Monthly Archives: March 2008
Versus Plano Red: More Lacrosse [Speed]
After the unexpected (for Speed, at least) loss on Wednesday, Speed had a lacrosse game against Plano Red on Sunday afternoon–which means I missed the end of the Kansas-Davidson regional final (the only interesting game of the Elite 8.) Annoying. … Continue reading
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Madysen Is Back On The League (Soccer) Horse [Soccer]
Now that high school soccer is (sadly) over, league soccer resumes. You may recall that the fall season didn’t go so well. Oh well, six games to go. The first of which was at 8 a.m. Sunday morning. I drew … Continue reading
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A New Season Of Y Soccer Begins [Layla]
So it’s been more than a month since Layla played soccer–which is far too long. She’s decided that academy soccer is too time-consuming for her, so she’s playing in the Y league again for the Blue Stars. They were supposed … Continue reading
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Just Another Day At The Office [Layla]
Last Monday–the Monday after Spring Break–the kids were out of school. You know what that means? The kids fight about who gets to come to the office. Weird, I know. She picked McDonald’s for breakfast because she’d never been there … Continue reading
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Round 3: Playoffs End [Madysen]
Following two big wins to start they playoffs, HP had a serious test Friday night versus McKinney Boyd. It was a close, physical first half, but Boyd scored early in the first half and poured in another three goals in … Continue reading
Versus St. Marks: More Lacrosse [Speed]
It’s been a couple weeks since Speed had a lacrosse game–and in that game they handled St. Marks. In a rematch on Wednesday night, Speed was pretty confident that they would handle St. Marks again. Um, not so much. St. … Continue reading
Round 2: Playoffs Continue [Madysen]
Earlier, I joked about Madysen enjoying actually winning a game when guest-playing last weekend, but the truth is she’s had a pretty good little run this spring with the JV and Varsity squads. They won their first round game handily, … Continue reading
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Winning Soccer Games: This Feels Odd [Madysen]
As we all know, Easter weekend is meant to be jammed packed full of events and distractions. So in addition to Easter picnics and other Easter miscellany, how about a soccer tournament? Sounds awesome. In actuality, it was a great … Continue reading
Easter Festivities [Farmington]
The biggest Easter event was the office picnic, but there were a few other items of note. First egg decorating on Saturday evening. (Speed was off with a friend at an FC Dallas game–so more eggs for everyone else.) When … Continue reading
The Office Easter Picnic [Holidays]
You might have noticed that last weekend was Easter weekend. We sure did. On Saturday, we attended the annual office Easter picnic (see recaps of 2005, 2006, and 2007). We are getting a bit smarter about the caricatures now that we’ve … Continue reading
