Easter Week!

So I will be posting Easter realted stuff that I like.


Here's the first.

Too Late

 

I took the kids to the Children’s Museum today,

(Post to come tomorrow,)

and didn’t get back in time to enter the iheartfaces challenge.

I tried to do it this morning, but my server kept crashing.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.

So, I thought I’d post some other pictures from Emma’s photo shoot.  The colour ones haven’t been messed with at all;

I think with some editing they could be gorgeous.

Better post to come, about our busy day today.

Too tired tonight.

Check ya later.

~Me.

Which One????

I am entering the iheartfaces challenge again.

The challenge description is: Dramatic Black and White.

I need help.

You have to help me choose. 

I have to enter by Tuesday evening,

so I’m putting you on the spot with no time.

Tell me which one you like best.

Rockdog, you too.

Which is the most Dramatic?

Are any Dramatic?

HELP!!

Champions

After 12 hours in arenas, 11 hours of driving, and 4 hours of hockey, there is a Champion.  And C4th is it.

 

Now, not all those hours were spent on the championship, Nate was in there too.  And when he plays his last game on Wednesday, I’ll write a post about him too.

But today?  Today is Quin.

He came first in his division,

nobody could touch them, actually,

and that put him in the Western Ontario Finals.

To see who was the best Atom LL team in all of Western Ontario.

It was to be determined in a best of three series against the

Walkerton Capitals.

C4th won the first game 4-3, Quin got a goal and an assist.

Then, to make it interesting, Walkerton won game two, 2-1,  in overtime.  With 27 seconds left.  Heart-breaking.

So on we went to game three, also to be played in Walkerton, as they won the flip.

Before the game. 

Quin likes to be there early, to chat with the guys, get ready, and stretch.  He came out to the lobby to stretch, and I got a picture.

Out on the ice.

C4th and Walkerton are pretty closely matched..

They have a couple of really dirty players, though.

But it’s good, exciting hockey to watch.

 

Walkerton scored in the first period. 

C4th had lot’s of chances, but just couldn’t bury the puck.

Trevor, our goalie, stood on his head to save the puck.  There was many times all the fans leapt to their feet to cheer for him.  He played an amazing game, and made some incredible saves.

 

Finally, in the second period, Quin deked the goalie, and buried the puck from his back-hand, shooting backwards, behind himself.

It looked at first like he had over skated and wouldn’t get a shot, but he buried it.  Beautiful goal.

The third period ended in a 1-1 tie, so it went to a 10min overtime.

Which ended in a 1-1 tie.

Soooooo, we went to a second 10min overtime.

The parents all needed a couple shots of whiskey by this time.

Steve lost his voice from yelling and cheering..

I was scaring Ava with how much I was jumping up and yelling…

It was craziness.

The scoreboard.

Fifth period.  1-1.  3 minutes left.

With one minute left in double overtime, the Stars make a rush!

Jack gets it in the corner, passes to Ben, Ben passes to Quin,

Quin, “The Rocket” Ryan,

skates in on the goalie and roofs it into the top of the net,

right under the crossbar. 

Goalie did not have a chance of saving it.

They won.

Then the whole team piled on top of Quin…

the parents and fans were going crazy,

it was pandemonium.

(Quin wants me to say, “See the puck in the net?”)

Celebrating..

Then they all lined up to receive their medals.

The boys on both ends are two of the best defensemen on the team.

Without Riley and Luke, they would not have won.

 

 

Watching Walkerton receive their “first loser” medals.

Oops.  I mean second place medals.

 

Quinlan receives his medal.  Only he wasn’t announced as Quinlan.  He’s The Rocket.

Cheering boys…

The Rocket Ryan.  Watching the proceedings.

Cheering for team mates receiving their medals.

The four boys who are leaving Atom accepted the trophy, but all the other boys got in there pretty quick!!

What number are you?

You’re #1!

A tired boy and his trophy and medal.

 

So, to reiterate, Quinlan got 2 goals in a 2-1 win in double overtime of the Western Ontario Championship game.

And he always has to be the last to leave the ice.

Read the official write-up here

HOCKEY!!!

7 games in 3 days.

All of them an hour away from where I live.


Crabby kids...
messy house....

I'll get back to you on Monday.




Peace out!

She’s my Sista

Well, one of them.

I have lots.

But she is the oldest, just above me.

She was a true first born, a stickler for the rules,

and a respecter of authority.

Meaning, we had better respect hers.

And I did.

She’s really cool.

It’s probably going to bug her that I’m writing this, but it’s true.

She’s wickedly awesome.

She’s funny, and really smart.

She sends me all kind of info that makes me smarter.

She taught herself to knit, gorgeous stuff, and then tried to teach me.

(I am a failure.)

She’s teaching herself photography.

She gets an idea in her head, and she does it.

I get many ideas, and I may start on them, but it’s the finishing I am terrible at.

She is my hero.

When I grow up I want to be like her.

.

Can you believe that people don’t believe we are sisters?

Seriously.

This one time, at band camp,

no, it was at Bingemans water park.

We had exited the park area for some reason, and were entering back in.

The details are hazy, if you want the facts, ask her.

Anyway, they were only letting in so many kids at a time.

We were with a youth group, and Adeena was up ahead with her friends, and I had no friends and was at the back of the line. Where they ended the allowable number of youths to enter.

I said to the girl, “But you have to let me in! That’s my sister, and I have to stay with her!” and I pointed to Adeena.

She was walking away in all her tallness, and mane of gorgeous blonde hairness,

and I was standing there in all my shortness with straggly dull brown hair.

