Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Beautiful Soccer in the Rain
Soccer season is going well so far. We've had quite a few wins, to put us at 3-0 in league, and 8-3-2 overall.
A picture of our team with our Champs of Merlin trophy from the Excalibur Tournament in Southern California [Dec 28-Dec 30, 2009]:
Yesterday's game was against our rival and neighbor, Menlo School. As the headlines say, "Sacred Heart Prep Girls Win Key Soccer Match." All morning, the rain poured and poured. But, when I got to school around 1:45pm, it was sunny and clear. Beautiful weather for soccer. During warm-ups, the rain started up a bit... but it seemed like it was going to be sporadic. The first 5-6 minutes of the game, the rain was coming down super heavy. [Apparently, the rain was not planning on being "sporadic."] Then, lightning showed up. As per the rules, we stopped the game and brought all the kids into the locker rooms for a mandatory 10 minute break. By the end of those 10 minutes, rain was gone... we started up play again. Our team finished a goal off a corner kick shortly thereafter to secure a 1-0 lead, which we kept through halftime. By the end of halftime, the rain was coming down again. We were soaked. We managed to finish off the game, putting in another goal with about 11 minutes left in play. 2-0 win over our rivals. BEAT MENLO.
Local Palo Alto Weekly News Article on the game can be found: HERE.
Last week's win over Priory also produced a nice news article, which can be found: HERE
We're now leading in league with a 3-0 record. Castilleja behind us with a 2-1 record. Then, Menlo and Priory both with 1-1-1 records. Mercy-Burlingame and NDSJ follow behind that.
A picture of our team with our Champs of Merlin trophy from the Excalibur Tournament in Southern California [Dec 28-Dec 30, 2009]:
Yesterday's game was against our rival and neighbor, Menlo School. As the headlines say, "Sacred Heart Prep Girls Win Key Soccer Match." All morning, the rain poured and poured. But, when I got to school around 1:45pm, it was sunny and clear. Beautiful weather for soccer. During warm-ups, the rain started up a bit... but it seemed like it was going to be sporadic. The first 5-6 minutes of the game, the rain was coming down super heavy. [Apparently, the rain was not planning on being "sporadic."] Then, lightning showed up. As per the rules, we stopped the game and brought all the kids into the locker rooms for a mandatory 10 minute break. By the end of those 10 minutes, rain was gone... we started up play again. Our team finished a goal off a corner kick shortly thereafter to secure a 1-0 lead, which we kept through halftime. By the end of halftime, the rain was coming down again. We were soaked. We managed to finish off the game, putting in another goal with about 11 minutes left in play. 2-0 win over our rivals. BEAT MENLO.
Local Palo Alto Weekly News Article on the game can be found: HERE.
Last week's win over Priory also produced a nice news article, which can be found: HERE
We're now leading in league with a 3-0 record. Castilleja behind us with a 2-1 record. Then, Menlo and Priory both with 1-1-1 records. Mercy-Burlingame and NDSJ follow behind that.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Visiting Baby Brinn
Spent some time with my favorite newborn baby this weekend. Anissa and Brett's baby girl is 7 weeks old. She is adorable. I love her.
I had brought flowers over and they ended up being in that day's 365 photo project...
Picture credit: Anissa Barnett
I had brought flowers over and they ended up being in that day's 365 photo project...
Great pic with her doggie, Jonas, posing in the background.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
A Wedding is Being Planned
Location...? Check! Date...? Check!
Well, I'm excited to officially announce that we have set a wedding location and date! This is considered to be fairly big news around here as friends and family have anxiously awaited our wedding plans ever since our engagement in the summer of 2008!!!
Our wedding will be at the Eagle Castle Winery in Paso Robles, CA on the 21st of August, 2010!
More details, "save the dates," and info to come... Hopefully decisions will be easier from here on out! Fingers crossed!
We're sooo excited about our wedding, and truly hope that you are too!
Well, I'm excited to officially announce that we have set a wedding location and date! This is considered to be fairly big news around here as friends and family have anxiously awaited our wedding plans ever since our engagement in the summer of 2008!!!
