Yoga

Bright eyed and bushy tailed


Julie and Launa yogee together


Jonah goes to play with Peyton, but Sydney has other plans and grabs him by the scruff and reels him in for a kiss

Kiss Kiss


Sydney in the box


Jonah eating a toy, Sydney's about to grab him from behind and pull his hair... and yes he cried.

soccer babies

Sydney's doing tricks
Peyton's got goalie style

it's been a long time

I miss updating my blog, today it's like meeting up with an old friend sipping a cup of coffee... only I have the coos of babies in the background, an occassional scream here and there - lots of talking... it smells wonderful outside, I love the after rain smell.... it is so Fall out there.

okay speaking of talking.... the babies are talking... Yep... Peyton has a bigger vocabulary right now.... besides the goos, coos, ba, da, ma, those things.... both babies do that.... Peyton has said Good, Daddy, Bianca, and up. Sydney has said Bravo. We say those words lots... I'm expecting them to break out saying their own names soon enough.

I don't even know where to begin, so many things have happened.

Bianca's soccer Team lost her first league game - what a heartbreaker... I got some great pictures... Ben bought a new lens for the camera... a 70 - 300.... telephoto... wow.. it brings you close to the action... I started getting motion sick! Bianca has now moved to the middle - yep she's a midfielder now... when she's playing forward the middle falls apart, they can't seem to get the ball to the forwards so we can score.... She's actually happy playing in the middle... You Go Girlie... Just wait.. soon enough she'll have a boot on her and she'll be shooting and scoring from way outside.

Sydney is trying to walk now. She pulls herself up on anything and everything she can get her hands on. She lets go with one hand, and then usually two, only to fall. If you hold her hands, her lil legs go superfast, she's like speedy gonzalez. It's so cute. Peyton is content with hanging out, checking things out, occassionally getting on her hands and knees, doing the rock a way and letting everyone know that she's in the room.

there was an interuption.... Sydney is now asleep on the livingroom floor, and Peyton is fighting sleep on my bed.

Did I mention Bianca got braces on Sept 13th.... She loves them and she hates them. She had to get an expander on the roof of her mouth... food gets stuck, she complains... it's hard to talk... and the day after she got the expander, she had to give a short speech introducing her candidate for Vice President at her school. So we had to change the speech up a lil bit because she had a hard time saying some of the words... She pulled it out, what a champion. And as if I didn't have enough to do... each night before she goes to bed I have to use the key and turn the deal on her expander...

We're still hot and heavy at yoga... since Sydney's on the move it's harder to go everyday to the gym. We're still trying to get in at least 3 times a week. I'd love to go more, but I need my helper - Bianca or Amy to keep an eye on the babies. A bunch of the moms and kids at yoga graduated at the end of last month... their babies are crawling and getting into things and they don't wanna be bothered chasing after them when they are trying to yoga... Sydney is on the go but she's fascinated by all the other kids and the yoga moms... so she's happy. Peyton enjoyed doing some tummy time with Fin on Tuesday. She didn't get mad that she had to be on her tummy. usually she gets upset, but I guess looking into Fin's bright blue eyes made her forget she was doing tummy time. - right now she's doing tummy time on my bed, looking at me and clearing her throat so I'll pay attention. Now she's talking... she's not ready for mr sandman. being a mother is never boring... and for those fools at work who asked me if I was bored...~rolls eyes~ I could never be bored with this wonderful full time job I have at home.

I wanna post a few pictures and then I'll continue with my updates.

Never got around to posting the pictures - maybe later.... just got back from Yoga and the Gym.... I left the house at noon - Peyton was having issues going to sleep... so we took the show on the road - only it didn't work so well for Sydney who was woken from a deep sleep by a crying sister and never went back to sleep - until the 4 o clock car ride home - and now both baby girls are out, bianca is doing her homework and Ben is pretending to clean up in the kitchen.

