I Saw Antonio Banderas Today

Rancho Santa Maragarita California is a small town not many well known people grew up here.  My favorite, and this a hard to say as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, is Carson Palmer, the now quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals but best known as the Quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals and a Heisman Trophy winner in 2007 from USC.  Also, Klay Thompson from the Golden State Warriors also was raised in RSM.

We do from time to time see many famous people in RSM, there are a lot of retired Professional Athletes that live here now.  Plus the next town over is Coto De Caza, for those that are not aware that is where the  "Real Housewives of Orange County" are from....barf!

Today I even saw Antonio Banderas!

Genetics

Today was a very busy day.  I was on the road all day, Jamie was at customer appointments today, and Toni was a soccer camp.  Toni got to take home a prize from camp...Kenna.

Of course we had to eat dinner, and we had to take Mr. Paul to Ritas(see http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/07/wheres-boomat-ritas-mission-viejo.html) and of course you can't go to Rita's with out going to Riptide for sushi.

I am not exactly sure how the conversation came around but, we had the conversation about how being able to curl your tongue is genetics.  Toni and Kenna thought they would prove it.

Some Progress

As those have been following the blog may remember on June 20th, 9 days ago I took up the battle with my back lawn.  Thanks to Baxter, Jamie's dog...he is only mine when he is good, my back lawn is being peed into submission.  I dug out all the dead grass and replanted the Scott's quick seed. 

Well after 9 days some of the grass is beginning to grow.  Thanks to a very busy but boring day, it was more exciting to watch the grass grow.  Plus since I have this photo blog I would take picture of it.

Where's the Boom...at Rita's Mission Viejo

About 11:00 this morning Rancho Santa Margarita had some action.  The official Police Blotter called it "Shots heard".  We were outside when what sounded like a cannon went off or a sonic boom.  The the Police Helicopter started circling the neighborhood(Photo 2).  But they found nothing.

The real boom was Rita's Ice landing in Orange County.  Today our friend Reggie opened the first Rita's Water Ice location in Orange County, check it out the place is amazing.(http://www.ritasmissionviejo.com/).

Today we are letting Ritas take over the blog. Congratulations Scales Family!

 

 

Life is Uncertain, Eat Dessert First

So many things to shoot and blog about today.  I am simply going to talk about one and post 3 pictures. 

Saturdays, when there is no soccer, equals Golf, thanks to an understanding finance'.  Well there was no soccer today...for the last time in the next bunch of weeks.  So I had to make the most of it.  We ventured to Encinitas Ranch for a 6:54 round, it is a shorter course only about 6,300 yards from the whites.  I seemed to play it more like 6,600 today shooting to the back of the greens on so many holes.  The irons have all added distance to their ratings.

My drives were amazing, especially for me, they averaged about 200-220, a couple as long as 240 yards.  I have been working on a new swing that protects my back, I think it is working.  I was 88% fairways today, the ball was laser straight.  I only missed 1 that was not a par 3 and still it wasn't a bad miss.

However, as I have stated before, since I stopped playing Goalie on the Ice, I have lost my "finishing" capabilities, more easily said I have become a choke artist.  Today was the worst picture of it(Photo 2).  Thanks to the first...and second bad lob wedge shots of the day and a 3 putt, I posted an 8 on the 18th hole.  I still broke 90 with an 89....but, oh the possibilities.   I also posted a flower from the course for those flower fans on the blog.(See Photo 3).

Toni, had our pal Lolo spending the night tonight.  Toni is totally into the cooking shows now.  Tonight her and Lolo's project was desert.  They call it Toni and Lolo's Chocolate Banana Surprise.  I call it photoblog worthy.

Congratulations, let the aging begin.

I thought I was old, and getting older by the day.  Today proved it, Kristin, Daughter number 1 got her driver's license.

Congratulations Kristin!!!!

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Now someone, please pass me the Valium.

Yes Kristin was mad they didn't let her smile in the picture. But her hair does look fab!

Soccer Camp

Today, I spent the day in traffic driving up and back to Santa Monica.  Two and half hours up in the morning and two hours back all in traffic.  After 2 hours of the drive home in gridlock,  I decided to help Jamie out and stop by Cal State Fullerton where Toni and here girls were at soccer camp all week.   Stupid me, I thought I was avoiding anxiety from sitting in traffic.   I picked up Toni, Kenna and Anna, it was as good thing I finished all my calls before they got in the car.