Our wedding will be at the Eagle Castle Winery in Paso Robles, CA on the 21st of August, 2010!
More details, "save the dates," and info to come... Hopefully decisions will be easier from here on out! Fingers crossed!
We're sooo excited about our wedding, and truly hope that you are too!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Engaged: Amanda and Reid!
Love is in the air... Celebration is in order!! Amanda has gotten engaged!!!! She is one of my absolute favorite people, a good friend and roommate from college! Needless to say, I am soooo happy and excited for the lucky couple.
Congratulations Amanda and Reid!!!!
Congratulations Amanda and Reid!!!!
Pics of the happy couple stolen borrowed from her Facebook:
Congrats my dear friend, Amanda. You deserve every happy and loving moment. Soak it up! Love you!
Happy 2010
Happy 2010 everyone!
Looking back on 2009, I'm filled with happy memories! It sure has been a great year...
First and foremost, Zac officially earned his CPA license. Woo hoo! No more studying! No more exams! More time together. YAY.
Our soccer team not only won first place in their league, but went on to win the post season CIF-Central Coast Section tournament. What an accomplishment. It was the first time in our school's history to make it to the tournament.
My brother started his first official job out of college... teaching high school math at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Congrats Matt!
My friend Heidi got married in May out in Nebraska! She was a beautiful bride!
Zac's sister, Ashley got married in July in Aptos, CA. Zac was the wedding officiant and I was a bridesmaid along with their sister Marissa, and another friend of Ashley's.
And of course... the year included lots of Disney fun! My parents and I made our usual trips to Disneyland - in April for Disney's California Food and Wine Festival, Labor Day weekend for the Disneyland Half Marathon, again the following week in September for my mom's birthday, and the weekend before Christmas for some Disney holiday fun!
This year also included a very special vacation for Zac and I. We traveled to Walt Disney World in Florida with our friend's Steve and Crissy from Oct 30-Nov 7. Our friend Steve is a Disney Vacation Club member, and graciously hosted us at Saratoga Springs Resort for a magical week of Disney fun! This was both Zac and Crissy's first visit, and my first visit in about 10 years! Of course, our vacation was well timed with the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. We spent the entire week seeing and doing as much as humanly possible at WDW. We also included a few extra fun activities, including - the Hoop De Due Revue show, Cirque du Soleil, shopping at Downtown Disney, and some Food and Wine Festival activities like wine seminars and Party for the Senses. What a week! Zac got very close to signing the dotted line to become Disney Vacation Club members... talk about Disney magic?! Ultimately, we decided buying a house was our top priority, and maybe DVC would be the right fit for us later down the line. Check out some pics:
At the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom.
Zac got to be an audience participant during the live action Indiana Jones show.
The four of us ate a dessert called "The Kitchen Sink" at the Beach Club ice cream parlor.
Oh, and I met Iron Chef Cat Cora at the Party for the Senses. Sweet!
We ended 2009 with happy memories and good times spent with both of our families. The holidays were a little crazy as usual, but as to be expected! As I write this, we are working on taking down the holiday decorations and Christmas tree.... turns out, Zac is okay with leaving the lights on the Christmas tree for just a few more nights! Gotta keep a bit of that holiday spirit around going into the new year.
I'm now troubled with making decisions regarding our wedding. Making "big" decisions. Not my favorite thing to do. I think we've finally decided on a wedding location and date. Eagle Castle Winery in Paso Robles, CA. August 21, 2010. I can't even imagine trying to make the "other" decisions... dress? colors? photographer? music? Ack! Wish me luck.
P.S. The view from Eagle Castle is gorgeous...
Well... Happy 2010 all! Cheers!
Looking back on 2009, I'm filled with happy memories! It sure has been a great year...
First and foremost, Zac officially earned his CPA license. Woo hoo! No more studying! No more exams! More time together. YAY.
Our soccer team not only won first place in their league, but went on to win the post season CIF-Central Coast Section tournament. What an accomplishment. It was the first time in our school's history to make it to the tournament.
My brother started his first official job out of college... teaching high school math at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Congrats Matt!
My friend Heidi got married in May out in Nebraska! She was a beautiful bride!
