Active Start 2 Ringette: Black Kittens

Reese had a great ringette season playing Active Start 2!  She loved ringette this year and REALLY loved skating!  She wanted to skate nearly every day, asking to go to the outdoor rink and public skating! She scored a few goals this season and had a big smile on her face the entire time!  She says she might want to be a goalie and enjoyed her turn in net!  Here are some highlights from her season:

1) The Silver ring tournament: a tournament hosted by Edmonton Ringette! Our first tournament of the season and a lot of fun for the team!  Everyone loved the tournament goodies and had so much fun playing in between games :)

2) The Sweetheart Tournament: a tournament hosted by Spruce Grove Ringette and a tournament I played in, my sister still plays in and my mom once organized!! The girls had so much fun bonding at this tournament - we had lunch at the restaurant in the arena and the girls played and made a team poster!  The photo booth is always a lot of fun too!! And my Grandma was here visiting this weekend so it was extra special that Great Grandma Marg got to watch a few games :)

3) the Sherwood Park Active Start Jamboree: A great way to end the season, complete with a team pizza party!

4) Fans Fans In The Stands - the 1/2 time cheer is always so cute and the black kittens rocked the cheer every time :) I always enjoyed seeing all the parents and family members participating and for our family, most especially Blake and Em.  I know seeing her big bro and sis doing this cheer, really made Reese happy!!!

5) and last but not least, our team mascot (photo to follow): Everyone loooooved our black kitten!  I think she was the highlight of every one's season :) The team mascot sits at centre ice during game warm-ups and sits on the bench during games!

Here are some of my favorite photo`s from the season:

Reese scores!!!! (She is in the black jersey!)

Pep talk from Coach Tracy

Reese with her Silver Ring medal

Another shot on net and another goal!!!

Way to go, Reese!!

Team Mascot :)

Fun on the bench at the Sweetheart Tournament!

Taking the goalie position very seriously!

Getting her Sweetheart Tournament medal from Coach Mom!

Sweetheart Tourney team photo

Warming up!

Just taking a little break ;)

Sherwood Park Jamboree :)

A great season with these players and coaches :)

Super cute ringette player!!!

Rest in Peace

Heaven gained an angel on March 9th. My Grandma Kelley, my mom's mom, passed away peacefully in her sleep. I posted a status update on Facebook in a rush of emotion, late at night while I was all by myself contemplating life and remembering  my Grandma.  I think I'll share that here as I feel it sums up my thoughts best. Love you, Grandma. I pray you are at peace and happy.

Facebook post:

"the world lost a very special lady today. My Grandma Kelley passed away and although I am very sad, I know she is in a better place. A place where she has all the spunk and spark back that she's lost over the past few years, reading her gossip magazines, listening to her radio, lighting cigarette after cigarette and mostly letting them burn out!! She was one of a kind and I am so glad for all of our awesome memories - we never had to pack pj's when we visited, we always snuggled up in one of her flannel nighties! And the stuffies, oh how we loved her stuffie collection!! She always sent us on our way with something cool - a trinkette, the entire Fraggle Rock collection from McDonald's, a cool Slurpee cup from 7-11 and always a huge canister of coffee for Mom and Dad (she was a bargain shopper, if it was on sale she bought multiples!!) I could sit around her kitchen table for hours, just reading magazines and listening to the radio. She taught us a lot about life, probably without even knowing it, but I think the most important lesson was one of resilience. She was tough as nails, endured many hardships, a lot of shit (no better way to say it) and always persevered. She was one of the hardest working ladies I know and a woman of few words. She wasn't much of a hugger but I'll miss wrapping my arms around her skin and bones and at the same time wondering why the hell didn't I inherit her small frame!!! lol! I feel like I got her and I think she got me. Oh and one more memory because I often think back to this - at our wedding a group of friends and I were dancing to Grease Lightning and I look over and there's my Grandma, busting a move on the dance floor!!!! Maybe I got my love of dancing from her! She was one of a kind  I love you Grandma and I will hold our memories very close, forever and ever. xoxo Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson, Reese and even Hilda the dog (inside joke)"