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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Lac St-Louis Champions 2012

This weekend was another Tournament weekend for the OSU 99 Girls (Force White). After a rough go in the Philly FC Delco Tournament back in May (they lost all their games) the girls were ready for the pendulum swing.

This is the Lac St-Louis National Soccer Tournament in Dorval, Quebec. The team was here last year and very nearly made it to the finals with a tie and two 3-0 wins but were sent home based on a goal differential. Tough luck. Alas this year, they turned it into a cake walk conceding only one goal over 4 games. Gold for the girls!!

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Spring 2012

How time flies. Here are a collection of photos from a couple of weekends starting with the May long weekend at the Neills and ending with a short camping trip at Murphy's Point with Kenmore and the kids in early June.

Fun day at the Neill's (May 19th)

An overnighter at Murphy's Point (June 9th)

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Horse Feathers

Last night Rick, Ken and I headed out downtown to see the band Horse Feathers. They are a talented bunch of musicians playing cello, violin, guitar, banjo, percussion, keys, and even a couple of saws. The gig was moved from Cafe Decuf to Mavericks to accommodate said gear. The show was very mellow and intimate with the upbeat material coming from a duo hailing from Rhode Island, Brown Bird. Here are some pics and a video to give you an idea of what they're all about...

Monday, April 09, 2012

Easter 2012

Hey there big guy, we have the same hair colour...

Back in Peterborough for the annual Easter visit. Weather was great and food and family were filling. We did some visiting, some hiking, some shopping, and lots of eating. Here are a couple of pics.

Oh, and we even squeezed in a trip to the Peterborough Zoo with Luke and Hannah (and Ome Jason).

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Futsal EOYT

As luck would have it, Team Italy could not gather the troops to field a team for the April 14th end of year tournament at their appropriate level. That meant playing the higher skilled/ranked teams in an earlier end of year tourney.

Well they fought hard and played well but in the end they lost all three matches but not without a good fight. All said and done it was a great year and as parents it was great to see our girls play together.... and play well I might add.

Sara finished the year as top scorer for the team and Emma, having only played half a season, managed to finish in the top ten scorers for the entire league (winter season). Well done!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

March Break at Finger Lakes

Like every other year, we managed to pull off another last minute March Break get together with the McMullans. Normally we head north to snow country where we frolic in the Great White North and all it has to offer... snowshoeing, tobogganing, ice-fishing, snow fort building.... memories in bathed in white. This year we turned south to a halfway point that landed us in the Finger Lakes district in up-state New York. This is wine country... 25 degrees, sunshine, shorts, and even a dip in the lake. Who would have thunk it possible?

After spending the better part of the first (semi-wet) day at the nearby shopping outlet it was high time for a hike and a return to nature. Thanks to geocaching.com, I managed to find an old abandoned rail trail that provided us with just the right fix.

We even managed to squeeze in a little history lesson on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Very interesting and well worth the read/visit.

Harriet Tubmangravesite (Fort Hill Cemetery - Auburn, NY)

On the last day we opted to stick close to the cottage and relax. The kids decided to take a March Break plunge in Owasco Lake thinking it would make a great post on FB. Well while four waded in, only two opted to go all the way dipping several times before crawling back out and heading for a hot shower. Thumbs up to Sara and Connor for following through on this challenge.