Monday, August 30, 2021

A Soccer Weekend With a Side of American Football and a FUN Celebration


Thurs.-Sun., August 26-29, 2021

What a GREAT weekend to be alive!

It was the official start of the college football season meaning that we awakened on Saturday morning to the first ESPN College Game Day Show of the year.

Heaven.

Sad to see only about 10,000 fans at the cavernous Rose Bowl Saturday afternoon to watch UCLA beat Hawaii 44-10.

Are the Bruins back?

We'll find out a lot more next Saturday as UCLA hosts the LSU Tigers.

Of course it was also Week #2 of our grandkids AYSO soccer season.


Mary had an 8:00 a.m. game as
her Rainbow Butterflies took on
the ever dangerous Purple Tigers

Mary, in green, chasing the ball

Kicking it down the pitch

Mary always looks good
in her uniform

Once again, barefooted Michael was the game's referee.

Jacob was their to support
his sister Mary

Post-game team photo

Jacob's club didn't play until 12:30 p.m. but it was no problem for him since his Scorpions team was scheduled for their picture day at 10:30 a.m.

Jacob channeling his inner
Cristiano Ronaldo during his
photo shoot

Jacob has an interesting
shoulder stretch warm-up routine
before his Scorpions took on the Dragons

#8 hustling to defend against
a possible breakaway

Dribbling

On a breakaway of his own

That ball draws a crowd

One-on-One

There was a lot of
running in this game

Exercise is good for you I'm told

In the Second Half
Jacob was in Goal

Literally in this photo.

He liked being the Goalie

Thanks to the solid Scorpions' team defense, the Dragons did not score in the Second Half.

In the evening, we had a
wedding to celebrate

The daughter of our dear friends Paul and Joanne Sabolic married her beloved last March. Because of Covid they did not feel comfortable having lots of people join in on their celebration at that time.

Finally, on Saturday night, we all met at one of their friend's home to have a proper party.

Nicole and Nicholas Gray

A nice looking couple don't you agree?

Wedding celebrations with
taco bars are the BEST!

We had a good time visiting with Mike and Susan D'Antuono most of the evening while enjoying a marvelous setting and celebrating the Gray's new life together.

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