Mt. Hood Soccer Tournament

Joey's team resting and watching a movie between games with Jeep in the middle of them all!

See Stefan? He's working really hard to get the ball away from the other team.

Joey getting set for another corner kick.

See Joey's kick... I need to zoom in on that... so cool!

Joey was chosen as team captain for the game. He chose tails... it was heads.

Stefan guarding a girl.

Joey and Stefan played in the Mt. Hood Soccer tournament in West Linn this last weekend. They played on different teams... Stefan on U9 and Joey on U10. Stefan's team played 4 games and Joey's team played 5 games during the two-days. They both had a grea time. They played hard, cheered each other on, smiled, laughed and made new friends.

Stefan's team played in the final match, however, lost to an incredible team... I think they may have been from Mexico. He earned a 2nd place medal... which he proudly shared with his friends at his regular soccer practice and has worn several times around the house!

Joey's team lost in the semi-finals. Joey had some very good moments during many of the games, but in the end the team was just too tired. They lost their umph. The PDP (Player Development Program) has helped to improve Joey's raw talent this summer. During much of the summer he was asked to practice with the premier team and he did and he looked great doing it. Last week he was asked by the head coach of the premier team to join the team. After much thought and many conversations he has joined the team.

Enjoy the pictures! More to come... I think I have another camera card full of pictures as well :)

Oma's Birthday

Oma had a great birthday--lots of phone calls, cards and special deliveries as well as a house full of friends for most of the day.



Beautiful Gardenia from Joe, Angela and the kids.


Hedy and Erwin stopped in with gladiolas.

The Cake--can you believe that she does this herself?! Too bad that's not an inherited skill.

The Gang.

Beverly--She's one in a million

Ernst and Ronny

Summer at Oma's

The Garden Gnomes

The Baby Deer

The Front Walkway

The Backyard Deck

We are having a good summer.

More Maui Pictures

Aloha!!!

We are having a great trip... here are pics from our adventures so far...

Playing at Black Rock on Kaanapali beach... wave jumping!

Joey LOVES to boogie board... a few wipe outs, but still loving it.

Emmi collecting rocks and shells.


In our condo.
She is an island girl!


Searching out the HUGE Koi fish that were hiding under the bridge.
Cool bird that was hanging out by the pond.
Emmi loves the Koi pond and visits it often.






Pool fun.


On the sea wall.
We are having a great time... wishing you could be here with us. We are heading out for a fun day 2...

Aloha :)

Deer in Oma's Backyard

A couple of weeks ago a doe with her two fawns walked right up into Oma's backyard. They walked along the side of the house at a pretty leisurely pace, crossed the street and went into the neighbor's backyard to feed on the corn she puts out for them. On Monday morning this week I noticed that something had eaten most of the tops off of the 3 tomatoe plants I had closest to the fence around the garden. From the way the plants were chewed off it looked like deer. The deer family now didn't look so cute to me anymore. I got out the liquid fence and sprayed. On Tuesday afternoon shortly before Oma and I went out shopping, we noticed the two fawns playing in the backyard along the southern tree line. I wrapped on the glass, they looked at us and then just carried on. After about 15 minutes one wandered off back toward the parkway. The second one lay down for a rest right in front of the trees. We went outside, pulled the car out of the garage, made all kinds of noise and still this little fawn just lay nestled in the grass. We went shopping and were gone for about two hours. When we got home the second fawn had returned and they were playing again. I sprayed the garden perimeter again and put down some feed corn. Hopefully they will leave the garden alone and eat the corn.

Soccer Weekend

Joey defending.
Mason and Emmi. Mason was in my preK class... he is a triplet. I watched him on Friday while his brothers had tubes put in their ears and adenoids removed.
The only 10 minutes he got to sit the entire weekend... a trooper!

Joey played in a soccer tournament for his PDP (player development) team. They ended up taking 2nd place in their division... they played so hard; AMAZING! We are very proud of him. He loves his silver medal and is excited to play in the next tournament.