I've got a RANT... I've asked Ben for over a month to put his ant/bug killer/weed killer out in the garage... he keeps telling me I will - later... okay I could very well put it in the garage myself... of course it means I either have to steal the garage key from him, or move a whole bunch or crap.. ie - baby carseats, boxes, clothes for the goodwill and other things that are piled high in front of the garage door in the kitchen.... So there sits the stuff that I want out of the house... I guess if it's still there tonight I'll put it out in the front yard - maybe someone else needs it... I also asked him to buy a big freezer (because the other one died about two years ago) and I wanted to store all my precious breastmilk... in the regular freezer it only last three months... in the grand free standing freezer I wanted - it last a year.... so instead I've gradually been throwing out that wonderful breast tonic because it's no longer yummie.... so I wasted a whole lot of time and num nums... I have no milk for when the babies go to daycare... okay they won't take a bottle - yet... but they may if there is no breast to nurse on... so what.. do I give them formula in a cup, in a bottle... do they go all day thirsty... I guess Ben could care less... I on the other hand am debating on this work thing.... full time or part time? working from home sounds good about now. not working sounds best.

Okay I got this great new coffee machine.. Senseo... makes one cup, really fast, no clean up, no coffee grounds making a mess.... Yep... i'll let you know how the coffee is... as soon as I can find a place to put it... Can't get rid of my regular cup o joe maker just yet... the bad thing is... I can't use Starbucks or Java City Coffee... you gotta use Senseo coffee's... they have a huge variety or so I'm told... it's a cappuccino machine - okay I'll let you know how it goes....

are you bored yet? Good...

Sydney did the sweetest thing the other day.... she was sleepin in the co-sleeper next to my side of the bed.... and she woke up.... when she wakes up she sits up right away, looks around and then decides to either cry, find her binky or play... she moved over and patted my head, waking me up....what a sweetheart.

I'm debating about putting the girls back in the crib together to sleep or one in the crib one in the co-sleeper. I'm not getting any sleep.

The babies are loving them some veggies... Carrots are numero uno. they also really like sweet peas, peas with brown rice, squash and sweet potatoes. They are now eating stage 1 and 2 - we do the earths best baby food. They don't like banana's, apples are alright, and they love watermelon.

Rib Fest Pictures

Sept 9th

Bianca turns ten.... it's official Bianca is now TEN... She had her birthday at Bouncetown from 830 pm til 1030 pm... so it was a late party. She was thinking she was having a sweet sixteen cuz she even changed during the party... I'm so not looking forward to her teenage parties...

Everyone had a great time jumping and running around. I had fun throwing balls at Uncle Rudy, wrestling around with my sister and playing in the bubbles with the babies.

Bianca got lots of prizes... lots of great outfits - capris, pants, shirts, skirts, sweaters, two pairs of shoes, some Bratz - one that's a kareoke ones, polly pockets, makeup, lots of Giftcards - YEAH SHE LOVES THOSE. Barnes and Noble, Borders, Claire's, Libby Lu, Toys R Us, Target, Gap - She's been shopping like crazy for a week. I'm scared of you... Plus she got cash too.... but she's smart about her cash, she puts it in the bank.... You Go Girlie

Angel, Feliz, Sydney & Peyton & Uncle Michael

Tourney Pictures and the Creek

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from Bianca's Castro Valley Tourney. She's number 7. Some pictures of the girls at the hotel too.

Also pictures of Uncle Michael and Courtney playing with the babies.

We went to visit Great Grandma, Aunt Roxann and the boys-- got those in the slideshow too.

Help

I'm doing so much I can't even find the time to write about it.

