Hockey Kid

Finally have our schedule where I can bring Joshua back to hockey practice. They did some drills and then a scrimmage the full length of the ice.





The following pictures are in sequence during the scrimmage.



Josh is trying to move the puck to the other end of the rink. #14 in red is skating in fast towards Josh and will check shoulders, sending Josh falling down. Of course, I didn't get that picture but the coach yelled out, "No hits!"



Josh ended over by the boards, having dropped his stick while the others are still fighting over the puck. He can't pick it up yet since they are practically right on top of it.




The play moves on so Joshua is safe to retrieve his stick. :) He did end up scoring a goal for his team.


Taking a shot on goal...

Tidbit

Today, I learned something new on Ravelry. No, it wasn't knitting related. I happened to be in the Puck This group and read about a woman loving hockey but playing ringette. I never heard of ringette so I had to go to trusty Google and find more about it.

Very interesting and well, this video explains everything you want to know.



Now you probably learned something new too! :)

Thursday at the Beach

The sunsets/skies this week have been stunning and I was able to make it down the beach and see for myself. Not as many clouds as the previous days but still a nice clear day.



But as we drive closer, I see the fog rolling in over Palos Verdes... made for some interesting watching since over the the course of a hour, it went from very foggy to clear.

Meanwhile, the kids got busy digging in the sand and getting their feet wet.





They had a really good time frolicing in the sand and sea. Lots to see like, surfers, sailboats, volleyball players and various people doing their thing.











Also, the sunset was beautiful too.

Funky

I'm finally feeling back to my normal self. I'm back to my schedule and lifestyle which has me more energetic.

I had to frog my Jaywalkers since they were too small. I did like how they were turning out so I will cast on a bigger size soon. In the meantime, I started another project just because I saw so many cool socks with this pattern so I started Harvest Dew (free on Ravelry).



No, you don't need to adjust your monitor...it really is this bright. It has a funky name to go along with the wild colors...Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I got the yarn as part of the Rocking Sock Club 2011 and I think the pattern isn't obscured by the busy yarn. I needed a great project to jumpstart my sock knitting mojo again and so far, this is a fun knit. I'm at the heel flaps now, so it's moving along nicely.

Last weekend, Tyler's kenpo group went to a tournament and it was fun. Tyler did well but didn't win any top awards.






February is almost over along with three 3-day weekends for the kids.  Two of the three weekends, we went on a little trip and on the last one, we vegged for the most part. Phew, that was exhausting but fun.

Happy President's Day Weekend

Taken in Mammoth while waiting for breakfast...I thought hey, I can take a pic of the boys. They seemed to pose in their normal, boring fashion but I must have been taking a while to get my iPhone to get going and made faces by the time I pushed the shutter.

Totally adorable! :)

Kind of back to normal

Took a little bloggie hiatus, especially the 365 project, and I'm feeling better. Had a busy but short week helping my mom after her eye surgery and our various usual activities.



I made cookies...recipe from my Cookie A Sock club 2012. The flourless, fiery fudge cookies that I accidently added paprika instead of cayenne pepper. Oooops, but it turned out fine and still tastes really good.  :)

Another 3 day weekend for the kids and we'll plan on sticking close to home.



Jaywalker socks in progress and I think I'm finding my sock knitting mojo again. It's slow but it's coming.

Have a good weekend!!

Sledding

To cap off our trip, the boys go sledding.

Discovery

The past week has been pretty hectic and stressful so I needed to step back and take it easy. I can get worked up fast so it was nice to do some other things.

We had a nice long weekend at Mammoth mountain and here is a video of Joshua, our youngest. We've been telling the kids that we were going to start them on snowboards this season and Josh was very excited of the two kids.

Each one had 2 lessons and for the most part, they are around the same area of learning although Josh is able to come down the run on his heels a bit faster than Tyler. They will continue their lessons next time but for now you can enjoy the Discovery run with Josh...

San Diego weekend

Hectic week with some stress thrown in for good measure. Luckily it was a short week due to a student free day so we headed down to San Diego early Saturday morning to hopefully see some whales.



We did see the pretty sunrise over the 405 freeway...



All aboard at 9:30am...



Heading out with a pretty view of the skyline.



Gave the kids some Dramamine so we didn't have to use these!



Lots of dolphins and I managed to get a blurry picture of one. :)




We saw spray/spout ! Not much else and the one whale.



This is how I find the kids...

Kerfuffle

Flash mob hockey crowd surprises 2 rec hockey teams which made their night memorable!