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cheers…

21 Tuesday Jun 2016

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started my post sitting in a soccer field as my youngest grandson practiced before his game…

was picked up at work, had a lovely home cooked dinner of chicken wings; mashed potatoes with corn, shredded cheese and gravy; and a kale salad with the family… what a treat… also had a quarter of a waffle cake (cake batter cooked in the waffle maker) with butter cream icing on it… yum… these were a treat for the birthday boy’s soccer team, at their practice…

after the soccer game, was picked up and went to see Finding Dory with the 11 year old birthday boy, a friend, his mom and dad…

brought some chocolates back so he and I had a cheers with ours…


great soccer player going by as they practised before the game…


something for everyone else to do too…


the game was excellent and our little guy scored in the first few minutes… shortly after that he got another goal which I  caught …


he kicked that ball right into the net… this boy has no fear… 

after his game was finished, went to the birthday boy’s practice where the kids devoured the waffle cakes…


saw Finding Dory, which was very cute, dropped everybody off and my son-in-law drove me to my car which was still at the office…

took this selfie of all of us in the car with our 3D glasses on, lol…


lovely way to spend my first day home from Atlanta…

soccer…

04 Saturday Jun 2016

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spent some time in the garden this morning pulling a few weeds… 

trying to decide if this is really purple coneflower or a very big weed…

was picked up just after eleven and proceeded to watch four soccer games… 3 in Headingley and 1 in North Kildonan…

got to see all three boys play which was great fun…

started at Blumberg with the oldest… saw about half of his first game before having to leave for the next game… it was overcast and a bit windy… also fitted in some baby snuggles at this game with a young friend’s little one…


then the youngest, his daddy and I drove across town to his second game of the day at Anderson Park in North Kildonan… it rained for about ten minutes as his game began, but then cleared up…

got this great shot when he scored a goal… he is number 8…


the rest of the family turned up when the other game was finished… 

then the two older boys, their mom and I had a pit stop at their house, checked out their new vegetable gardens, and headed back across town to the second game for the oldest, at Blumberg again…

when that game was over, we moved down a few fields and watched the middle one play his game… he is number 20…


they are all good players and it was a great opportunity for me to see them all play… 

the sun came out and it was rather warm for these last two games…

when the games were all over we went out for Chinese food to celebrate…


the little boys even tried the consume and liked it…

arrived home about 9:15… the boys had a hot tub and my daughter mowed the front yard…

played with the pond a bit, maybe saw one of the tadpole/frogs, and they headed for home…

after a very busy day I am going to bed…

reminder…

09 Wednesday Sep 2015

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went to my oldest grandson’s soccer game last night…

they are nearly done their games and it was nice to get to go to one very close to home…

while there got this shot of some geese on their way over…

  
been trying to get a picture of the geese in flight all summer but just haven’t been able to manage it… I just love the sound and sight of them honking and flying in formation… such a sign of spring and fall for me… still makes me stop and look up when I hear the sound…

half an hour later I was home waiting for my BS friends to arrive and looked out at this beautiful sky… went and got my phone right away and took a few shots and then just stood revelling in the moment…

  
read a comment recently on a friend’s Instagram feed about enjoying the moment, and just got an email from another about being in the moment and how important that is…

all of these things remind me of the importance of enjoying each moment and being in the present… I have been trying to do that for the last few years… always good to get a reminder…

back…

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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back to regular life today…

spent a few minutes in the garden checking out the flowers…

  
the dahlia has more flowers on it and two other plants are budding…

  
two beautiful morning glory flowers, neither of which were damaged yet…

the pond is covered with the water hyacinth… that from three plants, lol…

  
got picked up by my daughter and we came out to Blumberg where we are watching the middle guy play soccer… teams are evenly matched and it is a good game…

  
had a salad from Subway for dinner and am drinking some water… beautiful evening even though it is quite warm, but there is a lovely breeze…

score…

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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early this morning the sky was quite spectacular…

  
it was the aftermath of a storm that put out the electricity in a whole section of the city… the one I live in:-)…

we have a contest going at work about motion of any kind, and I had big plans to walk for half an hour on the treadmill… apparently silly thing needs power…

happily it came on with enough time to walk for twenty minutes…

sitting in a field right now watching my oldest grandson play soccer… bit chilly but great to have the chance to see him play… 

  
great game with a few goals… score!

  

fun…

05 Friday Jun 2015

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excited this morning to take a picture of the blooming orchid…

  
spent a bit of time preparing a bag so I would be ready to head out after work for the evening’s soccer game…

picked up from work, drove across town to pick up the boys and dog, and headed back across town for the final game of the soccer series…

luckily, had a big bag of almonds which provided entertainment for the youngest as the game was played…

  
beautiful evening to sit outside and cheer on the nine and ten year olds… heard all about the importance of defence from my guy… did have to giggle as the dads’ were having a bit of trouble giving up being the coaches… fair bit of directives from the sidelines… 

wonderful opportunity to spend some time with my kids and a fun way to start the weekend…

grandkids…

04 Wednesday Jun 2014

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started out the day by planting a cherry tomato before I headed off to work…

it was a gorgeous morning and I was happy to have the few minutes to get my hands in the dirt and water everything…

planned to come home and do more planting, but got a call around 3 advising of a band concert…

in the end, went to a soccer game for the youngest grandson, for about five minutes, then on to the band concert, where during a jazz band performance our guy played a super solo…

20140604-231016-83416605.jpgthen we flew out of the concert to get to the second half of a soccer game…

20140604-231222-83542380.jpgthe sky was amazing and just as the game ended, the raindrops started… happily we were safely in the car when the five minute downpour let loose…

busy day…

sporty…

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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been very busy with sports the last few days… last night had dinner with my daughter and oldest grandson and then went to watch his soccer game…

Kyler's team taking a well deserved break...

older one’s team taking a well deserved break, it was very hot…

tonight I went to their house and we had Chinese food for dinner – tomorrow is Jeff’s birthday – and then went to the second grandson’s soccer game…

Tavin on the way to a goal...

on the way to a goal…

both nights the weather was great, although clouds blew by… both boys played very well and I could see the improvement in the oldest, as I had been at one of his games before going to the coast…

reminded me of my dad… he was an athlete in his youth but as an adult he suffered from emphysema so couldn’t participate in sports but he loved to watch and support them… we often went to events at the Arena – for skating and running… Dad taught me that the important thing was to do your best and we always cheered for everyone, not just the front runners…

we followed that same philosophy with our children and now our grandchildren…

what a blessing to be able to see them having fun and learning great life skills…

rainbow on way home...

rainbow on way home…

the game…

14 Tuesday May 2013

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got to spend an evening watching my eldest grandson play soccer… had never heard of the field where he was playing but it was in Charleswood and we found it without a problem as Crystal had Googled it…

had to take a few shots of the pond...

had to take a few shots of the pond…

was a bit windy and for the first half of the game we were looking into the sun, but the second half we could see better…

running toward our goal...

running toward our goal…

the field is huge… but it was fun to get some action shots as the game went on… Nanny and Grandpa were there as well so we had a great cheering section…

middle of the action...

middle of the action…

we were kind of cool by the end of the game but it was lots of fun… was thinking how George would have enjoyed the evening…

watching intently...

watching intently as the sun goes down…

way to go Cobras…

grandson in motion...

grandson in motion…

I truly am blessed…