Merry Christmas
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everybody here! The manger scene is a scratch-built building using balsa wood, plastic sheet and ordinary twigs and sand. I included two grain of wheat lights for lights made to look like lanterns and hand-painted the 4-inch figures.
Thanksgiving at Yosemite
One thing is for sure, sometimes it takes a while to decide if I want to post some of my experiences or photos. This is one of them. Some of you know by now, my wife booked us (me and the kids) room at the historic Mariposa Hotel Inn for Thanksgiving. She woke me up [...]
Tournament Week 1: Girl’s MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
First week of the tournament didn’t pan out as we had hoped for. The girls fought hard but in the end they lost both games 1 – 2 and 3 – 5. Hannah took an arm to her face within minute being subbed in on the second game and didn’t play again.
Week 7: Girl’s MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
At the Merced College Field #1, our team the Merced Strikers played the Merced Vipers. Unfortunately we lost 5 – 0.
Week 6: Girl’s MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
At the Merced College Field #4, our team the Merced Strikers played the McSwain Mustangs. Another exciting game and we tied 1 – 1.
Week 4: Girl’s MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
Boy, what another exciting game at the Merced College Field #4 this afternoon! Our team, the Merced Strikers, played the Merced Chargers. When the dust cleared we tied 1 – 1!
Week 3 Girl’s Soccer MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
It was an interesting game. Who in the heck decided to turn the sprinklers on during the soccer match? Thankfully, it only watered it for about 15 minutes. I took a few pictures before it “rained”, but I decided to watch the rest of the game, so I only got a few pictures. Game-wise, it [...]
Week 2: Girl’s MYSA U15 – Merced Strikers
Hannah and the “Strikers” won their soccer game this afternoon, 4 – 0!
Busy Weekend: Karate Camp and Soccer
What a busy weekend! Sarah had her fall Karate Camp this weekend at Castle Park in Atwater and Hannah’s first Soccer match was at Merced College, Field 4 on Saturday. After this weekend at Karate Camp, Sarah advances to low-purple belt. Hannah’s team didn’t win their first match, but I think they all had fun.
Sarah as the New Hi-Orange Belt
It was a packed house (studio) yesterday at Moore’s Karate in Atwater. Shifu James had the beginner, intermediate and advanced students show up to take their new belt test. Here’s a few photos of Sarah…
I post all of my new nature pictures, random thoughts, and even my family pictures here. Some of those pictures never get posted to my 