Summer's Over!

Okay, so yes, I don't keep this up very well at all. Sorry to those of who you actually DO read this!


We spent an extra long time at Mom's in California this summer. We left after hockey and chess ended -- about the third week of March. We went for Pascha (Easter), but with the gas prices so high, we decided to just stay instead of come home for a month or so before heading back out for our summer hockey camps.


And I'm glad we did stay! We are huge fans of the Anaheim Ducks. And if anyone knows hockey, you understand why we're glad we stayed! That extra time allowed us to meet all the guys on the team, get some photos, AND get a jersey COMPLETELY signed by all of them!!! Several hundred dollars later, we now have that fantastic jersey beautifully framed -- complete with the Stanley Cup patch, a special edition puck, and the confetti from the Stanley Cup party that we attended! Yes, that Cup party was awesome -- we got to actually lay our own eyeballs on the Cup!!! Well, it was exciting for US, anyway.


Although we're true "country" people at heart, there are many things to be said about staying in the "big city" for a period of time. Aside from the fact that we got to spend time at the beach and enjoy the shopping malls, we had an opportunity to see a couple of plays. We saw "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" AGAIN (one of our faves) and this time also saw "Mama Mia". Now, I've never heard of "Mama Mia", but I'm in love! This has now become one of my all time faves -- not only because of the cute story line, but I love Abba's music! So this is a recommended play for anyone looking for recommendations (but the story line is for mature audiences -- my son thought it was "stupid"!).