Zac's sister, Ashley got married in July in Aptos, CA. Zac was the wedding officiant and I was a bridesmaid along with their sister Marissa, and another friend of Ashley's.
And of course... the year included lots of Disney fun! My parents and I made our usual trips to Disneyland - in April for Disney's California Food and Wine Festival, Labor Day weekend for the Disneyland Half Marathon, again the following week in September for my mom's birthday, and the weekend before Christmas for some Disney holiday fun!
This year also included a very special vacation for Zac and I. We traveled to Walt Disney World in Florida with our friend's Steve and Crissy from Oct 30-Nov 7. Our friend Steve is a Disney Vacation Club member, and graciously hosted us at Saratoga Springs Resort for a magical week of Disney fun! This was both Zac and Crissy's first visit, and my first visit in about 10 years! Of course, our vacation was well timed with the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. We spent the entire week seeing and doing as much as humanly possible at WDW. We also included a few extra fun activities, including - the Hoop De Due Revue show, Cirque du Soleil, shopping at Downtown Disney, and some Food and Wine Festival activities like wine seminars and Party for the Senses. What a week! Zac got very close to signing the dotted line to become Disney Vacation Club members... talk about Disney magic?! Ultimately, we decided buying a house was our top priority, and maybe DVC would be the right fit for us later down the line. Check out some pics:
At the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom.
Zac got to be an audience participant during the live action Indiana Jones show.
The four of us ate a dessert called "The Kitchen Sink" at the Beach Club ice cream parlor.
Oh, and I met Iron Chef Cat Cora at the Party for the Senses. Sweet!
We ended 2009 with happy memories and good times spent with both of our families. The holidays were a little crazy as usual, but as to be expected! As I write this, we are working on taking down the holiday decorations and Christmas tree.... turns out, Zac is okay with leaving the lights on the Christmas tree for just a few more nights! Gotta keep a bit of that holiday spirit around going into the new year.
I'm now troubled with making decisions regarding our wedding. Making "big" decisions. Not my favorite thing to do. I think we've finally decided on a wedding location and date. Eagle Castle Winery in Paso Robles, CA. August 21, 2010. I can't even imagine trying to make the "other" decisions... dress? colors? photographer? music? Ack! Wish me luck.
P.S. The view from Eagle Castle is gorgeous...
Well... Happy 2010 all! Cheers!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Champs of Merlin
The day after Christmas, we had a Sacred Heart Prep alumni girls soccer game. The turn out wasn't as great as may have hoped for in terms of alums showing up.. but we had a number of seniors from last year come, and were able to put together a decent alumni vs. current players soccer match! With some encouragement, I even got my kicks in, played some soccer [which felt GOOD] and scored a few shots. Luckily, I wasn't even sore the next day! I have to mention... After we'd finished playing, two of my old teammates showed up to say "hi". What a wonderful holiday treat and surprise! It was nice to see Rebecca and Ali and catch up with them for a few minutes.
On December 27, our team made the trek to Orange County for the Excalibur Soccer Tournament, which was a big success this year. The girls stepped up and played some really good games of soccer.
Our first game against Los Alamitos on Dec 28 started out with a rough first half. The girls turned things around and had a better second half, but weren't able to put in any shots, leaving us with a 0-3 loss. Based on the results of our first game, we were then sent into the Merlin bracket -- which is a bracket in the tournament for all teams who lost their first game. Our second game was an early morning game on Dec 29 against Thousand Oaks. Our team came out with a 4-1 win. That afternoon we played Santa Inez (a team we had played against last year in this same tournament). We won the game 2-0. The next morning (Dec 30) we played in the Semi-Finals of the Merlin bracket against Walnut. This game was one of the more exciting (and nerve-wracking) games to watch as neither team was able to put in a goal by the end of the second half. The game went into Penalty Kicks. Each team sent their 5 girls up to take PKs. Miraculously, our goalkeeper, Chris Sours made 3 saves on the first three PK shots taken on her. This was an amazing feat. I don't know if I've ever seen a keeper make 3 PK saves in a row, and am not sure I ever will again. After four PK shots by each team, we were the winners. The girls were so excited.. the entire team ran and piled onto their amazing goalkeeper and each other. That afternoon, we played in the Finals of the Merlin Bracket against Cypress. This was another exciting (and rainy!) game.. with the end result being a win in our favor 2-0. Champs of Merlin!