12 eleven year old girls in a dorm for three nights with only a couple of chaperons and a coach or two that do not have kids, yet.  Oh yeah, you can imagine the ride home.

The picture however was the girls around the very cool Gatorade water cooler with the octopus tentacles.  The girls look thrilled. 

Sorry I can't write more, still getting over the trauma from the ride home!

Coach- Taking one for the Team

Tonight was the Semi Finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament!!! Oh boy I really need football to start.  My friends growing up would be teasing me about how into soccer I have become.  As football players growing up in Jersey we used to beat up the soccer players.  Well maybe it is because of daughter number 2 and the rest of the West Coast FC kids.

Anyway tonight is not necessarily about Soccer, it is about coaching.  As I think I have stated before I have 22 years of Coaching under my belt, Football and Hockey.  I have to honestly say I have never been ejected as a coach...as a player maybe, but never as a coach.

Tonight we watched the USA Mens Soccer Team play Honduras, no, we watched the USA beat Honduras....and the Refs!! Oh my god these refs were freaking horrible!  They are lucky they were reffing in the US where the fans couldn't care less about the sport and frankly the refs out numbered the fans anyway.  It would not have been a fair fight.  Jamie and I we were screaming at the TV, ok mostly me.

But better then any screaming I was doing the US Coach Jürgen Klinsmann expressed his displeasure the best.  After the game was decided the US coach finally had enough.  He laid into the refs, and justifiably so, purposely getting himself ejected for something he said, a 4 letter word perhaps?  You be the judge:

Depth of Field

This week will be a very busy very painful week.  I am trying to close out the quarter, I have office days planned but with a ton of tentative meetings possible.  Today did not disappoint it was spent at my desk all freakin day, so the photo of the day would be one of those "around the house" quick ones. 

Fortunately, when I was trying to catch a lizard in the house yesterday(see yesterday's blog) I noticed something that might make for an interesting picture.  Plus when you have a 2.8 long lens like my 70-200 you really can work the Depth of Field idea.  On our wall in the living room we have these really cool round mirrors with a matching round clock, courtesy of Bed Bath and Beyond and those 20% off coupons.  The clock at the top of the picture, I melted on January 4th of this photo blog(http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/01/salvador-dali-is-turning-over-in-his.html).  You can kind of see the mirrors in the blog on June 25th (http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/06/freebird.html) . 

Anyway, today I decided to work the depth of field idea by shooting into the Mirror.  Now I have done a little depth of field project before on May 9th with golf balls where the focal point was the back of 4 balls, it was in focus but the front ball was out of focus.  (http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/05/one-track-mind.html)

So while I think today's photoblog picture is cool, I now ask my photo friends following this blog, how is it that the image of me in the mirror is tack sharp, but the image of the clock above which is exactly the same distance away as the mirror is out of focus?  Maya, at the bottom of the picture, is about a foot closer so the fact that she is blurred makes sense to me, but the clock has me stumped.  This photo is untouched except to crop a tiny bit to center the mirror.

House Dragon

Monday has me back in the office performing four web trainings.  Jamie is prospecting and Toni is with her team at live in camp.  I had a thought the photo of the day would be a tough one today, as really nothing was going on today.  Then about 2 pm I had to refill my water bottle.  As I walked past the living room I noticed something on the floor.

As many of you that follow the Photoblog know the whole story about lizards aka dragons that seem to keep popping up in the photoblog.  Apparently the word has been spreading around the lizard community because today's dragon decided to burst his way on the blog and came into to the house waiting for his photo opportunity.

After the shot, the chase to catch the lizard was the best...Jamie's dance as heran across her feet was the highlight, would have been a Sports Center Top 10 if I would have caught it.

Yes we did return him to the backyard(Photo 2).

A Day of Birdies

I started out today laying on the Back to Life machine as yesterday got to my back a bit.  The great thing about laying on the back to life machine was I got to watch Phil Mickelson's amazing comeback today.  He birdied 4 of the last 6 holes to win the 2013 British Open!

I think all his birdies also set in motion my photoblog day.  I spent most of the morning polishing the floors and doing a little work on the front yard.  Then came my time to relax a bit, we sat down to watch the US Men's soccer team beat El Salvador.  During the game Maya was on her small perch we have in the living room.  She usually cheers when we do.  But today she was busy, at times cleaning(see picture 3) and others simply distracted, looking out the window. 

