORK
IN THE SECOND HALF,

HELPED HER TEAM

WIN THE DUBLIN CUP

WITH A SCORE OF 6 TO 2.

THIS TEAM WAS ON FIRE!

AND ENJOY THEIR TROPHY FOR BEING UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON.

AS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SOCCER,

TODAY, FOR THE FUN OF IT, THEY PLAYED A TEAM IN

THE NEXT HIGHER BRACKET.

GIVING THEM A LOOK AT WHAT NEXT YEAR CAN BRING,
AND IN SPITE OF PLAYING THEIR HEARTS OUT,
THEY LOST THE GAME.
I'M SURE THEY'LL BE READY BY NEXT YEAR TO MEET THE CHALLENGE.  

HERE'S A WINNING TEAM

SOPHIA AND GREAT GRANDMA, WHO CAME TO WATCH HER GAME.

LEAGUE CHAMPS

 THAT'S SYDNEY, AND THE LADY KNIGHTS WATER POLO TEAM.

SATURDAY'S GAME. AGAINST HOLLISTER'S HAY BALERS,
 WAS THEIRS FROM THE START. 

IT'S A FIGHT TO GET THE BALL.

SYD GETS THERE FIRST,

AND HAS A GREAT PASS,

HELPING TO MAKE THIS FINAL SCORE
OF 11 TO 0
GREAT JOB LADY KNIGHTS!

 AFTER THE GAME, WE WENT TO REFUEL AT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SYD'S BBQ.  BEING A SPECTATOR TAKES A LOT OUT OF YOU.  SAM, WHO CAME TO CHEER ON HIS COUSIN, CHOSE THIS HUGE BURGER.   IT CAME STABBED WITH A STEAK KNIFE. ROXANNE CAN'T BELIEVE HER EYES.  SHE KIND OF LOOKS AS IF SOMEONE STABBED HER.

I LOVE  HOW MUCH FUN THE COUSINS HAVE WITH EACH OTHER.

THIS FRIDAY FINDS US

 AT THE KICKOFF OF THE LAST

AND MOST EXCITING FOOTBALL GAME

OF THE SEASON.

THE GAELS WENT INTO THE THIRD QUARTER BEHIND BY 8,
AND THEN IT GOT EXCITING.

THEY TIED THE SCORE BEFORE THE QUARTER WAS OVER, ONLY TO HAVE THE APPOSING TEAM COME BACK WITH A TOUCHDOWN AND THE TWO EXTRA POINTS, MAKING THE SCORE 14 TO 22.

BUT BEFORE THE MOON WAS ALL THE WAY UP, AND BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME, THE GAELS MADE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN AND THE EXTRA POINT.  THAT BROUGHT THE SCORE TO 21 TO 22 AND THEN ONE MORE TOUCHDOWN WITH THE TWO EXTRA POINTS MADE FOR 

A WONDERFUL FINAL SCORE FOR THE LAST GAME
OF A WINNING SEASON.

ONCE AGAIN,
ONE HAPPY TEAM,

AND ONE HAPPY SOPHIA
DOING HER 29 CARTWHEELS

FOR THE 29 POINTS SCORED.

 CONGRATULATIONS

JV GAELS

ON YOUR WINNING SEASON!!!

LET'S HAVE COFFEE!

 CUZ I'VE GOT A NEW COZY!!!

ROXANNE HAS JOINED THE AUNTS IN HAVING THE TITLE OF "KNITTING MACHINE". (IN THIS CASE IT'S CROCHETING, BUT SHE DOES BOTH)  YESTERDAY, ON THE RIDE TO AND DURING THE WATER POLO MEET, SHE CROCHETED A COWL COLLAR, A HEADBAND, AND THEN USED HER SCRAPS TO MAKE ME THIS COFFEE COZY.  A WATER POLO GAME IS ONLY AN HOUR LONG, AND THE RIDE NOT QUITE AN HOUR,SO NOW YOU KNOW WHY I'M SO IMPRESSED.  

I'LL BE TOTING THIS WITH ME EVERYWHERE.

I LOVE IT ROXY!!! 

IT'S BEACH WEATHER

 SO THAT'S WHERE WE HUNG OUT THIS WEEK.

HALF MOON BAY WAS WARM, WITH PEOPLE ENJOYING THE WATER.

WITH THE WARM WEATHER, AND THE EMPTY CAMPSITES, I WAS READY TO CALL CAROL AND TELL HER TO COME ON DOWN, THEN I REALIZED THE CAMPGROUND WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATING.

WE HAD LUNCH WITH THE FISHERMAN (far right), THE BEST SALMON FISH AND CHIPS I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.

TODAY, SINCE WE WERE HEADING IN THIS DIRECTION FOR WATER POLO, STOPPED AT THE PACIFIC GROVE GOLF COURSE FOR LUNCH.

LOOK AT THESE GUYS THAT WERE ENJOYING THEIR LUNCH AT THE SAME TIME!

 TIME FOR WATER POLO.

I CAN HEAR PAPA NOW, "COVER HER LIKE A BLANKET SYD!"

NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE GOAL SHE MADE, OR JUST A GREAT PASS.
 EITHER ONE, WE'LL TAKE IT.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IT'S YOUR BALL SYD!

A REAL ACTION SHOT!

 MORE BLANKETING?

GREAT GAME SYD, WITH AN WINNING SCORE OF 3 TO 15.

DINNER AFTERWARDS TO CELEBRATE BEFORE WE ALL HEAD FOR HOME,
SOME TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK, RIGHT KIDS?

IT CAN'T RAIN ON HER PARADE!

SOPHIA'S SCHOOL COVERED THAT PROBLEM.

THEY MARCHED THROUGH THE HALLS OF THE SCHOOL,
WITH THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS ENDING UP IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM FOR A HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL.

 THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY HAVE EARNED BOO BUCKS FOR GOOD DEEDS AND EXTRA WORK, TO SPEND AT THE CARNIVAL.  HER FRIEND AND HER STOP FOR A PHOTO SHOT WITH THEIR TEACHER, WHILE SETTING UP THEIR BOOTH.

SOPHIA MADE GHOST LANTERNS, AND HER FRIEND DECORATED CUTIES, AS THEIR ITEMS TO SELL.

WHILE OUT SPENDING HER BOO BUCKS, SOPHIA POSES FOR A PICTURE WITH LUCY THE BALLERINA.

IS THIS DOROTHY AND SCARECROW?
DID POOH END UP IN THE LAND OF OZ?