Since we did so well in the tournament, they chose one of our players for the All Tournament Team -- Lizzy Weisman. Lizzy received a trophy and will be mentioned in next year's tournament program with the other All Tounament Team members chosen from this year.
Of course, for the girls, this tournament is also a great bonding and social experience for them. We kept them busy with different activities each night including dinners at Buca di Beppo, California Pizza Kitchen, frozen yogurt at Pink Berry and shopping at the Newport Beach Fashion Island mall. One of the night's, the parents of one of our player's graciously hosted our team and parents at their Newport Beach beach house for a beach/BBQ team party. On our final evening, we came up with a surprise activity for the team. Originally, we'd planned to go to Disneyland that day, but with our games lasting longer in the tournament, we had to come up an alternative. We decided to keep it as a surprise for the players, so the suspense was killing them for the majority of the day. That evening, we took them to a Nail Salon and Spa where they were all able to be pampered with manicures and pedicures. I would bet this is a first time experience as far as SHP athletic team social outings go. Needless to say, the girls loved it! After that we took them back to Fashion Island mall for some shopping as well as a nice team dinner at The Yard House.
All in all, it seemed each of the girls had a really great trip, and that the tournament was a great success for the team this year.
On December 27, our team made the trek to Orange County for the Excalibur Soccer Tournament, which was a big success this year. The girls stepped up and played some really good games of soccer.
Our first game against Los Alamitos on Dec 28 started out with a rough first half. The girls turned things around and had a better second half, but weren't able to put in any shots, leaving us with a 0-3 loss. Based on the results of our first game, we were then sent into the Merlin bracket -- which is a bracket in the tournament for all teams who lost their first game. Our second game was an early morning game on Dec 29 against Thousand Oaks. Our team came out with a 4-1 win. That afternoon we played Santa Inez (a team we had played against last year in this same tournament). We won the game 2-0. The next morning (Dec 30) we played in the Semi-Finals of the Merlin bracket against Walnut. This game was one of the more exciting (and nerve-wracking) games to watch as neither team was able to put in a goal by the end of the second half. The game went into Penalty Kicks. Each team sent their 5 girls up to take PKs. Miraculously, our goalkeeper, Chris Sours made 3 saves on the first three PK shots taken on her. This was an amazing feat. I don't know if I've ever seen a keeper make 3 PK saves in a row, and am not sure I ever will again. After four PK shots by each team, we were the winners. The girls were so excited.. the entire team ran and piled onto their amazing goalkeeper and each other. That afternoon, we played in the Finals of the Merlin Bracket against Cypress. This was another exciting (and rainy!) game.. with the end result being a win in our favor 2-0. Champs of Merlin!
Since we did so well in the tournament, they chose one of our players for the All Tournament Team -- Lizzy Weisman. Lizzy received a trophy and will be mentioned in next year's tournament program with the other All Tounament Team members chosen from this year.
Of course, for the girls, this tournament is also a great bonding and social experience for them. We kept them busy with different activities each night including dinners at Buca di Beppo, California Pizza Kitchen, frozen yogurt at Pink Berry and shopping at the Newport Beach Fashion Island mall. One of the night's, the parents of one of our player's graciously hosted our team and parents at their Newport Beach beach house for a beach/BBQ team party. On our final evening, we came up with a surprise activity for the team. Originally, we'd planned to go to Disneyland that day, but with our games lasting longer in the tournament, we had to come up an alternative. We decided to keep it as a surprise for the players, so the suspense was killing them for the majority of the day. That evening, we took them to a Nail Salon and Spa where they were all able to be pampered with manicures and pedicures. I would bet this is a first time experience as far as SHP athletic team social outings go. Needless to say, the girls loved it! After that we took them back to Fashion Island mall for some shopping as well as a nice team dinner at The Yard House.
All in all, it seemed each of the girls had a really great trip, and that the tournament was a great success for the team this year.
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