tulerie gardens, Granier Opera House- Phantom's home and Cindi is spooked by the Phantom
Halloween
14 years ago
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Jeff, I truley do love you, but..... your Bobby Convey shirt costs 48 pounds which is 71 euros which is 93 dollars, and all that before you even add the shipping. You are too cute, but 100 bucks is a lot of money!! Besides I´ve already sent you your gift (it´s not a wife either sorry). You´ll have to send a letter to Santa for the two gifts you asked for!! By the way, thanks for the Del Taco moment, you really know how to make a girl homesick!!
Love you all. Hope everyone is doing well. Hugs and kisses. Kee smiling, cindi
Love you all. Hope everyone is doing well. Hugs and kisses. Kee smiling, cindi
Friday, December 08, 2006
Everyone too busy??????????????????
O.K. It is time to ctach up with everyone! We all talked during Thanksgiving day weekend. Well it has been a few weeks. What is everyone up to these days, where is everyone going for the holidays and what is on everyones christmas list?
A little about my last few weeks...wow, can I say "JETLAG?"
As I kept a brief blog on here about Georgia, the Iowa Western Girls made a valiant run for the NJCAA title and fell short in the 79th minute when they allowed YOUNG HARRIS to score a beautiful goal after a great combination play in the midfield. It was a great trip, the girls had a blast and as for everyone that had never seen us play before, we over achieved.
When we got back from nationals the monday prior to T-Day, the band and about 200 people from the school and community greeted us at the Kanesville arena. it was a pretty big deal for the school, as we were the first program in 40 years to make it to a national title game. It took soccer 3 seasons to get where nobody else had ventured...it was sort of a big deal. The week was simply a memorable one!
The day after returning, i got on a plane and headed to California. I psent the next week with bobby and his family, mom & Dad and Shan and Ron. Thanksgiving dinner was great and the family was very fun to be around! The next day, I went to San Diego to watch a soccer game at SURF CUP (one of the biggest tournaments in the nation). I went there to see a Utah team play. I watched and then hurried back to the Dana Point Harbor and wen out on one of the charter boats with Bob and Dad. We caught loads of fish, but as the captain said, "we were fishing in the nursery." Everything we were bringing up was tiny. it was fun though, we found out that fish do not like Orbits gum, nor do they like any flavor in the origianl starburst pack. I did catch a bird/duck..whatever it was when we were getting the bait...that was exciting. All in all, we had a great time in the sun and enjoyed helping the little boy and the father next to us. Bobby talked to an older gentlmen about the gospel. The dude is on like his 30th set of missionaries. he wont give up the coffee and alcohol. Very nice man! Saturday I spent with dad back in San Diego, we watched 8 hours of soccer and dad was awesome. He was so fun to have someone to come talk to after I went and talked to possible recruits. It was a lot of fun to be there with dad! Sunday I went to a different tournament in Irvine. The Hrvest Cup was fun, but I had missed most of the matches. I got to see the championship U-19 girls match. There was a team from Bakersfield that really impressed me. They have three of four girls that are flirting with the idea of coming to Iowa! We will see. Monday I reported all of my findings to Coach bennett, watched some t.v. and in the evening I took mom and dad to see casino royal 007 movie. It was good, but Mom fussed about how skinny the actor playing james bond. It was a great night because afterwards we ate at Del Taco just to make Cindi jealous :)
I went back to Iowa the next morning (Tuesday) and went to the school to do some work for a few hours. Friday morning, three days later, It was back on a plane for me! I went to Dallas, texas to coach my 17 year old girls team. They played very well. I was very pleased with them! It was a showcase tournament, so winning was not a big deal to us. There were hundreds of college coaches everywhere! The girls lost their first match 1-0, tied their second match 2-2 and tied their last match 1-1. For playing two Texas teams and one Colorado team...this little Iowa team really did well! I was very pleased with them and they had a great time. It was a much better trip than last year. Adam Webb and his family were close so they came and saw the Friday night game, then came back to the hotel where the players did skits and had some fun playing , what I refer to as, "MORMONS GAMES."
We came back Sunday night and this week I have been doing nothing but scheduling and interviewing each playe (post season interviews are not fun). It is Friday, scheduling is getting close to complete.
I plan on going to Utah for Christmas, likely staing with Bobby. Then for new years, some of us boys (my friends) that are turning 30 this year thought it would be fun to go to Vegas for New Years like the old days, so we will likely head down there the day before new years ever and saty a day after new years.
For Christmas I want a Bobby Convey Jersey from READING FC or a wife maybe? Either will do :)
Love ya tons!