Rib Cook off in Nevada Friday thru Sunday - Last weekend we - (The inlaws, Uncle Rudy and Aunt Andria, Dominic, Donavan, Ben, Me, Bianca, Sydney and Peyton) got some rooms at the Nugget. We got there first and got a room on the fifth floor - where the pool was.... Bianca was stoked. They have a huge indoor pool with mini hot tubs on one side of the pool, plus a round bigger hot tub - that's actually HOT, the others are warm. Papa, Grandma and the Tios/Primos were on the sixth floor. The Aussie Ribs and Sauce were the best, after two days of ribs and pork sandwiches... I was all BBQd out.. I don't wanna see anymore ribs for awhile... All the food was yummie, but it got to be to much. Day One -- We treked up and down the BLVD sampling ribs, lemonades and checkin out the latest fashions for a few hours. Then we all (Ben, Me, Bianca, Babies, Tio, Tia, Dominic and Donovan) played in the pool, Bianca is my shark in the water, she was everywhere...Peyton enjoyed the water my lil fish and Sydney wasn't a happy camper, I'll call her my lil crab for the night. The water was supposed to be eighty five, but I don't think it was... They had some of the sky windows open and the breeze wasn't all that warm. That night all three of my girls ended up with runny noses. Papa and Grandma did some gambling while we hung at the pool. Bianca spent the night with Papa and Grandma, Ben left me in the room with the babies while he went to gamble alone. (We were all tuckered out so we hit the hay.) Uncle Rudy stood him up and so did Uncle Michael. He came back about 2 am with a Benji's he won at Craps. He tried to get me to go play some, but I didn't want to. Day Two -- We went to a buffet brunch, it was yummie... the waffles w/strawberries and cream were the best.... I normally hate buffets, but I enjoyed this one. The boys went to gamble while the girls and kids went to the rooms. I nursed my girls and they took a short nap, the other girls, and lil boys watched videos... Then we all met up to hit the BLVD once more. Sampled more ribs, lemonades and treats... I love the chocolate covered banana's, Bianca likes the chocolate covered strawberries/banana's.... Dominic and Bianca went on the rides together, they seemed to have lots of fun, but the rest of us were hot, tired and grumpy... okay the babies were, but I think Donavan had enough of just sitting too... We went back to the room for some nursing and napping, Bianca hung out with the in laws and TiosPrimos. We all met up again at the pool. Rented Click when we got back to the room... it was pretty good. Day Three -- We checked out and went to Reno, Circus Circus, ate at another buffet, but it was LUNCH... pretty good... We took the kids to play games, we won lots of prizes, we gambled some more.... WHEEL OF FORTUNE... not my favorite... I think the most i won was like 200 quarters..... then I turned around and lost it all again... I prefer craps, but there wasn't enough time for me to play craps. The babies enjoyed the circus, rollin around in the Red Peg Perego and hootin and hollerin for some attention... I think they wanted out of the stroller, they wanted to walk, roll and sit on the floor.

Side Bar - The babies have been sitting up really well for awhile.... Sydney has been rolling everywhere, scooting some, doing the combat soldier crawl and finally crawling on her hands and knees (new today). She'd been rocking on her hands and knees and doing Down Dog, Plank and Crocodile (yoga poses) and pulling herself up to stand - using Bianca's hair, she can almost sit up on her own from her tummy, she's almost got it down . Peyton is now Rocking on her hands and knees... but no Down Dog yet... She's enjoying her sitting perfect pose playing with the toys and watching Syd get into things. Last night the girls slept separatley.... Peyton slept til 344 am and Sydney slept til 515. They both went to sleep about 930.... YEAH... Let's see what happens tonight.

MONDAY DRAFT DAY - First stop was Trader Joe's for flowers, then the cemetery. We took Kyle some new toys - wind chime things, (turtle) and his TY stuffed Froggie. The babies sat in the stroller as always, we got them out for a lil while too... then we loaded up.. and Ben decided to be a sweetheart and help buckle the babies in the car... Did I mention the girls moved into the convertible seats... anyhow guess he got side tracked and forgot to put the stroller ($350 Twin Aria Stroller) in the back. We went to the LOT and then to get Carnitas, then to Ben's parents house... we hung out, then went to see Uncle Tom (he had surgery on his prostate to remove cancer) then the grocery store where Ben realized we didn't have the stroller....then back to ben's parents so I could nurse babies... while I did that he went to the cemetery to see about our stroller... it was gone ... not to be seen again... We were all a lil sad, upset, sick to our stomaches... you name it.... we met up with the FANTASY FOOTBALLERS at Uncle Steven and Joan's house. That was a long four or so hours... In between picks (the girls - Me, Joan, Carmen) played with babies, fed babies and I of course nursed babies... The kids played outside, inside and sideways... I picked 7th.... Ben picked 10th (he got first place last year, I got fouth) With the first pick of the 2006/2007 draft year Steven picked EL JAY - er Larry Johnson. I picked for Papa... he got S. Alexander.... Uncle Michael got Tomlinson, Marcos got James, Martin got Peyton Manning, Rudy got Tiki, I got Ronnie Brown, Uncle Tom got Smith and Ben took Steven Jackson and Rudy Johnson.... won't bore you with the rest of the nights picks... This was so much better than the "work fantasy football". It's nice to see who people pick and then know who you want.. instead of doing it BLIND - like Franchise does it. after the third pick I was tired and not so interested... playing with the babies and talking was more fun.

