This is past due, but Claire won the egg drop at her school this year. She had to build a container to hold a raw egg and then test it out. They do the drop the first day and then determine the finalists. She made it through the first day and wound up taking the grand prize. On the finals day, they drop the egg from a fire engine ladder. The key = floral foam. She was pretty excited. Her teacher was really excited as she had never had anyone from her class win. Grand prize was $20.

Santa Cruz Beach Soccer Championship

There aren't many places like the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. If my memory serves me, Dad and Mom went there on their honeymoon. We were within walking distance, which was great and added some mileage to our weekly log. It was a blast watching Claire and Lilian play. Playing in the sand is a completely different game. They both played incredibly. Lilian joined up with the Strikers. One of Claire's teammates sister plays on the team. They made it to the championship game and finished second overall in their division!! Claire's team finished 4th overall in their division and Claire scored the only goal in a 3-1 loss in the semi-finals. They played some tough teams. Sophie did not have any trouble finding ways to have fun. Look for her on the Tilt-a-whirl ride in the pictures. She isn't hard to miss since she is half the size of the rest of the people. It was a great weekend. Tracey and I have the sunburns to prove it!

Claire's Picture Collage

Some pics of Claire with music. This is all Claire's handywork...

Lilian's Picture Collage

Some recent pics of Lilian with music...

Sophie's Preschool Graduation

Yay! Sophie graduated from preschool. I can't believe my youngest will be in Kindergarten in a matter of months. Tracey and I are very sad, but Sophie is definitely excited.

Picture Test

Marley and my girls

Last night we had a large lightning and thunder storm. We haven't had one like that in years. I learned that my girls were frightened most by the thunder shaking the ground/house. Claire said she plugged her ears because she still wanted to see the lightning out her window. So we watched Marley and Me and the dog was scared by lightning storms, so thus the title of this blog.