Sunday, December 16, 2012

Jay's First Volleyball Season 2012!

Jaylene decided to play Volleyball for the F.H. Warriors this year!

Serve!

Bump!

Dive!!!

Jay was a quick learner, as usual!

She struggled with the serves for a little while...

Bump!

But her athletic abilities, natural talent, and brains filled in all the gaps!

Emily, Jay, and Charlotte at the net

Jay calls it! Bump!

Throughout the photos, Jaylene is #6!
Jay getting some tips from one of her coaches, Lacey

Jay was not willing to let that ball touch the floor!

Another good pass

Good sportsmanship between the teams!


Cheering her teammates on!!!
It's great to see her having fun out there!

Ready!

"Take that!"

Stretch! Tip!

Bump!

They're havin' fun!

Good game girls!!!
Practicing before the game!

Lookin' good Jay!

F.H. playing against P.C. This means Jay (#6) was playing against Rowan, Josh's girlfriend (#2)!

Josh was there to support both his sister and his girlfriend! He cheered for both teams!

Josh also goofed around with his friend, Mikey!

Team meeting with the coach, Jordan, before the game!

Josh and Mikey watchin' the game!

Jay getting under the ball

Jay #6 and Rowan #2

Jump! It's over!

I was having fun watching too!

Jay has her teammate's back!

"Take that!"

Nice block!

I think Josh misses volleyball. He took advantage of every opportunity to pass the ball around with anyone who was willing!
Jay's got it!

Look at her jump!

Jay checkin' out the score board! Overall, it was a great season. Jay and her team did amazingly well and won silver! (P.C., the team Rowan is on, won gold! Josh was able to celebrate all the way around!)

A September Visit to Vancouver!

We snuck off for a spontaneous Vancouver vacation before school began! This is the courtyard of the hotel.

Views on a long walk to find MEC



Out for dinner

YUM!
Chillaxin' in the hotel room

Mike outside of the hotel

Across from the hotel

Checkin' out Mike from afar

Love the contrast

We had an amazing, stress-free vacation together!

Before heading back to the airport we hung out on a pier...

...and enjoyed the views.

Found this cute little beach

...with footprints in the sand!

I love vacations with Mike!!!

Boogie Boarding in the Yukon River!

Josh and Mike kicking up stream

Put Mike in the water and he's happy!

Deja kept me company on the rocks as I watched!

Josh is havin' fun too!

Mike adjusting his boot
Jay, Mike, and Josh heading into the spin wave

Mike giving Jay a few pointers

Jay soakin' up his advice like a sponge

Mike, Josh, and Jay were all able to surf the wave! They had a blast and a lot of laughs!

Building a 3rd Deck (before the snow fell)

Mike teaching Josh how to use the chop saw

Josh took over and did a fine job!


Mike did all the drilling.

Jay and Irene staining the lumber

I stained the top of the deck.
Mike and I were pretty happy! No more weed pullin' in the side yard!!!

A week later, Jaylene and Mike put the gazebo together! Mike drilled it into the deck floor.

Looks much better than before, and this area will get so much more use!

Another angle...

Mike checking out the area we gravelled between the mortared wall and our fence. (What a hunk!)

This worked out well too!