Tuesday we went to Yoga and the gym - me the babies and my sister... the babies are eating Sweet Potatoes. Sydney likes to feed herself and Peyton loves letting me feed her. She opens her mouth like a lil bird waiting to be fed and Syd won't open her mouth unless she's shoveling the food and spoon herself.
Wednesday we got a new stroller... the Combi Savvy Sport ( only $200) I like it better, it's easier to manuever, the wheels don't get stuck all crazy like the Peg we had. The girls like the new stroller.. it's mango and grey and drives like a dream. It's got six wheels instead of four and folds up pretty crazy, small tight compact... went to the gym and to Bianca's soccer practice - hung out with Courtney and the babies.
Thursday went to Yoga and the gym (Bianca goes on Thursday's) Everyone loves when Bianca is there... all the yoga moms and babies like seeing her. Sydney and Peyton don't mind sharing their biggest bestest sister either. We went to dinner at grandma and papa's house too.

Castro Valley Tournament

Friday we packed up the SUV and headed for Hayward... It took us about 2 hours to find out hotel, the traffic wasn't bad, the babies slept and Bianca watched Posidon. Ben surprised her with the DVD, she wanted to see the movie in the theater's but we never got the chance, so he snuck the DVD into the Truck before we left and I handed her both remotes and as she settled in for what she thought was the Corpse Bride - she grinned and said we got her again.... she was happy about the movie, but it didn't compare to TITANIC....

We got Take Out Italian from Rigatoni's. yummy stuff. the babies ate squash and made huge messes...stained clothes and faces ~lmao~ The sleeping arrangement went haywire when Ben didn't bring the co sleeper and couldn't get a crib.... so it started off with Ben and me in a bed and ended up with me and the babies in one bed and Bianca and Ben in the other...

Saturday's games.... Game one... Time of possession went to us... Shots on goal went to us... but the game went to the other team.... They shot once and scored once.... We had three penalty kicks.. and missed all three... Our girls were a lil nervous and ended up embarressed ... Uncle Michael came to watch the end of Game one... saw Bianca shoot a PK to the goalie.... Uncle Michael played with the babies - got some good pictures, I'll have to post them later. I took over 270 pictures..... I called my friends Angel and Feliz (TWINS) and invited them to the games... Feliz was working but Angel came out. She met the babies and we hung out for a few hours. She said they lived close to where we were staying and invited us over for Sunday Breakfast before the games... Home Cooked Meal or Continental Breakfast... you guess what we picked ~lmao~ GAME TWO - we lost again.... i think it was five - nil... our girls couldn't even get close to the ball... the other team passed all over the place.... and they were big girls.... they grow em big everywhere we play... all the teams are second year under twelves... except us...

For dinner on Saturday we ate speghetti, another pasta dish, chicken, salad and bread.. it was yummie... we watched the older Rage and our Rage girls do Kareoke.... the babies grew tired quickly and we turned in for the night.

Sunday we woke up, cleared out the hotel room and went to see Angel and Feliz. It was our first time at their new place - any place actually, cept their parents place. It was really nice, they even have goats behind their place ~lol~ Bianca loved the stairs... it's kinda a tri level place... Angel made breakfast... scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, sausage and french toast... better than a grand slam... Feliz played with the babies while we grubbed.... I enjoyed the visit.