About 4 o'clock we learned why she was focused on the window when we saw her bird friend from June 25th (http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/06/freebird.html) try to fly in the window.  Then we realized why he was visting for this time.  He wanted her to meet his family, including his baby.  They perched most of the afternoon on the pillar of our back wall.  Mom and baby are still there at the writing of this blog at 8:45pm.  I think they plan to spend the night. 

The official photo of the day is Momma and her baby, there is second photo of the whole family.  Then of course Maya cleaning.

Before

Anyone want a dog?  just kidding!

I am losing the battle of the back lawn to Baxter.  There isn't much there, lately there has been so much less courtesy of the Dog.  Today was the assault on the lawn.  This time I tried something different, actually two.  I dug out a couple of inches of the dirt, or in the case of our yard, the clay, that was under those freakin Baxter yellow spots on the grass.  I laid down some top soil before I put down the Scotts Ez Seed.

Second we are going to try to attack the problem at the source, we took the boy to PetSmart after breakfast. He needed new chew toys before he realizes how much fun chewing the furniture can be.  When we were there we found Top Paw Lawn Saver Dog Treats.  They are supposed to make his pee less lethal.  We will keep you posted.

Here is the official before picture. Includes Problem vs. Solution product placement.

Turnover

The day never starts out well when you cancel your Saturday tee time because your back hurts.  My back really must hurt to cancel a round for that reason.  Today was one of those lock down office day so the picture I took was nothing special.  I did have one great conference call with Kash, who has been key this week.  So figure one more day of turning the blog over to Kash couldn't hurt.  He earned it.

This actually was from yesterday, but come on a deer in RSM that had to take the blog.  Kash was not impressed with the deer, thought his picture from our drive home yesterday was better.

Yes there is a white car under both the truck and the SUV.  We are still trying to figure out how it got under the truck in front of it.  I was driving, Kash shot with his iPhone... Safety first.

Oh Deer.

For the family member readers of this blog.  The title is has nothing to do with Maga or fake dog poop.

It really is "oh deer", the furry kind, the one that you find...on the Streets of Rancho Santa Margarita California in the middle of the day????

Yes that kind.

I was driving home after today's open house, I already learned my lesson twice today not having the camera in the car ready to shoot.  As I was coming down Melinda Road, a rather busy and very residential 45 mph 4 lane road.  My eyes drifted to the left...and "Oh my god... 2 deer"!!!!  Yes I locked up the breaks, jumped out, and grabbed the G11 from my briefcase.  The first couple shots were a mess, partially because the camera was still set to a 10 second exposure from last night and I never looked before I shot.  Plus true to the blog rule, I still had to shoot on Manual mode.

Fortunately one of the deer, which later I realized was actually one of six.  Posed for one picture, then darted away.  I have seen better wilderness photos before, but this is not the wilderness, see the white PVC sprinkler pipe for proof.  So I think it is pretty cool.

Dinner on the Lake and Dragon number 9

Today was another busy day and painful.  Spent most of the day driving back and forth to LA, traffic of course sucked.  Then my back decided to tighten up...big time.  At least I had the boys to hang out with tonight.  Kash was stuck with me all day navigating traffic, we sort of met up with Paul for Sushi on Mission Viejo Lake.

Sort of met up with Paul meaning he got their late but at least his truck was clean, and his phone was dry because it was in the house while he was cleaning he truck, instead of in his pocket where he would hear us calling!!!

Kash and I had a chance to hang out and talk.  Plus we got to take a bunch of pictures of the lake, the boats and the shoreline.  I think Kash's shot was on of the best so I am turning the blog over to him tonight.  He shot the lake on a 10 second delay, even got the passing car's taillights to streak(see right of the photo).

Also, when I got home and basically fell out of the car because my back was now officially gone for the evening, looking down...because I was bent over in pain.  I saw a lizard bolt across my driveway.  In true dedication to the blog I followed him, for the 9th dragon appearance of the blog(and second this week)....we are calling him Dark Dragon as he stalks the night. (See photo 2)

Heatwave

I know it's hot on the East Coast this week, growing up in NJ I remember the summer heat but it is the humidity that kills you, or in NJ "idz da hoomiddidy dad kills yooz".   Anyway, it is hot out here on the West Coast as well.  We have had a rather hot summer.  One byproduct to the dry heat here in Southern California is the algae growth in the lakes, or in the case of today's photo, the reservoirs.

