HAPPY BIRTHDAY

BIANCA!

WE'D LIKE TO WISH YOU
A HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY

WITH SELFIE GREETINGS FROM

YOUR CALIFORNIA FAMILY,

CRAIG

PATTI 

ROXANNE

SYDNEY

OLIVIA

HON AND NANNY

STEVE AND DORIAN

KURT AND BRITTNEY

ABBEY, RAE, AND NICK

DANA, GORDAN, AND TIM

ELISE

EMILY

MIKE AND JENNY

SOPHIA

SAM

GABE,

AND 

PAPA AND GRANDMA.
HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR!!!

S is for Saturday

AND SOCCER! 

OUR #8  HAD AN EARLY GAME TODAY.
THAT WAS A GOOD THING,
WITH THE TEMPERATURES SOARING
IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD ONCE AGAIN.

ANOTHER GOOD THING--
JUST LOOK AT THAT SMILE, 

THEY WON BY 6 POINTS,
AND  SHE SCORED ONE OF THEM!
GREAT JOB SOPHIA!

A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL

ALTHOUGH, IT WAS A LITTLE HOT

FOR  THE JV GAME.

THE BOYS HAD AN AWAY GAME TODAY.
WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN THE 90s
DURING THE JV GAME,  MOST OF US SPECTATORS
ABANDONED OUR PLAYERS,
AND SAT IN THE SHADE OF THE HOME SIDE.
WE STILL CHEERED JUST AS LOUD
EVEN IF IT WASN'T APPRECIATED
BY THE HOME TEAM'S FANS.

IT WAS A TOUGH GAME RIGHT FROM THE START,

BUT SAM #51 GAVE IT HIS ALL.

PUSH SAM PUSH!

WANT TO KNOW ANOTHER WAY
I CAN PICK SAM OUT ON THE FIELD,
JUST LOOK AT HIS LEAN IN THIS PHOTO,

AND IN THIS ONE.
GREAT JOB SAM!
YOU GUYS MAY NOT HAVE WON THE GAME TONIGHT,
BUT JUST KEEP UP THAT PUSHING,
AND SHOVING, AND LEANING,
AND YOU'LL GET THE NEXT ONE.
GREAT JOB SAM!

WHEN THE VARSITY GAME STARTED,
IT HAD COOLED DOWN TO 80 DEGREES,
AND THE SUN WAS GOING DOWN
SO WE LEFT THESE HOME SIDE BLEACHERS
TO JOIN THE TEAM ON THE VISITOR'S SIDE.
THE GAME STARTED OUT LOOKING GOOD
WITH THE OTHER TEAM SCORING 7 RIGHT AWAY,
AND US COMING RIGHT BACK WITH 7.
FROM THEN ON, IT WAS QUITE A STRUGGLE.

GABE'S SOMEWHERE IN THIS PILE.

OUR #58 PLAYED HARD

THE WHOLE GAME.

GABE AND # 75

SEEM TO BE DOING THEIR OWN SHARE
OF PUSHING AND SHOVING
WITH EACH OTHER.

 NO MATTER HOW HARD THE GAELS PLAYED,
THEY JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO
GET AHEAD OF THEIR OPPONENT. 

THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO COUSIN ELLE .
SHE WAS THERE TO CHEER ON HER COUSIN
NO MATTER HOW THE SCORE ENDED UP,
AND SO WAS I!
GREAT JOB GABE!

SAME SPORT

DIFFERENT GRANDCHILD

AND IT'S GORDAN! #5
WE TRAVELED DOWN THE FREEWAY TODAY 
TO WATCH HIS WATER POLO GAME.

THEY LOST THE GAME BY TWO POINTS,

BUT PLAYED TOUGH THE WHOLE TIME.

KEEP ON HIM GORDAN!

DO YOU THINK #6 EVEN KNOWS YOU'RE BEHIND HIM?

NOW HE DOES!
KEEP PLAYING HARD LIKE THIS,
AND YOU'LL WIN THE NEXT ONE,
I'M SURE.

