tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316602382024-03-05T20:22:18.360-08:00The Vickerman Family HappeningsThe Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-63271751947606090022014-10-30T21:26:00.000-07:002017-02-23T21:09:32.904-08:00"It was Great"Summer is over - it was a great one! The first time in the past 7 years that I haven't had to plan a conference or dinner. I was able to focus on my family the entire summer - it was a great one!<br />
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After our girl trip to see some of our besties, we didn't do too much - it was a great one! We did have family visit - my brother from Pennsylvania and his family came out to Washington for the first time ever. The little cousins had a great time getting to know each other and play together - we swam and swam and swam some more... and had family pics taken - aren't they great!<br />
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I also got to volunteer at Creation NW the last week of July - it was great! I got to listen to some awesome bands, sell t-shirts and see some friends - it was great!</div>
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Taylor got to start skating - the first time in 5 months - it was great! And was in the Benton Franklin Fair Parade with his team mate & buddy Beau!</div>
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Brayden tried out for the Midget Rep team and he made the team - isn't that great! and, Lance is helping to assist coaching the team - isn't that great?!</div>
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We did some updates on our house at the last minute because we decided to billet an Ams player - got new carpet and made a guest room - isn't that great! However, our player went back home after a few weeks...</div>
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So now school has started - we are all back into our routines. The best thing is that BOTH GIRLS get to go to school with ME! It is great!</div>
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Brayden turned 16!! Can't believe that my baby boy is driving!!</div>
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And my big boy is back on the ice! Isn't that great!!!</div>
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And Brayden went to his first Formal Dance! Isn't that great!!</div>
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And we all made it to the Pumpkin Patch!</div>
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-86717619800820897582014-08-11T15:18:00.001-07:002014-08-11T15:18:23.761-07:00Some Summer Trips...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As promised in my previous post, here are some pictures from some of our summer fun trips!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys and I first took a quick trip to Spokane to pick up Taylor from the airport. Taylor went to Colorado to visit his hockey buddy Beau. This is some of the fun at the park that day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon after getting home, we took off for our first camping trip to one of our favorites, which we haven't been to in a LOOOOONG time! Wallowa Lake!! We had a great time "roughing" it in our tents, riding go carts, playing mini golf, eating ice cream cones, taking walks, and playing on the lake...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girls and I took a road trip to Seattle to visit some of our besties - the Elsasser's :) We had so much fun just playing around their house with their chickens, zipline and Joshua - as well as - going to the American Girl Store!</span></div>
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The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-88938452740462200162014-06-25T22:50:00.000-07:002014-06-25T22:50:22.206-07:00Ahh... Summer!!!!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yay! for summer! I'm so ecstatic that it's SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did survive a week of _______ (your choice of word goes here ;) ) the first week of June was my last week of school so I had many days of "fun" and report cards to be done AND my first born son graduated from high school - waaaaaaa. Actually, I didn't cry too much! Surprise! Surprise! well... that's because i had already cried while going down "memory lane" in preparing the photo collage :) and... he's not going anywhere! :) He'll be home playing for ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past year has really been a tough one and full of changes - some that we are still praying about. I'm looking forward to settling into where God has led us so far. Right now I get to enjoy the summer with a whole lot of NOTHING! It's the first time in about 6 years that i don't have to plan or organize a conference or benefit dinner - it's definately time for a break... I'm enjoying it so far but am having a hard time doing absolutely nothing so... I've decided to sell Thirty-One Gifts for fun! It has been fun so far :) If you want to see my website click <a href="https://www.mythirtyone.com/kvickerman/" target="_blank">here</a> I really need some people to host a party very soon!! So let me know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a few months, we will be having another driver at our house! YIKES! We are kind of looking for cars for him but we got a "wild" hair and decided to trade in my precious suburban!! I know! Are you in shock right now!! I think i still am! LOL!! There are many reasons involved here: we will have 4 cars at our house soon and most of the driving is just me and the girls; hoping to save $300+ a month to help pay for the girls to go to my school next year; and ??? i guess those are the main reasons - maybe also just needed another change (I hope it's not a mid life crisis thing - lol - hadn't really thought about that - probably not - but we did buy the first car we looked at! LOL ) oh well... its a 2013 Toyota Venza</span></div>