In Mission Viejo we have a reservoir, among other reasons for fire Helicopters to scoop from to put out the wildfires.  I am hoping I don't get to add that subject to the Photoblog this year.  The reservoir is called OSO Lake, the signs say reclaim water, but people actually boat and fish on it.  I can't believe they would, I mean what if the boat tipped and you fell in? I mean where exactly is that water reclaimed from!!!  I hear someone once caught a 3 eyed fish there...I am just saying.

Anyway with all the heat and the stillness of the water and the "abundance of nutrients" the algae is really multiplying.  Unfortunately, I took a photo of it at the end of the day after my install not before, because the sun blew out the colors a bit.  But a body of water should not be that green.(The right side of the photo gives you the idea of the color of the lake)

Back to Life

Today kinda sucked.  An appointment canceled which had me at my desk most of the day.  I did get out at the end of the day, Toni got an invite to another soccer training. 

Unfortunately I got a phone call from one of my credit cards that again there is fraud on my card, this is the 4th time this year.  It really pisses me off!! People suck.  I really think that the penalty for personal fraud or identity theft should be death by firing squad or maybe they should handle things like some middle easter countries.   If you steal we cut off a hand.  I mean really messing with someone just trying to get through the day.

By the end of the day the back was a bit sore so, it was time for the back to life machine...pissy mood so...Back to Life lame product photo.  G11 on camera flash.

A Game, A Ride and Another Dragon

On the 7th Day (Sunday), he rested.....but I don't seem to!  Although I did bust out a nap after the 8am game.  After a bit of rumbling around the house Toni decided that a Harley ride was in order.  Because it was a bit warm today I decided lunch at the coast would make for the best destination.  For those readers that were not aware, we live in Southern California about 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean and the fabulous Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach.

We took the slow way down to PCH and popped out in Dana Point, a right turn and a couple of miles then we decided to stop at Ruby's for lunch.  This is a cool burger joint with great shakes, this one is a 2 story location with a sun deck where we decided to sit.  The Harley and Ocean view photos are from the Deck(2nd and 3rd Photos below).  Toni thought is was funny that the little boy's name sitting next to us was Jack Daniels... I thought it was appropriate.

After lunch we headed back to the house, then to the pool to get the road dust off.  As we came back Toni grabbed me as she found another Lizard just outside the front  door.  For the purpose of this blog, we have been calling them "dragons" and naming them.  So "officially" this is the 8th addition of a Dragon on the blog...he will be called "Green Dragon", as that was what Toni and I first noticed.  Not the best picture, all I had was the G11 and it is hard to get tight and sharp.(Photo 4 below)

However, the official Photo of the Day belongs to the West Coast Soccer girls, who finished the Tournament at 2 and 1.  Losing only their 5 game in the last 30.   I am trying to get as many of the girls on the blog as I can.  Today is Ashley, she is new to the team this year and a solid mid fielder, with a big kick as the Ref for the game was about to find out!

 

 

 

 

Trimmed a Bit Too Much

Really early morning today.  Toni had another soccer tournament that started today.  The girls kicked butt, 2 wins 2 shutouts, great team play.  I wanted to golf today and knowing we had the tournament but we didn't start on till afternoon we grabbed a 6:32 tee time. 

We played San Juan Hills, hills being the operative word to describe the greens at this place.  They move in every direction at the same time or at least thats the way it felt.  I putted great but still posted 38 putts.  I ended up shooting a 90 because the driver and the irons were working....well.

I took my camera as per usual.  On the 10th hole my drive landed right next to the widest looking tree, I had to shoot it.  So many thoughts come to mind when I look at this tree, Charlie Crown Christmas Tree, the Soviet Union Flag.  The sky was horribly blown out white, so the best way to show the picture is Black and White with a little Alfred Hitchcock graininess to it.

Snail Kiss...I hope

Can't believe I actually made it through the day with out falling asleep.  I woke up this morning at 1:47am, by 3:05am I realized I was not falling back to sleep.  Strange as I type this now that it took me over an hour to come to that realization.

Anyway, I got a ton of work done between 3am and 6am when I finally could fall back to sleep, until 8:15 anyway, at least the 2 hours would get me through the day.  I got up and did some more work.  Then I ran out grabbed breakfast and did a couple of quick errands.  When I left the house I saw 2 snails on the pillar outside my house.  I said, "oh cool picture...I hope they are still there when I get back".  "Hello they are snails, how fast would they actually leave".

