HOLLYWOOD,

HERE SHE COMES!

OLIVIA'S SCHOOL PUT ON THE PLAY PETER PAN,
AND SHE PLAYED SEWATI, ONE OF THE INDIANS.

HER SCHOOL HAS A SUPERB DRAMA DEPT.,

 FROM THE STAGE CREW THROUGH THE LEADING LADY.

GREAT JOB OLIVIA!

IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCTIONS

 OF PETER PAN I'VE SEEN,

EVEN IF I AM A LITTLE PREJUDICE. 

RAINY DAY BLUES???

GET A PUZZLE!

I RECEIVED TWO 1000 PIECE PUZZLES FOR CHRISTMAS AND, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I STARTED ON THIS ONE ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO.  A LITTLE BIT NOW, A LITTLE BIT THEN, AND IT'S FINALLY BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE.

SPENT THIS MORNING PUTTING TOGETHER
 THE MANY SIGNS THAT ARE IN THE PUZZLE.  
BETWEEN BOTH PUZZLES,
I'M READY FOR A LONG WINTER!

SOPHIA AND COUSIN ELLE

CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE EYES.

BUT THEY'RE LOVING IT!

AFTER SAMS GAME WE ALL HEADED TO DINNER.  THANKS TO ONE OF GABE'S FRIENDS, LOOK AT WHAT WAS DELIVERED TO OUR TABLE FOR DESSERT.  

NOW THAT'S A SUNDAE!

GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF BASKETBALL???

LET'S THROW A LITTLE WATER POLO INTO THE MIX.

WE CAUGHT A  BIT OF IT TODAY IN MOUNTAIN VIEW.

WE GOT THERE IN TIME TO WATCH OLIVIA PLAY GOALIE IN THE END OF THIS GAME.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S EVER PLAYED GOALIE BEFORE,
BUT SHE LOOKS  LIKE SHE'S HAVING FUN.

SHE DID A GOOD JOB OF IT TOO,
THEY WON.
JUST LOOK AT THAT THROW!

NEXT GAME, ROXY #4 JOINED IN
COVERING HER OPPONENT LIKE A BLANKET.

YOU CAN ONLY EXPECT GOOD THINGS
WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE  "SPLASH SISTERS"
#4 AND #12 IN THE GAME.

OK ROXY, YOU GET THE BALL,
I'VE GOT THIS GIRL COVERED.

KEEP AFTER THEM LIV, EVEN IF YOUR CAP IS COMING OFF.

STAY ON 22 LIV,

BECAUSE SHE'S NOT GOING TO LET UP ON YOU,
WHEN YOU HAVE THE BALL.

GREAT GAMES GIRLS!!!

HOPE YOU WON THE SECOND ONE.

WE LEFT BEFORE THIS GAME WAS OVER, SO I COULD MEET UP WITH THE BRIDE TO BE AND HER MOM AND SISTER TO WATCH HER CHOOSE HER WEDDING GOWN. CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IT'S A SECRET, BUT I CAN TELL YOU

 SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN IT!

IT'S A WIN!!

WELL THE DUBLIN GAELS PROVED OTHERWISE.

WE ARRIVED INTO THE SECOND QUARTER,
AND THE SCORE ALREADY WAS IMPRESSIVE.

THIRD QUARTER, AND IT ONLY GOT BETTER.

THEY PLAYED HARD, AND ENDED
WITH A WINNING SCORE OF
49 TO 21.

GREAT JOB GAELS!
LET THIS BE A TURNING POINT
FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

OLD PHOTOS ARE PRICELESS

AND THIS ONE DEFINITELY IS!

WHILE CLEANING OUT CUPBOARDS TODAY, I CAME ACROSS THIS ADORABLE PHOTO OF ABBEY.  IT WAS TAKEN IN 1996 BEFORE JENNY AND MIKE'S WEDDING. SHE IS PATIENTLY WAITING, OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, FOR THE WEDDING TO GET STARTED.

AN ADORABLE FLOWER GIRL,

SOON TO BE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.

HOLIDAYS OVER

TIME TO GET BACK TO BASKETBALL,

AND THAT'S WHAT SAM DID TODAY
WITH HIS TEAM PLAYING
THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES AGAIN.

I THINK I REMEMBER THIS #40 FROM LAST TIME.
ISN'T HE THE ONE THAT TRIED TO TACKLE SAM?

SAM GETS FOULED,

AND HE

MAKES THE BASKET!

IN SPITE OF THE LOSS,
GREAT GAME SAM!

 FOLLOWING SAM'S GAME,

SOPHIA HAD A SOCCER GAME SCHEDULED.

THE OTHER TEAM FORFEITED 

BECAUSE SOPHIA'S TEAM BEAT THEM BY 

A HUGE AMOUNT IN THEIR LAST GAME.

SOUNDS LIKE SOUR GRAPES,

OR BAD SPORTSMANSHIP TO ME.

THE GIRLS MADE THE BEST OF IT

WITH A FUN GAME AGAINST SOME OF THEIR DADS..

HAIR FLYING,
SHIRTS OUT,

AND BEING ON THE FLOOR SOME OF THE TIME,
THEY STILL BEAT THE DADS BY TWO.
.GUESS MAYBE I CAN SEE WHY
THE OTHER TEAM WAS AFRAID TO PLAY THEM.