Fishing in the back yard

Indy and some of the neighbor children spent this afternoon fishing in our lake. Our neighbors Patrick and Deanna were kind enough to let the children gather around their dock. It was a successful afternoon...


Say Cheese!

Stopping to Smell the Flowers

My Azalea tree was stunning just in time for Easter! We all took a few moments to enjoy the color

Easter morning

After quickly surveying their Easter baskets, Indy and Esprit were out the door to hunt for the eggs the Easter Bunny (wink, wink) had hidden from the night before. Gone are the days when each egg found was adored and enjoyed before going on to find the next treasure. Within the blink of an eye all eggs, real and plastic, were found. My camera isn't fast enough to capture all the action that takes place in these brief moments. Indy and Esprit were darting across the patio and practically leaping across the furniture as they each tried to be the one with the most eggs. Esprit was the winner by 1 egg. Even after giving Indy back the 2 eggs she "stole" from his basket, as he left it unattended while looking for eggs!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Esprit and Indy colored our eggs this year for the Easter Bunny to hide on Easter morning.

Wishing you All A Happy Easter

Baseball and Soccer update

BASEBALL -

The Mets are improving their batting and fielding skills tremendously! 2 wins since I last posted! Way to go Mets!

Todays game was especially exciting as we beat the first place team 6-5. The team ALL played a great game, with 2 of our players hitting home runs! BUT... since this is the OGLE blog, I'll hilite Indy's contributions for you - LOL (Esprit LOVES it when I say LOL!!!!!) Anyway... Every "at bat" Indy's coach insisted he bunt. Struck out twice (: and then a beautiful bunt allowing the runner on 2nd to advance to 3rd. Unfortunately the Pitcher was too quick and threw Indy out at first. But never mind as the runner on 3rd was able to make it into home for what would turn out to be our winning run!

We were the visiting team, so the Padres had their last ups. Our Pitcher, Jake Ogle (no relation) was awesome. Top of the batting order, first batter - STRIKE OUT. second batter - fly to outfield, where Indy made a GREAT catch, OUT. third batter - STRIKE OUT!!!!! Game Won. Can hardly wait for our next game after Spring Break.


SOCCER -

Dad and Gerd came out for a beautiful sunny day of soccer. Sadly, it was our 1st loss of the season, sigh... 3-1. But exciting all the same. We had 4 lost goal opportunities in the 1st quarter. Now maybe the boys will appreciate Coach Hal's game plan a little more. Perhaps he really knows what he's talking about???

We also had a "guest" spectator. Our coach has been quite impressed with the boys playing so well as a "team" that he suggested that we go to a "Club" level. We are joining the Mission Viejo Soccer Club and in the process of submitting the paperwork. The General Manager of the club, Anna Murphy, came out to see the boys in action. Anna was wonderful talking with the boys after their loss. She pointed out that it made her job easier to see a flawed game as she now can direct the trainors on what needs to be worked on. I liked how Anna was able to take the negative and turn it into a positive. We've been working on that with Indy.

Our next soccer game is the 14th, so update next weekend....

Where does the time go????

Wow! Hard to imagine that it's been 2 weeks since I last posted anything. So much going on all at the same time. I'm sure I won't get all the events posted. As I get older (and grayer! LOL) I seem to be losing some of the detail that, at the time it happens seems important, but now doesn't seem so important. Is this just me? I hope not! I'm promising myself to post more often. Enjoy...