Much More than Volleyball

This weekend I went away for to the annual Palm Desert Volleyball Tournament.  Although we didn't play quite as well as I had hoped, this year was the best trip.  We went out to lunch and dinner, went shopping at the outlet malls, went in the jacuzzi, and spent 11 hours at the volleyball tournament.  We laughed and joked and chatted and just had the best time being gals and doing the things we love!  I can't wait to go again next year!

Snow in California

Yes, from time to time and in place to place, you can find snow in California during the winter.  Certainly not where I live, but it is possible.  That is a good thing since one of the scout requirements is to camp in the snow.  So this weekend, despite having a cold, we sent Jeff and Gabe off to camp in the snow.  There was still some snow on the ground at Mt Pinos.  The boys spent a frosty night, yet claimed they were fairly warm in their sleeping bags.  The next day was spent on the "slopes" sledding down the hill and having a great time.

The A Team

Gabe is playing volleyball at the middle school.  He played last year as well, but as a 6th grader that was an alternate on the team, he was on the B team.  This year, he was put on the A team.  He is enjoying the practices and had his first two matches this week.  The matches were both nail biters!  The first match, our team lost the first game, and so were fighting to play another game during the second.  They caught up late in the game to bring it to 24-24.  But after several sideouts by both teams, they lost the game 28-30.  Thursday's match was almost an exact repeat of the previous match.  After losing the first game, they rallied for 5 points catch up at the end of the second game.  Then after each team had a few sideouts, they won the game 29-27.  The third game was no contest, we easily had the momentum and won the match.  It was very fun to watch these boys play.  They had good rallies, and were very quick around the court.  Gabe is a sub on this team and didn't see too much court time, but when in the game, he was a solid player and even served one ace.