Sure enough when I got back about an our later they were still there, so I grabbed the 5d with the Macro lens and the tripod.  When I set up the shot I realized they were kissing...or at least I hope that was what they were doing hard to be sure with the whole hard shell and all.

Another Day in Paradise

And another day in the office.  The frontal assault was on for my Inbox.  I took the bloated 997(previously 1367 on Monday) emails in my inbox down to a respectable 458.  The goal for tomorrow is to be down under 50.  I am tired of looking at it, at least I am not alone. I spoke with three of my teammates today suffering from the same email mountain caused by open house obligations.

Anyway I had to head out at the end of the day for one final item at my partners open house, fortunately the Meat House in Mission Viejo was on the way home.  Which could only mean, one thing Kalbi Beef!  Great call Toni.

Thought about taking a picture of the grill, but with the haze from the weather today I knew the sunset would be amazing, Toni call that one too.

Good Luck to Jamie tomorrow, she is heading out on her first sales call!!

Open House by the Airport

Another day, another open house.  Spent the day meeting customers at another one of my partner's location.  This one is right by John Wayne Airport.  They are right in the flight path, many times during demos the airplane noise from the open door would even overpower my voice, believe it or not. 

Being locked indoors all day I knew the photo opportunities would be limited.  Fortunately, as I was leaving the open house SouthWest airlines was coming in, so I grabbed the camera and shot.

Excellent Ad Placement

Either I am getting bored of my New Years resolution or I am too busy to think about it or be creative on some days.  Today was one of those days, I almost took a picture of my toes just to fulfill the resolution.  Then I got lucky.  I was laying in bed watching ESPN, call me horrible but I love when bad things happy to the New England Patriots so I am riveted tot he Aaron Hernandez story...the wicked stupid moron. 

They were going through baseball highlights, but let's face it, baseball really isn't interesting until the playoffs.  However, I did find this funny.  Behind most of the home plates in Major League stadium there is a green screen panel that depending on the network broadcast, various advertisements are displayed.  The "insert corporation name here" Stadium in Detroit is no different. 

Anyway they where showing highlights of Alex Rios of the Chicago White Sox 6 hit night.  His final hit was given up by Detroit Pitcher Al Albuquerque, we will call him AL AL for short.  Well on a line drive by Rios to left field.  AL AL turned perfectly for me...to pause the TV and grab my G11.

Buy tickets AL AL, you may need them soon.

Need to Wear Shades

Maybe we are all relying on emails a bit too much and clearly I have been on the road too much lately.  I woke up this morning with 1376 emails in my inbox.  Today would be spent at my desk trying to clean that mess up.  However, I was still only able to clean up about 500 of them...because we also clearly spend too much time on conference calls as well!!

Anyway about the only thing I was able to get accomplished today was to pick up my new sunglasses.  Thank you EyeMed for my $20 prescription shades that don't make me look like an escapee from Lizard Lick Towing.

Ready to Head Back to the Office

I have really enjoyed the mini vacation I was able to take this week.  Got to spend some alone time with Jamie, Play golf as many times as my back could take, took a Harley ride, cleaned up the garage...a bit, went to the Movies, went to the pool and cleaned up my office.  Strangely enough I hope to actually be able to spend time in my office this week.  I desperately need to catch up on a bunch of items.

Jamie will also be heading back to her office this week.  We are all very proud and excited for her as she starts her new job tomorrow.  Good Luck Love!

But tonight is about my office which shortly after this picture was taken was invaded by the whole family....I should have locked the door.

My Potato Chip looks like Vladamir Putin

Don't you love seeing those stories about a woman in Arkansas that found a potato chip that looks like Abraham Lincoln or a rust spot that looks like the Virgin Mary?  Well today was a rather relaxed day until we went and saw Heat with Sandra Bullock and Jenny somebody.  But really did any guy notice? I mean come on it is Sandra Bullock.  I highly recommend it...but pee first.

Anyway back to the potato chip. I had a water bottle on my desk that got a bit sweaty from being cold, I never understand that one, I sweat when I am hot, why does my water bottle sweat when its cold...and why when I am at lunch does that sweaty glass always drip on my shirt and make my shirt look like I spilled food on it, I don't need any help with that, I do that enough times myself.