The girl looked at me and said, “She is NOT your sister.”

I was flabbergasted and said,”She is too!”

Then I started yelling across the lot,”Adeena, Adeeeeeena!!!! They won’t let me in!!!” Only it was way more frantic. Adeena turned slightly, waved her hand in a “Come on’ stop embarrassing me” gesture, and kept walking.

They girl looked at me and raised her eyebrow.

I proclaimed again, “She really is my sister! You have to let me in!!”

And I screamed again at Adeena, only taking the decimal level up a notch.

She finally turned and came stalking back, grabbed my hand and said. “Come ON!” The girl asked, “She’s your sister?” “Yeah”, Adeena answered, and I was let through.

As an aside, as we were walking through, I stuck my tongue out at the girl.

Anyway. I don’t understand why people can’t see we are sisters.

We both have blue eyes…..

And we both have two hands, with five fingers on each hand!!!!

What are the odds of that?

Questions….

This is the other picture that I pondered putting up for the

iheartfaces angle challenge.

What do you think?

Did I choose the right one?

Or is this one better?

Huh?

Whaddya think?

I also contemplated this one.

But I couldn’t get past the cigarette butt.

And the shadow on her boots bugged me too.

Next Question.

Playlist on Blog: Yes or No?

I can switch out the Celtic one; I have a playlist in pretty well every genre.

Or, do you listen to your own music while reading blogs, and my music playing just annoys the heck out of you?

Let me know in the comments what you think.

Even all you people that read and never comment,

COMMENT!!!

That is all.

2010 Can-Am Equine Emporium

We went on Sunday, the last day.

This means that all the vendors were tired, and just wanted to go home.  So, the trade-show part took about 1/2 an hour to walk through.  Fastest time ever, for me.

But, Sunday also meant that it was the Wind Rider Challenge Finals. which I wanted to see.  So.

I’ll start at the beginning.

You’ll have to excuse the photo quality… My camera HATES indoor pictures, and the flash only works when it feels like it.

We made it in time to see the Equine Chiropractor do his demonstration, and his little spiel.

Very cool.  He showed how to assess your horse, and how to do stretches, which, of course, I already knew.

Then we met this guy, a Gypsy Vanner.

Isn’t he cute?  A lot of horse people mock the Gypsy,

but this guy has decent conformation.  I thought he was cute. 

He’s from Waterloo.

Then we saw these gals, they’re from Chatham.

The Canadian Cowgirls!!

Here they are, waiting to come in…..

 

And here they go!!

They do all sorts of cool drills, like the Musical Ride. 

Not many of my pictures turned out.

Their last trick was neat,  this weaving of the banners thing.

Yay!  They were a little too chipper, ya know?  Like cheerleaders. 

But, I enjoyed them.

And next up was the Wind Rider Challenge Finals!!!

The Wind Rider Challenge does not focus on any one breed or particular discipline, but is open to all horses and their riders.  And that’s what makes it cool.  It’s all about the relationship a rider has with her horse..

Here are the Finalists:

This is Megan and Ben.  Ben is a Shire Thoroughbred cross. 

He was massive.  Megan is involved in Natural Horsemanship.

This girl we saw in Clinton.  Do you Remember her, Linda?  She’s on a Quarterhorse, I’m pretty sure.  Her back-ground is Hunter/Jumper.

 

And then we have this teeny little guy, a Paso Fino Stallion.

He was a hot stepper.

That song kept going around in my head the whole time I was watching him.  She totally should have used that song for her free style.

Isn’t he cute?

 

On to the challenge!!

The first task was to canter down half the length of the arena, and then stop your horse inside this little square.  Pax could do this. 

Then you had to back your horse about 30 feet,

and then do three complete turns on the haunches, so basically, the horse’s front end travels around his back end.

Then you had to side-pass or leg-yield to the right, then to the left.

Then do a rollback, which is the horse spins 180 degrees on his back legs,

go straight into a left lead canter, and canter around the arena, take the 2’ jumps, like so,

 

And stop your horse right after that, here at the pole.

After all that excitement, your horse then had to stand real quiet while you put a coat on and off.

Then there was this.  This was impressive.

They had to sidepass around this whole square.

This little guy danced his way around.

 

And big Ben stepped oh so carefully.

 

All the way around.

The last task to complete was to take this flag and do a barrel dash, so basically run the length of the arena, around a barrel, and back the other way.  When you got past that little orange cone, your time stopped.

The Hot Stepper had the best time, he danced every where.  So he got an extra point.

 

After all three competitors completed the tasks, it was time for the musical freestyle part.

She did hers to Michael Jacksons “Thriller.”  Notice her horse has one white wrap?  Like Michaels glitter glove?

She did the task part really well, but her freestyle was boring.  Even if she was wearing a Michael mask.

The little Hot Stepper’s freestyle was kinda boring, with bits of brilliance.

His feet were a blur!!!

Her freestyle rocked the house.

Notice no bridle?

 

Check it, she walked him up to these barrels, stopped him, and then he lifted up his front end from standing and straddled these, without going all the way over.  Cool.

She did a bunch of cool freestyle work with him too.

It was just cool.  Really neat.

Then it was time to announce the winner, who will go on and compete for Canada in the States, at the Mid-West Horse Expo.

 

It was The Hot Stepper.

One comment I heard, “So it’s like figure skating.”

Yeah, I figured Ben had a lock, as Hot Stepper made a few mistakes in the task part, and refused a jump and so on.

Ah well, done is done.  But it was disappointing.

Even with the disappointing finish, it was a fun day.

I would like to thank all those that made it possible.

Thank-you and Goodnight!