A HOLIDAY WEEKEND

AND EVERYONE WAS OUT ENJOYING THEMSELVES. 

WE OFTEN TAKE A WALK AT LAKE CHABOT.
THE WEEKEND CAN BRINGS OUT THE CROWDS,
BUT NOTHING LIKE TODAY.
NOT ONLY WERE WE IN THE OVERFLOW PARKING,
WE WERE IN THE OVERFLOW
OF THE OVERFLOW PARKING.

IT WAS WORTH IT, WITH THE BEAUTY THAT COMES WITH THE WALK.
THE RASPBERRY BUSHES ALONG THE CREEK
WERE FULL OF BERRIES.
I WISH I HAD A BAGGIE ON ME
I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOME.

RACCOON  POINT IS USUALLY OUR TURN AROUND POINT.

HOW ABOUT THESE PICTURES.
SAM, UPON HEARING THAT MY CAMERA GAVE UP,
OFFERED ME HIS THAT HE NO LONGER USED.
I ALWAYS ADMIRED THE WONDERFUL PICTURES IT TOOK.
THANKS SAM!
I PROMISE TO GET SOME GREAT PICTURES
OF YOU IN THE GAME ON FRIDAY.

NOW THAT'S A

TOMATO

YOU'LL NEVER GET A TOMATO LIKE THIS FROM A STORE.  IT MAY NOT BE THE BIGGEST TOMATO YOU'VE EVER SEEN, BUT DOESN'T IT MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER?  

BAD PHOTOGRAPHY

BUT GOOD GAMES!

THE ZOOM ON MY CAMERA DECIDED I HAD PUSHED IT TO IT'S LIMIT, SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH MY PHONE.  AS YOU CAN SEE BY MY PICTURES, THE ZOOM ON IT ISN'T VERY CLEAR.  WE WENT TO ONE OF SYD AND ROXANNE'S WATER POLO GAMES ON TUESDAY, AND NO PICTURES, BUT BOTH TEAMS WON THEIR GAMES.  I'LL HAVE A NEW CAMERA FOR NEXT WEEK, SO BEWARE.

THIS FRIDAY WAS FOOTBALL NIGHT WITH SAM PLAYING FIRST IN THE JV GAME.  I DIDN'T GET ANY PICTURES, BUT THEY WON WITH A SCORE OF 31-8.

NEXT GAME WAS GABE PLAYING VARSITY.  

SAM WENT FROM PLAYER TO SPECTATOR MODE, 

CHEERING ON THE VARCITY TEAM.

 

I MANAGED TO GET A FEW PICTURES OF THE VARSITY GAME.
GABE IS WHITE JERSEYS, SECOND IN FROM THE LEFT.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THE 8 OF HIS #58

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE 8 AGAIN
IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS GROUP.  

I HAVE TO ADMIT, EVEN WITH GABE PLAYING MOST OF THE GAME,
IT GOT A LITTLE BORING TOWARDS THE END,
WITH DUBLIN WINNING 57-7.
SAM ASSURES ME I WON'T BE BORED NEXT WEEK.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AND SYDNEY
HAD A WATER POLO TOURNAMENT.

HER AND #6 ARE JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT TOGETHER,

UNTIL #6 DECIDES SHE'LL TRY FOR A GOAL.

SYDNEY SEES TO IT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
WITH A GOOD BLOCK PUNCHING IT AWAY.
WE'RE ON A WINNING STREAK HERE,
WITH HER TEAM WINNING 6-3.


TIME FOR A LITTLE SNACK 
BEFORE WE ALL DEPARTED FOR HOME.
OLIVIA CHOSE A CUSTOM MILKSHAKE
WITH BROWNIES, MARSHMALLOWS, AND SPRINKLES.
SHE REFERRED TO IT,
AS ONLY OLIVIA COULD,
AS A PARTY IN A CUP.

IT'S ALWAYS A PARTY WHEN YOU'RE AROUND OLIVIA.
NOT SURE HOW IT COULD BE WITH ALL THOSE WINS,
BUT HAVING YOU AROUND MADE THE WEEK
EVEN MORE EXCITING!