Potato Chip....Potato Chip....Water Bottle...where was I going with this?  Oh Yeah, when I picked up my bottle it dripped on the glass top of my desk and it looked like....The University of North Carolina Tarheel Logo(see both pictures).

 

 

More Ducks

I can't believe this will come off my fingers..."Putting saved my golf game today".  Brian and I took advantage of another FTO day and we took off to Rancho Bernardo Inn for another free JC Card round.  I ended up shooting a 92 because of yes, only 29 putts.  My driver was off today, I could not get comfortable on the tee box, only hitting 41% fairways which is not my game.

At least something was the same in my game today as on Wednesday....More duck families.  I am thinking it is that time of the year.

4th of July

Happy Independence Day to all my United States' viewers, to everyone else Happy Thursday!

In the USA on July 4th we celebrate the Birth of our Country, our independence from Mother England.  As sung in our National Anthem, "The Rockets Red Glare, the Bombs Bursting in Air".  So that is how we finish our Independence Day Celebrations and that is how I am going to spend this Photoblog...

These were some of the views from our Backyard...on a 8 second delay of course, there are a bunch so enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

86

Well, it is finally broken, after 2 years and 3 months....I BROKE 90!!!!  If you are not a golf fan DON'T STOP READING...I won't be too long and the picture of the day is worth the wait.

As I said before, if I can get this putting thing figured out I am closer to breaking 85 than I am 90.  Today was the first day of my mini staycation.  I got to golf with one of my buddies I have been fortunate to meet though Toni's soccer team, Carlos, Celly's dad.  She has been on the blog a couple of times, March 23rd was the best, Obviously.  She also shows up in a bucnh of the team pictures plus of course the mention of her goal against Surf Sunday was pretty cool too!  But the goal was hot!

Anyway, we grabbed the OC Trail discount card and played Tustin Ranch Golf Course.  I have never played the course before, it is not the easiest but my shots kept falling safe and kept me out of trouble.  The only, 33 putts really made the difference.  After I sunk the final 2 foot putt on 18, just after the 90 yard chip, Like I told Carlos, "real men aren't afraid to lay up", the total score read 86!!!!(see picture 2)

But the most amazing shot happened on 13, there is the little stream that ran through the fairway about 213 yards down.  After a 208 drive, I got out of the cart and saw a baby duck floating down the 8 inches deep 2 foot wide stream of water that ran across the cart path.  I grabbed my camera as soon as I could, but he was gone....I looked to the right and then....let the "Awwws" begin.

 

 

Open House and Holiday Shutdown

Today was our open house at one of my favorite partners, Source Graphics(http://sourcegraphics.com/) .  They completed their new look and reimage, while the Pittsburgh Steelers fan in me will never forgive Sy for abandoning the Black and Gold colors, the place looks great.

Huge Shout Out to Adnan, Sy's son and super marketeer on his engagement!!

Our new printer was there and was very well received but, but the fun part of going to Source Graphics is seeing the 3D printers they represent.  The printer below is from Z-Corporation and the Spore(second photo) is what can come out of the printer.

A nice day to spend as my last day of work this week.  Golf course, Harley Davidson and Back to Life Machine here I come!

Weeeee or Wii

After another crazy day of come-back soccer, which saw Natalie, Celly and Yordan scoring 3 goals in the last 6 mins against San Diego Surf to pull us out a  3-2 victory and a SECOND PLACE FINISH in the Tournament!!!!

Toni's buddy Angeline from Surf (http://greggvscamera.blogspot.com/2013/06/rekindled-friendship-and-found-new-one.html) scored the first goal of the game on Toni in the second half...yes... she scored it, not Toni let it up.  It was a great shot that Toni will need to grow 8 more inches before she can start getting to those.  Nice shooting Angeline

In true "our team" fashion, the girls and parents that stayed around to watch the Blues against the Stars game(sounds like a Hockey game) welcomed Angeline and her mom into their crowd for the afternoon.  We are working on Angeline's contract right now, anyone know a good realtor in San Diego?

After the soccer fun was over for what we hope is a long time, Toni got to have her friend Jenna hang out with her today for a sleep over.  When I got home I thought it was going to be time to repatch the ceiling as the Wii is upstairs in our bedroom, and I came home to the crashing sound above the living room and the screams.

With a little help from slow speed sync flashing from the G11(the 7d is at Canon being repaired), it made for a noisy picture.