Both of my sisters are on a soccer team! And, my dad just happens to be the coach! They love it. Reminds me of the days way back when Josh and I were little tykes on a little team. =} I came along for practice to watch and grab some shots. My littlest sister wasn’t there because she was rehearsing for a talent show, but here’s a few of Sarah and my dad. I’m going to go to their tournament in May hopefully to get photos so I’ll have some of Rachelle then!
-beth
this past weekend, john and i and some of our best friends went up to west virginia to spend the weekend boarding! it was radical!
it just so happened that the winter x games were going on over the weekend. so very inspiring.! kamikazes.
pizza party!
we got some great night boarding in, too. but it was so freezing!
me and my boarding BFF! (and sam desperately trying to get into our photo)
john will post the action shots of us riding asap. stay tuned! =}
next weekend we are going on a snowboarding trip at snowshoe ski area. so this past saturday we had planned to go up to sugar mtn to warm up a little bit before the trip. well.. it rained. all day. so john, daryl, sarah and i just headed up to the area anyway, hoping the rain would stop and figuring we could hang out at coffee shops till it did.
which, of course, is exactly what we did. it was a perfect coffee shop day. foggy, rain drizzling, a little breezy.. just .. not such a great ski day.
at the coffee shop they were selling these necklaces made with a nicaraguan coin. and the proceeds from the sale went back to fund a mission in nicaragua who help the hungry and needy. i couldn’t resist.
finally the rain stopped and we got to go for the night session. it sprinkled a little bit and the snow was extremely wet but it was still fun.
while we were waiting for the night session in the lodge, a hillbilly bluegrass band graced us with their live performance. after a couple songs we all thought we were going to go mad. after an hour and a half of it, we did.
it was dark of course and very foggy, so the lights streaking through the fog and the silhouettes of dark trees and people made the feel very eerie and adventurous. (for a little redneck ski area with barely any snow. hey, its good to have imagination!)
(excuse the mediocre quality of the last four photos, they’re iPhone pics.)
have a happy monday full of rain and coziness!
My family took the day and went to the National White Water Center in Charlotte to practice their kayaking. Hardshell kayaking is new to all of us except my dad and mom of course so dad wanted to get them into some whitewater after learning how to roll and brace and etc on their pond. I’ve never even been in a hardshell, and my IK is out of commission due to some holes in it, so I was simply the cheerleader, photographer and lifesaver. haha.
Rachelle
Sarah
Josh
Dad
They flipped a lot.. this was their first taste of rapids in a hard kayak and they had to do a Class III right off the bat. But I was so proud of them! They all did really awesome.. and kept getting back in their kayaks and trying again. Sarah rolled herself back up at least 5 times!
I think this last one is my favorite shot of the whole day.. =D
