And there goes April ... which I suppose is okay as that means we are 1 more month closer to summer vacation!!! Here's some highlights from this April:
- lacrosse season officially started and Blake is playing with some teammates from last season and some hockey friends! I am the team manager and looking forward to a great season!
- We had one more hockey event, a Crusaders parents night! We went to Brewsters for dinner, drinks and an Oilers game! It was a lot of fun and we'll miss these parents!!
- On the 14th Cal and I went to an Oilers playoff game and oh my goodness was it EVER good!!! So much fun, the arena was LOUD and PROUD! So glad we had that experience!
- Emerson had her last Ukrainian dance performance at St. Michael's extendicare. She performed her Hutzul dance for the first time and we loved it!
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| 2017 Playoffs!!! |
- the lacrosse team attended their first tournament of the year, the Icebreaker tournament at Servus Place (April 21 to 23). Because Blake's coaches are involved with the Jr. Miners, the team got to use their dressing room for the weekend, which was really cool for the team! They had their own stalls and left their equipment there all weekend.
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| Blake thought it was pretty cool to have his own stall! |
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| Icebreaker tournament - 2017 |
- On the 24th Emerson's dance group competed at the Veeteretz Ukrainian dance festival. The did great, taking home gold and most promising ribbon for Poltavski Melodiyi and bronze for Hutzulski Deetchoky. It was a fun day with Em and I'm so glad I took the day off to spend with her :)
- Emerson started 3 on 3 ringette on April 25th! After the first game, as she skated off the ice, she said to Cal, "Can I play 3 on 3 next year??" So she's obviously loving it!! The teams seem quite uneven which has made for a few losses but she's not discouraged!!
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| Emerson with her medals :) |
- Reese began piano lessons again and is enjoying herself although I am having to heavily 'encourage' her to practice at home ;)
- Blake and Emerson began guitar lessons at the end of the month!! And they are also loving their music lessons but requiring 'encouragment' to practice at home, lol!
- On the 28th the kids and I met the Mauro's at Rogers Place for an Oiler's playoff game viewing party! We had a BLAST!! The atmosphere was insane, considering we were all just watching an away game on the big screen ;) Friends of ours were were in a suite and invited us up. It was pretty cool to experience the suite-life!!
- To wrap of April we were very excited to welcome back my Mom and Dad to Alberta!! We met the Stecyk's in Stony Plain for a welcome back brunch at Mom and Dad's :)
And that is April in a nutshell!! Bring on Spring and the sooner Summer arrives the better!!!
xoxo
Tracy