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-43559005974550401452014-04-24T22:08:00.001-07:002014-04-24T22:08:38.590-07:00What's Been Happening???<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well... a whole heck of alot - and nothing...REST!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some things have changed since my last post that I didn't think would happen but God did. He planted some seeds in my heart about a year ago about stepping down from HFTF (Heart For The Fatherless) but it wasn't until soon after my last post in October and then confirmation in January that it was indeed what He wanted me to do. REST! I'm trying my best but when you have 4 active kids and working full time - it's hard to do some times but I think that He's wanting me to rest more in Him - i'm excited to see what the next part of His plan for me/us are. My prayer is that HFTF will continue to grow and spread God's heart for the orphan and provide support for families that are adopting or fostering. I'm not going to lie - it has been hard letting go and I miss many of the people...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So... some family updates...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taylor is now 18 and is getting ready to graduate from Kamiakin. It has been a blessing to have him living and playing at home for the Tri City Americans this past year. His season was off to a FABULOUS start but quickly took a turn when he took a blindsided hit from Brendan Leipsic - it really was an awful hit - it goes thru my mind many times and i just cringe! He was hit so hard in mid ice that he broke his shoulder BAD- after surgery and a few months of healing he was back on the ice but a few games later he tore his acl. He played for about 6 weeks before he decided that he just couldn't play anymore. It was a tough decision because this summer is the first year that he could be considered for the NHL draft but with him playing hurt he wasn't putting up the numbers that he needed. With a 6 -8 month recovery time for acl surgery - it was time to call it a season and repair his knee and start to get ready for the next season! These few months are going to be hard for him - he's so used to skating everyday or at least 5 days a week during the summer but he probably won't be able to put skates on until August. He's not wasting time now though - he planning on doing alot of bicycle riding and upper body workouts for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brayden is now playing hockey! He just started with spring hockey and is doing great! He was also doing great at swimming but decided he was done right after Christmas - this was a shocker and while we tried to figure out why and what he wanted to do next he took his Driver's Ed class. So, he's permitted and should be practicing driving but would rather not. I'm hoping that he gets a desire to drive soon so that he's ready by October to get his license! I'm super proud of his first year in High School - he's taking 2 honors courses and an AP course and seems to be doing really good. We are praying that he does great on his AP test coming up soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hayleigh has been doing recreational cheer at All American gymnastics but I think that's over now. She seems to have a desire to play soccer - we shall see what that is like this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maylynn is doing ballet and tap and will be having a recital in June. She too wants to try her summer at soccer. Since i've had more time, i FINALLY filed the paperwork to readopt her and we finalized it the day after her birthday on April 18th. This is the VERY last step in the adoption process which basically get her an american birth certificate... an expensive one - $230! i'm just glad that i did the paperwork myself (pro se) and saved me another $500+??? whew! <strike>We </strike> I am so glad that is FINALLY done! what a relief!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past few months have been a good beginning at "resting". We've been focusing on time with our kids more and have even started a bible study with our boys and a few of their friends - it's been really fun. We are going through the book of John.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also gotten back into exercising and eating healthy - i'm hoping with less stress and more exercise that my migraines will go away...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the weather has been nicer, we've been focusing on getting our back yard in shape - hoping to have a graduation open house back there in June for this graduate:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously, we've been super busy!! So here's a quick run down of the events the past 6+ months:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Taylor & I got tattoo's: Taylor got a cross on his ribs - i got "Walk by faith" on my foot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. April birthdays: Taylor turned 17 and Maylynn 6</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Easter :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Brayden went to Jr. high camp</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. My brother & I visited my grandma Huston a week before she passed away. We were so thankful to see her 1 last time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I (Kirsten), went to the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit in Tennessee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Taylor & Lance went to San Jose for Taylor to participate at the Pacific District Usa Hockey camp</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. My aunt Shirlee visited from AZ</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Brayden's swim meet during Memorial Day Weekend</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Maylynn "graduated" from my K5 class at Calvary Christian School</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Maylynn had her first dance recital</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. The girls had a blast at Vacation Bible School</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. a few more swim meets...