Sunday's game.... Again we lost.... Uncle Michael showed up again to root for the girls... didn't help... ~lmao~ After the game we went to visit Great Grandma, Aunt Roxann, Uncle Rick and the boys.... the babies were so excited and happy. they were smiling and talking like crazy. I got some pictures of Great Grandma holding the babies... I needed some of those. Also got some pictures with Aunt Roxann. The babies were really enjoying themselves, watching the dog Kelly and playing on the floor. we enjoyed our visit.

Update

Saturday and Sunday we were at the FairOaks Soccer Tourney.... we lost one, tied one and won one..... The Big Rage got first place... What a long weekend... Grandma came to game one. Papa, Grandma, Tia Amy, Tyler (amy's new beau), and Nana came to game two... Sunday Nana came to the game....and they won.... Go Nana....

Bianca started school on Monday, and so a new routine emerges. We've had a 'wake up it's the first day of school tradition - since kindergarten' So we did that on Monday morning and Bianca is always so pleasant when I wake her up like that... so I did it Tuesday and Wednesday too.... I made her lunch and breakfast and her and daddy headed for Kelsie's house - she's still catching a ride with them. It's a wonderful thing.

The babies woke up early and decided to play, my sister came over to help with the babies on my first day back to crazy. We hit the gym and then came home to play with babies. The girls are sitting up really well now, Sydney loves doing Down Dog (yoga pose) I think they'll be crawling soon, or scooting around. They are rolling all over the place. Except at Yoga and the gym, they like to stay on their blankie.

Tuesday it was just me and the girls and the dreaded 6 month shot series... Daddy met us there. The girls did wonderful, they cried for a minute and were fine. We missed Yoga and going to the gym because the babies were a lil tired after getting shots, so we went to visit papa and grandma.

Sydney is 17 lbs 3 oz (75%), 26 height (50%), head 17 (50%)

Peyton is 16 lbs 11 0z (50%), 26 3/4 height (89%), head 16 3/4 (50%)

Wednesday was a slow day, we got moving late because Tuesday night Peyton decided to be a night owl while Sydney went to bed early.. so mama stayed up way to late and didn't get enough rest. Daddy came home at lunchtime and I took a quick shower. YEAH - then I went to the gym... met up with my sister just in time to pick Bianca up from school and go to The Big Spoon (37th and J) Yummie Frozen Yogurt. Darice was going to the Fair with her hubby and stopped by to park her car at the house. We got a lil visit in and the babies enjoyed seeing a new face. Then off to a soccer scrimmage we went. Fun Fun, there were lots of bugs and the babies weren't happy. i wasn't happy either - i hate bugs.

Thursday was a nice day, we played lots in the morning in between morning naps. Picked Bianca up at 120 and headed for Yoga and the gym... Had the best workout... the babies all played in the center of class - it was Luke, Renne, Owen, Lana, Madilyn, Sydney, Peyton, Seth, Graciella, Juliet and Charlie. We missed Jonah. the kids all enjoyed playing together and I didn't have fussy babies so I almost got a full yoga session in... almost.. Peyton got really tired and needed some lovin... nursed babies and then hit the gym.... Peyton slept a whole five minutes before she was ready to play again. Sydney, Luke, Owen and Peyton played some more.

Tomorrow we leave for the Castro Valley Tourney. We're gonna get a visit in with great grandma and hopefully Aunt Roxann, Uncle Rick, Ryan and Zach. It's gonna be another busy weekend.... Uncle Michael is gonna grace us with his presence too.... It's his birthday and he's gonna spend it with his favorite cousins... okay he probably just pretends we're his favorite, he's buttering us up for something... It will be nice to see him.