O.K. It is time to ctach up with everyone! We all talked during Thanksgiving day weekend. Well it has been a few weeks. What is everyone up to these days, where is everyone going for the holidays and what is on everyones christmas list?
A little about my last few weeks...wow, can I say "JETLAG?"
As I kept a brief blog on here about Georgia, the Iowa Western Girls made a valiant run for the NJCAA title and fell short in the 79th minute when they allowed YOUNG HARRIS to score a beautiful goal after a great combination play in the midfield. It was a great trip, the girls had a blast and as for everyone that had never seen us play before, we over achieved.
When we got back from nationals the monday prior to T-Day, the band and about 200 people from the school and community greeted us at the Kanesville arena. it was a pretty big deal for the school, as we were the first program in 40 years to make it to a national title game. It took soccer 3 seasons to get where nobody else had ventured...it was sort of a big deal. The week was simply a memorable one!
The day after returning, i got on a plane and headed to California. I psent the next week with bobby and his family, mom & Dad and Shan and Ron. Thanksgiving dinner was great and the family was very fun to be around! The next day, I went to San Diego to watch a soccer game at SURF CUP (one of the biggest tournaments in the nation). I went there to see a Utah team play. I watched and then hurried back to the Dana Point Harbor and wen out on one of the charter boats with Bob and Dad. We caught loads of fish, but as the captain said, "we were fishing in the nursery." Everything we were bringing up was tiny. it was fun though, we found out that fish do not like Orbits gum, nor do they like any flavor in the origianl starburst pack. I did catch a bird/duck..whatever it was when we were getting the bait...that was exciting. All in all, we had a great time in the sun and enjoyed helping the little boy and the father next to us. Bobby talked to an older gentlmen about the gospel. The dude is on like his 30th set of missionaries. he wont give up the coffee and alcohol. Very nice man! Saturday I spent with dad back in San Diego, we watched 8 hours of soccer and dad was awesome. He was so fun to have someone to come talk to after I went and talked to possible recruits. It was a lot of fun to be there with dad! Sunday I went to a different tournament in Irvine. The Hrvest Cup was fun, but I had missed most of the matches. I got to see the championship U-19 girls match. There was a team from Bakersfield that really impressed me. They have three of four girls that are flirting with the idea of coming to Iowa! We will see. Monday I reported all of my findings to Coach bennett, watched some t.v. and in the evening I took mom and dad to see casino royal 007 movie. It was good, but Mom fussed about how skinny the actor playing james bond. It was a great night because afterwards we ate at Del Taco just to make Cindi jealous :)
I went back to Iowa the next morning (Tuesday) and went to the school to do some work for a few hours. Friday morning, three days later, It was back on a plane for me! I went to Dallas, texas to coach my 17 year old girls team. They played very well. I was very pleased with them! It was a showcase tournament, so winning was not a big deal to us. There were hundreds of college coaches everywhere! The girls lost their first match 1-0, tied their second match 2-2 and tied their last match 1-1. For playing two Texas teams and one Colorado team...this little Iowa team really did well! I was very pleased with them and they had a great time. It was a much better trip than last year. Adam Webb and his family were close so they came and saw the Friday night game, then came back to the hotel where the players did skits and had some fun playing , what I refer to as, "MORMONS GAMES."
We came back Sunday night and this week I have been doing nothing but scheduling and interviewing each playe (post season interviews are not fun). It is Friday, scheduling is getting close to complete.
I plan on going to Utah for Christmas, likely staing with Bobby. Then for new years, some of us boys (my friends) that are turning 30 this year thought it would be fun to go to Vegas for New Years like the old days, so we will likely head down there the day before new years ever and saty a day after new years.
For Christmas I want a Bobby Convey Jersey from READING FC or a wife maybe? Either will do :)
Love ya tons!
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Good luck Jeff!!
Thanks mom and dad for a great two weeks. Of course I miss you more now after seeing you!
While mom and dad were here we decided to pick names for this years Christmas gifts. Since we haven´t all been together it can´t be "secret", but oh well. Mom picked the names out of a hat so they are totally random.
Person who buys the gift - Person to receive the gift:
DAVID - BRANDI
CINDI - JEFF
DAD - CINDI
MOM - DAVID (it just happened this way, funny huh?! Paris was a great gift!!)
NATHAN - MOM
BRANDI - GINA
BOBBY - DAD
GINA - NATHAN
JEFF - BOBBY
Hope everyone is happy and doing well. Love you all. Really miss you all this holiday season. Hugs and kisses, cindi
Thanks mom and dad for a great two weeks. Of course I miss you more now after seeing you!
While mom and dad were here we decided to pick names for this years Christmas gifts. Since we haven´t all been together it can´t be "secret", but oh well. Mom picked the names out of a hat so they are totally random.
