April showers?

April was a month of splendor here in Victoria, B.C.! The first of the month was a great day, replete with work, sports, a dinner with friends, and then brought to a close by laughing my head off playing Jabberwocky with some of my best friends. "The game that lets your imagination run wild!" Jabberwocky is probably my favourite board game; it's extremely fun (and I don't say that lightly)!

I played in a hockey tournament the first weekend of April, subbing as an out player (played wing) for Team Xtreme, which was sweet. They are a pretty good team, with many skilled players. I only played 2 games, as they were full for the others. I also bought my first wetsuit that weekend, an exciting purchase! Thanks Dad, for the late Christmas present :D



Over Easter weekend, as I mentioned, I took a roadtrip with 4 friends to San Diego. We left Thursday night, 4 of us catching the 7pm ferry across to Tsawwassen, and picking up the 5th member of the crew just North of the ferry dock. We made it into the US pretty quickly that evening, no line ups. The rest of the driving was lovely, especially when I got to drive from Oregon into California amidst a flurry! Spectacular!! :D Honorable mention to the pillow fight 3 of us had as we drove by LA at 9pm Friday night ... the 46 hours we got to spend in Carlsbad and San Diego were such a blessing, spending a lot of time outdoors and on the beach, and also getting to check out Body Worlds. We went to an Easter Sunrise service on Sunday morning, as I mentioned, and there's nothing like watching a sun rise to help one reflect on how God's mercy and grace really has given each of us new life. We made it back safe and happy, albeit sunburnt and somewhat sleepy, after only 24 hours of driving. We managed to catch the last ferry back to the island and there said our tearful (well, maybe not quite) good-byes, after a few parting shots (ie. pictures) ...















I played in another hockey tournament during the last weekend of April, playing goal for the Spitfires, my usual team. Our record was 3-2, but unfortunately one of the games we lost was a semi-final (under auspicious circumstances). Ah well, it was a well-put together tournament, I won an MVP award for one game, and it was a fun way to end out the girls' hockey season.

Procrastination is the name of my game

Yeah, I've been planning on getting some updates up really soon ... seriously! For now I'll just toss up a couple of pictures from my Easter roadtrip to San Diego, and blog about it soon (as in this week some time). I PROMISE!!!

Top picture is me with the group of people I drove down to San Diego with (from l-r: Emily, Willem, Jon, Me, Jason) standing on the beach (obviously) after the Easter Sunday Sunrise service we attended - actually in Carlsbad, just North of San Diegs.

The group picture below was taken in front of a stained glass window of a church in Old Town San Diego. We were told to "look holy or Mexican".