I bought the best blackberries at Trader Joes... YUMMIE

pics

Experience Titanic - written by Bianca

On Sunday we went to San Francisco to go to the TITANIC exhibit. We purchased our tickets downstairs and took the elevator to the fourth floor. When we got upstairs, we were greeted by a man who gave us a telephone to use for the audio part of the tour. We saw a model of Titanic, and I took a picture next to it, we couldn't take pictures inside the exhibit. We got in line to board TITANIC, the lady gave us our boarding passes I was Mrs.Samuel L. Goldenburg(Nella Wiggens)while we were walking through the first 2 sections I saw a pair of glasses,a beaded coin purse and money all from Titanic. After that we walked through the hallway of first class passengers also we walked by the grand staircase(it was grand). I was a first class passenger so I saw what it looked like on the ship then we went to see the dinning area they had menus and had cooking ware from the ship after we went down to see third class cabins they were really small also we saw the compartments were the medal doors were shut. Now at 2:30a.m. the ship was gone in the icy water. They had a huge iceburg for us to touch, it was freezing cold, I couldn't imagine the water. In the next room there were a pair of shoes that belonged to a rich man. They had a big wall that had your name on it to see if you survived or died. My mom and me lived but my dad died the richest man on the ship was John Jacob Astor yet he died but his wife Madilene Astor survived . 183 first class people died 293 second class died 536 third class people died and 636 crew members died. I now hope that you don't just think of Titanic as only a ship but as a memorable story of how many people lost there lives so if you go to the Atlantic Ocean leave the greatest and grandest ship of all time in peace and harmony.

Party On

Donovan turns One

Saturday we celebrated my nephew/godson's first birthday. There was a big jump waterslide and a jumphouse. Most of the kids played on the slide - but the water was freezing, dominic had blue lips for a lil while.

The guests arrived promptly, of course we were first - after grandma and grandpa Max/Gertie... shhh and those are the dog's names, not the grandparents.

Peyton and Sydney enjoyed playing with Donovan's toys, Donovan joined in for a lil while until he'd had enough of Gerties (the scotty dog) barking.

Tia Andria spent two days making Donovan's first cake, it was in the shape of a ball and decorated in a rainbow of colors.... her wrist is mighty sore after using that tip for decorating... I bet she never tries that again. Donovan touched the cake and burst into tears... he didn't like the way it felt or tasted, instead he colored his hair with the frosting from his hands and then tossed the ball/cake to the ground for the dog to taste.

The rest of us enjoyed a slice of chocolate cake with a picture of the birthday boy.

Bianca spent the night with Dominic - he told me as he shook his finger in the air "Bianca's not going home with you Tia, she's spending the night" He loves having her stay the night. He showed me her bed, I guess she owns the top bunk for now... I'm sure that will change soon enough. Everytime we see him he asks if Bianca is spending the night.

pink roses

Our neice/goddaughter Alyssa celebrated a birthday on August 10, she would have been six years old. We picked up a beautiful baby pink rose bush to place by her marker. Kyle and Alyssa's markers are really close to each other so we often place flowers and lil goodies down for her when we visit the cemetery. It seems like everytime we leave a stuffed toy at her marker, it's only there a short time before someone or something takes off with it. We've been pretty lucky with Kyle's toys, his stuff usually last for a long time.

Picnic and Fountains

On Wednesday we met Tia Andria and Primos Dominic and Donovan at Sealy. Tia Andria beat us there, she had the blanket already set up when we got there. We ate some lunch and then Dominic and Bianca were off to splash in the fountains. Donovan, Sydney and Peyton played on the blanket. Check out the feet.

Bianca and Dominic went between the water and the park quite a few times. It was nice to sit in the park and watch the kids play and have a little bit of grown up talk. I was surprised at all the people, guess they have lots of mom groups that meet at Sealy. There were quite a few big kids too. When I was a kid Sealy had a pool, we spent most of our summers between Sealy, Howe, Cottage pools and Waterworld.



Bianca took Donovan to play in the water, looks like they were having fun. I'm thinking I need to get wet next time too.