Person who buys the gift - Person to receive the gift:
DAVID - BRANDI
CINDI - JEFF
DAD - CINDI
MOM - DAVID (it just happened this way, funny huh?! Paris was a great gift!!)
NATHAN - MOM
BRANDI - GINA
BOBBY - DAD
GINA - NATHAN
JEFF - BOBBY
Hope everyone is happy and doing well. Love you all. Really miss you all this holiday season. Hugs and kisses, cindi
ALBANY, Ga. - Iowa Western Community College's women's soccer team tries today to bring home the Reivers' first national championship. The Division I title will be on the line as Iowa Western (20-1-1) meets Young Harris, Ga., Community College (16-1-1) at 5 p.m.
The Reivers, ranked No. 5 nationally, pulled off a pair of upsets to advance to the final. Iowa Western avenged its only loss of the season with a 3-0 win over No. 4 Laramie County in the quarterfinal. A bigger shocker came in the semifinal when Iowa Western ousted No. 1-ranked Monroe Community College on penalty kicks, 4-2, after the teams played a scoreless game through regulation and two 10-minute overtimes.
Young Harris went to form. The No. 2-ranked Mountain Lions topped No. 7 Harford 3-0 in the quarterfinals and beat No. 3 Schoolcraft 2-0 in the semifinals.
The Reivers, ranked No. 5 nationally, pulled off a pair of upsets to advance to the final. Iowa Western avenged its only loss of the season with a 3-0 win over No. 4 Laramie County in the quarterfinal. A bigger shocker came in the semifinal when Iowa Western ousted No. 1-ranked Monroe Community College on penalty kicks, 4-2, after the teams played a scoreless game through regulation and two 10-minute overtimes.
Young Harris went to form. The No. 2-ranked Mountain Lions topped No. 7 Harford 3-0 in the quarterfinals and beat No. 3 Schoolcraft 2-0 in the semifinals.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Emotions Run High On Second Day
November 17, 2006
It was an emotional day on Friday during the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Tournament at Darton College. Two teams were eliminated from the tournament while a new national champion will be crowned in 2006.
Monroe (NY) Community College will not be able to defend their title as they were upset by #5 seed Iowa Western Community College. Both teams survived numerous scoring attempts in regulation play but no one was able to manage a goal. Even with overtime, the outcome was the same and it became the second game of the tournament to be decided by penalty kicks. Iowa Western prevailed and will now play for the national championship on Sunday.
In earlier action, Laramie County (WY) Community College got one goal from Shauna Fuentes in the first half and that was all they would need to eliminate Navarro (Texas) College 1 – 0. LCCC will now play Mesa (AZ) Community College for fifth place at noon on Sunday. The Thunderbirds overcame a 2 – 1 deficit at the break and scored three goals in the second half to oust Harford (MD) Community College from the national tournament.
With Monroe’s loss, they will now play Schoolcraft (MI) College for third place. Young Harris (GA) College dropped the Lady Ocelots in the final game of the evening 2 - 0. The Region XVII champion will now face the talented Iowa Western Reivers for the national championship. The game is slated for Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Darton College soccer complex.
Posted By: D. Hardy @ 9:44 pm on Nov 17, 2006
November 17, 2006
It was an emotional day on Friday during the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Tournament at Darton College. Two teams were eliminated from the tournament while a new national champion will be crowned in 2006.
Monroe (NY) Community College will not be able to defend their title as they were upset by #5 seed Iowa Western Community College. Both teams survived numerous scoring attempts in regulation play but no one was able to manage a goal. Even with overtime, the outcome was the same and it became the second game of the tournament to be decided by penalty kicks. Iowa Western prevailed and will now play for the national championship on Sunday.
In earlier action, Laramie County (WY) Community College got one goal from Shauna Fuentes in the first half and that was all they would need to eliminate Navarro (Texas) College 1 – 0. LCCC will now play Mesa (AZ) Community College for fifth place at noon on Sunday. The Thunderbirds overcame a 2 – 1 deficit at the break and scored three goals in the second half to oust Harford (MD) Community College from the national tournament.
With Monroe’s loss, they will now play Schoolcraft (MI) College for third place. Young Harris (GA) College dropped the Lady Ocelots in the final game of the evening 2 - 0. The Region XVII champion will now face the talented Iowa Western Reivers for the national championship. The game is slated for Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Darton College soccer complex.
Posted By: D. Hardy @ 9:44 pm on Nov 17, 2006
November 17, 2006
First Round Complete At Women’s National Tourney
Photo: Action ShotALBANY, Ga. – The first day of competition for the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Tournament at Darton College is now complete.
