The Beauchamp FamilyYes, we really are this geeky…

We had games this weekend, just sharing the pics…

I love this picture. I’ve been trying to get this picture for 2 weeks now! WooHoo!

Jamie passing the ball (see! he does touch it!)

Cassie taking a water break

Cassie going after the ball (she actually made a goal this game, but it was on the other side of the court so I didn’t get a pic)

No pics from Jamie’s game today because I didn’t go to that one. They had back to back games so we had to divide and conquer today…

Cassie did REALLY really well today. And she seemed to have a great time.

She was in such a good mood today. I wish I could say she was cleaning her room like we told her, she’s being a brat now.

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I hate indoor photography. I obviously have no clue what I’m doing or something. These aren’t horrible, but I miss my clear sharp pictures. This may be one of those you get what you get things. I don’t want to be using the flash and ticking off everyone so I’m just playing… I “fixed” one by making it ink… hehehe… hey, it worked!

Cassie had soccer and Jamie had basketball. Tomorrow is Tom’s birthday, but we celebrated today by going to Dave & Busters and I made that horrible chocolate cake he likes (I HATE making that cake, it’s a huge pain, and it’s WAY too chocolatey).

Okay, I probably shouldn’t post this one, but it turned out pretty good and I just find it funny (and blackmail-able)

Indoor photography without flash SUCKS. Just sayin’

So, I took Jamie to practice and got some photos. They turned out okay. I took like 100 and 25 were good, I kept like 4. Not a great return on my time, but whatever, I had fun playing. So here he is in action

I also bribed Cassie into doing a few things for me, for the specific purpose of getting these photos I think they turned out pretty well for someone that doesn’t know what they are doing.

And here’s another one of the freaking lizard. It’s still here. It was ticked with me for bugging it during it’s bedtime.

(that one was pretty fun to take, dirty glass, glaring at me reptile with no flash)

As you can see from my previous note, Cassie played. She started in with the crying again once we got there until we bribed her with promises of cheese dip. That worked for kicking the ball back and forth with one of the little girls there, but she still was being a snot. I then took her out there and stood with her and told her she had a choice. She could play with her team or she could stand out here in the middle of the room with everyone looking at her crying but we weren’t going back to the stands. I then offered to go sit down in the circle with her near the coach and she agreed to come with me. We sat down in the circle (well she clung to me for dear life). Then we realized they were NAMING THE TEAM. Okay, this is serious business for the kids. We had lots of good choices, Spaceship Rockets, Monster Rockets, Spiderman, etc. Cassie gave her idea of The Sharks. AND they voted on it! She got the name and they are called the Sharks. This immediately started her talking to a little girl next to her and I was able to slink away. She played and practiced and was fine and is looking forward to her first game.

What the heck?

Whatever. It worked.

No photos of practice, that was part of the deal – she said I can take pictures at the game – I still need to figure out how to take decent indoor pictures of sports. I’m sure I’m just doing it wrong. Where the heck is Kami?

We got there early so I took some photos of the ducks there and the kids. It was cold, so we didn’t last long out there!

Enjoy and *dripping sarcasm* Happy January!

…. didn’t go so well. Cassie LOVES soccer so I’m a bit confused as to why she freaked out. We think it was a combination of having new teammates, being tired, being hungry, and how LOUD it was in there. There were 4 teams practicing in there and it was LOUD. We talked about it and she’s going to try again next week – with earplugs *laugh*

So, she went out there for a few minutes…

… and spent the rest of the practice crying to go home…

… I think I need a new lens… something faster for indoor? I’m not sure, sounds like a trip to the camera store may be in my future *maniacal laughter*

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