Rage Team Picture

The Rage

Coach Ben, Annie, Cydney, Monesa, Tamiko, Alex, Blanca, Natalie, Coach Phil
Cathy, Tiara, Renee, Jade, Bianca, Christine, Catalina

Sonoma Classic

Game 1
Saturday we drove up to Fairfield for the Rage's first tournament. Our team happened to be the youngest team out there with the least experience but that didn't stop them. They were ready. The first game they won 1-nil, Blanca got the goal. Our girls had some good shots, some going off the posts, others the goalie - who was as big as me... was saving. We played most of the game shooting. We were happy with the shut out. The rage got 8 points for that game. The next game was like 6 hours later... it sucked... we went to the mall and ate, walked around til we were bored stupid... went back to the park and napped a lil - me and the babies that is. It was sooooooo WINDY, ugly wind - tents were flying around, umbrella's were snapping... but the babies and I managed to stay in the shade or outta the sun as much as possible.

Courntey helps out with the babies a lot, very glad to have her out there and holding one baby switching off with me... it's hard work. Her daughter is Cydney, she's the sweeper - Ben likes to refer to her as the one who cleans up the mess - like when someone blows by one of our midfielder or defenders.. Cydney jams over and knocks the ball out or back up the field. She saved us quite a few times.

Game 2
The Rage lost the next game 2-0. The girls were taking shots, we were getting unlucky, our girls had some shots... but we couldn't get them by the amazon lady in the box. The girls seemed tired and out of sync, bunching up and playing kick ball. I think it had something to do with playing early and being bored the rest of the day and not eating healthy lunches... Everyone was eating at that Chick Filet place....The other team were big girls, it seemed like all the teams were bigger than us. They were almost all 2nd year under 12's.... but our girls held their heads up.

Game 3
Sunday we drove up again... first game at 10, next game at 3 if we win - or had the second highest number of points. Game started... the girls looked good, we were playing like ourselves again or themselves. Again we had some shots but nothing fell in..... Tied 0-0, but we managed to have enough points to move on to play at 3 for third and fourth place.

Game 4
We were playing Annadale Strikers... Before the game I overhead the Strikers saying is that Purple team the Rage the team we're gonna beat to death... the coach was laughing... I was appauled.... We had to switch to the other side of the field cuz they were home team... they had switched to white shirts... When our team was on our side talking strategy their team came over and started shouting out while stretching... it was rude... oh well our team decided to switch to our white shirts before the game since we were visitors we could choose, that made the other team mad and they were shouting CHANGE BACK, but they had to change not us...

Bianca scored about 5 minutes into the game... everyone was going wild, cuz we scored first, that set the other team into a fiery, they started pushing and elbowing lots... the refs let it all go.... Bianca took an elbow in the eye, was crying and had to come out.. NO CALL at all on the elbow to the eye - what was the ref watching... the other team kept it up... next Jade came out after getting tripped and a cleat to the head.... Then Christine was taken out from behind and sprained her wrist... then Renee came out after having the wind knocked out of her, and then Blanca was taken out - kicked in the knee... it was brutal... RUGBY style - but Coach wouldn't let our girls sink to the Strikers level... The strikers scored a goal about 15 minutes into the game. Then half time.... The Strikers came right out and scored 20 seconds into the second half... we were down.... (all the injuries didn't happen in the first half... I just wanted to get them out there, not doing a play by play on the injuries). Right before Blanca got hurt she scored.. so we were tied up... GO RAGE.... The Strikers were pushing us off the ball, and acting like fools.. but getting away with it.. they got all the calls for them... amazing how it happened. The Ref called a handball against us in the box (there were lots of hand balls they didn't call) it wasn't really a handball, the girl covered her chest to keep from being hurt and turned away, it hit her elbow... they got the penalty kick and scored.... so we lost 3-2... but we were proud of our girls, they played well even after being hurt, pushed and bruised... we hung in there.... The Rage took 4th place - here they are sportin medals...

Friday - visit w/ friends

We had lunch with Sherri, Soccer Jim and Jordie. Sherri picked up Sunflower... her and jordie had nutburgers.... soccerjim had a grilled cheese and Bianca and I had quesadilla's - bianca was a good sport but didn't eat much. We also had some banana shake and some yummie fruit juice. Soccerjim picked up a cheesecake (passion fruit) The berries were amazing. We played catch up and enjoyed the babies.

- here are some pictures

Yoga Babies