Visit w Ya Ya

Ya Ya and Wally ventured to Sudbury for a great extended weekend visit.  Major projects around the house were accomplished.  Rayne is showing off the new flower boxes and Kristin still has paint in her hair from the bathroom make-over.  Everyone had a great visit and is looking forward to Wendy's return the weekend of May 28th.

Weston Thunder Booms Stars

The rain finally stopped, but the Weston Thunder rolled over the Stars 2-0 in the first game of the year.  Sage's outdoor team put in a good effort, but they were outplayed by a fundamentally stronger team.  Weston used superior passing and speed to create havoc all game.  Sage started as a middie and played well.  She had one breakaway up the far side only to be dropped by a pursuing defender.  The foul resulted in a free kick just outside the penalty box.  She struck it well be the ball sailed left of goal.  Sage manned the net in the second half.  On several occasions her defense failed her and she ended up going one on one with the opposing striker.  Sage stopped six shots, missing only one that hit the top cross bar and deflected in.  The girls learned their new league is much harder than last fall.  Hopefully this inspires everyone, including the coach!.

Easter Weekend Celebration

Happy Easter from Sudbury

Rayne the Gymnast

Rayne had her first gymnastic class this week.  Mom took her to the local gym and they played on all the apparatus.  Pike and Straddle are now positions that Rayne loves.  She has continued to perfect her swinging technique at home by hanging from tables, the dishwasher and an occasional drawer that was left open.  Rayne had a blast, but Mom was close behind on the fun factor.

Win... win... win... Celebrate

Saturday afternoon the indoor soccer season came to a close with the final tournament.  Sage's Firecrackers has the first seed after blitzing the league with a 6-0-1 record.  The regular season was good work, but Sage wanted the trophy and the only way to get the trophy is to win the tournament.  For the record, Sage did say that she wanted to get the trophy because one of the girls on her team was new and didn't have a trophy yet.

First game was against the number 8 seed.  Poor kids didn't stand a chance.  Firecrackers rolled 7-1.  Sage played goalie and didn't let in a single goal.  Truth be told, she only had to stop one shot.

In the second game, a fired up Concord team was waiting.  Sage was moved to middie and truly controlled the flow on both offense and defense.  She set-up the first two goals with crisp passes to open wings as the defense collapsed on her.

The team earned a 30 minute rest before the final against Framingham.  This team had tied the Firecrackers 6-6 earlier in the season.  The game was very close through the first 20 minutes.  Sage was playing middie again and was everywhere.  Just when it looked like Framingham would tie the game at 2-2, the Firecrackers stole the ball and scored.  3-1 quickly became 4-1 as the Framingham team's spirit had been broken.

The celebration was muted relative to the last championship, but pizza and soda soon flowed afterwards at Papa Ginos.  Now it is off to the outdoor season.  Practice starts tonight for the Stars.