There were no real surprises in the first round as three teams were able to keep their opponent off the scoreboard. Monroe Community College, Iowa Western Community College, and Young Harris College all recorded shutouts in their matches.
The #1 seed Monroe (NY) Tribunes proved to be too much for Navarro College (Texas) as they scored three goals in the second half of play to post a 4–0 victory. The defending national champions now advance to the semi-final game and will meet #5 Iowa Western Community College. The Reivers were led by freshman Kim Olsen who scored two goals in the game to help Iowa Western to a 3 – 0 win over #4 seed Laramie County Community College.
Region XVII champion Young Harris College (Ga.) wasted little time in scoring as Megan Bruso pushed the first score across with less than eight minutes into the game and the Mountain Lions cruised to a convincing 3–0 shutout of #7 seed Harford (Md.) Community College. Newcomer Kennya Cordner sealed the victory for Young Harris with an early goal in the second half.
In the final game of the night, Schoolcraft College (Mich.) met #6 seed Mesa (Ariz.) Community College and struggled to contain the speed of the Thunderbirds early in the first half. Andrea Evans added the first goal for Mesa and it looked like they would take a 1–0 advantage into halftime. With the clock ticking down, Schoolcraft’s Jessica Austin found Stephanie Setaputri at the goal and she made it count with one second to spare before the break to make it 1–1.
The second half was a defensive struggle and the two teams went to overtime. Even with an extra twenty minutes, neither team could find the net. It would come down to penalty kicks and #3 seed Schoolcraft College was able to advance in the best match of the first round.
Second day action resumed on Friday, Nov. 17, with four matches beginning at noon. There are no games scheduled on Saturday. Winners from Friday’s games will advance to Sunday’s competition and the national champion will be crowned that evening. The championship game will begin at 6 p.m.
For game scores and other information throughout each day, visit the Championship Web site at http://njcaasoccer.darton.edu.
First Round Complete At Women’s National Tourney
Photo: Action ShotALBANY, Ga. – The first day of competition for the NJCAA Division I Women’s Soccer National Tournament at Darton College is now complete.
There were no real surprises in the first round as three teams were able to keep their opponent off the scoreboard. Monroe Community College, Iowa Western Community College, and Young Harris College all recorded shutouts in their matches.
The #1 seed Monroe (NY) Tribunes proved to be too much for Navarro College (Texas) as they scored three goals in the second half of play to post a 4–0 victory. The defending national champions now advance to the semi-final game and will meet #5 Iowa Western Community College. The Reivers were led by freshman Kim Olsen who scored two goals in the game to help Iowa Western to a 3 – 0 win over #4 seed Laramie County Community College.
Region XVII champion Young Harris College (Ga.) wasted little time in scoring as Megan Bruso pushed the first score across with less than eight minutes into the game and the Mountain Lions cruised to a convincing 3–0 shutout of #7 seed Harford (Md.) Community College. Newcomer Kennya Cordner sealed the victory for Young Harris with an early goal in the second half.
In the final game of the night, Schoolcraft College (Mich.) met #6 seed Mesa (Ariz.) Community College and struggled to contain the speed of the Thunderbirds early in the first half. Andrea Evans added the first goal for Mesa and it looked like they would take a 1–0 advantage into halftime. With the clock ticking down, Schoolcraft’s Jessica Austin found Stephanie Setaputri at the goal and she made it count with one second to spare before the break to make it 1–1.
The second half was a defensive struggle and the two teams went to overtime. Even with an extra twenty minutes, neither team could find the net. It would come down to penalty kicks and #3 seed Schoolcraft College was able to advance in the best match of the first round.
Second day action resumed on Friday, Nov. 17, with four matches beginning at noon. There are no games scheduled on Saturday. Winners from Friday’s games will advance to Sunday’s competition and the national champion will be crowned that evening. The championship game will begin at 6 p.m.
For game scores and other information throughout each day, visit the Championship Web site at http://njcaasoccer.darton.edu.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Yesterday -- Gina, Stacia, Landon and Milena were at Kohl's department store. They were at the check out station and the checker was a little on the fem side and talked "different". As Gina and the kids were stepping away, Stacia said in a loud voice to Gina...... "Mom, why does that boy talk like a girl?... Gina was embarrassed and moved quickly out the door.
Anyway here are some more funny things kids have said.
Seven Reasons Not to Mess With Kids
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".
The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him ".
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing up right in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples.
Anyway here are some more funny things kids have said.
Seven Reasons Not to Mess With Kids
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".
The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him ".
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."
The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"
The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face."
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that while I am standing up right in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples.
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