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Taylor went to USA Hockey national camp and did great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our sweet family friend had a terrible fall at camp - most of the rest of our summer was helping their family...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Went tent camping for the first time at La Wis Wis - it was GREAT!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17. Had several Heart For The Fatherless Benefit Planning mtgs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18. We celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary by going white water rafting in the White Salmon River.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19. I got a position teaching 2nd grade full time at Calvary Chapel School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20. Taylor was traded to the Tri-City Americans - a huge blessing and answer to prayer - however, it was a stressful time not knowing what was going on...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21. School began: Taylor a Sr. at Kamiakin, Brayden a Freshman at Kamiakin, Hayleigh in 2nd grade at Ridgview (mrs. McKintire), Maylynn in 1st grade at Ridgeview (mrs. Holte)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22. HFTF Benefit Dinner was help on Sept. 28th - we raised over $15,000 for local families adopting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23. Interspersed in the above events were various mtgs, support groups & activities for our non profit - Heart For the Fatherless</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24. Brayden & I had a birthday the beginning of October...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that about sums it up.... I might try to find some pics :)</span>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-67797003213737956782013-03-17T21:28:00.001-07:002013-03-17T21:34:18.650-07:00Hockey Season is over...<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ok - the secrets out!!!! the only reason why i watch taylor play is to make sure he doesn't get hurt! as you can see in this pic - it's a physical game!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just kidding! that's only part of the reason;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we took a last minute trip up to Van to watch the last of TV's games this weekend. It was a long trip but well worth it and so glad that we didn't miss it! he had a home game on friday and played AMAZING! so proud and glad that he showed off a bit of his talent - i just wish that the zillion shots on the net actually went in - he does too ;) LOL. we then became "roadies" and followed the team to kelowna to watch the very last game. so very thankful that we did! he ended up starting the game! so awesome! the first preseason game that we saw was in kelowna and he was on the starting line up (he wasn't during the season) and then he ended the season on the starting line up with his best bud - Carter :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is BY FAR my ABSOLUTE favorite picture that i found online! It reminds me of when he was a little boy asking for his favorite hockey player for their autograph :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tv should be home on wednesday after his grandparents treat him to a vancouver canucks game for an early bday present. he will finish a few courses at kamiakin, rest a little and then start on his off season training. he also has the usa hockey pacific district camp the beginning of may - ya while all of his friends are having a fun time at the prom, he'll be playing hockey - i guess its in his blood ;)</span>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-18997694574046808642013-03-13T22:38:00.001-07:002013-03-13T22:38:20.998-07:00A whole bunch of stuff...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I know that i say this alot but i really don't know where the time goes!!! i guess our 4 kids, 2 jobs, 1 ministry and everything else in between does it for us :)<br />
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I'm not really sure how/what to blog - its been too long... i'll update from the oldest to the youngest...<br />
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TV - his season with the Giants is almost over. He gets to come home next week - yay! then we get to adjust to having a 17 yr old in the house again for 5 months - yay! no- really - i'm super excited to have him home and can't wait to have all of my kids under 1 roof again! He's been doing very good! Every time he's on the ice, he's amazing!... there are several other things that i have written here and then erased over & over again. if it was a private blog, i'd leave it but it's not - but what i will say is that there is a purpose and a plan for everything. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TV was awarded the academic award for january.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got this pic from the team photographer to have printed for keepsake for his first opening night! pretty cool pic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just last week he was awarded the "hardest working " player award - this is the pic that went along with the story :)<br /><br /></td></tr>
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BV - we had a little time recently where school work was not a priority to him but i'm excited to say that he's made a huge change in his priorities and has been doing fabulous! so proud of his effort in school, his helpfulness at home and his progress in the water (swimming). he's had a few swim meets and made it to the Inland Empire Short Course Championships. He did great and placed 3rd in the 100 breast and 4th in the 200 breast. We've also had a few band concerts recently too - he plays the trombone and was just recently nominated to the Washington Ambassadors of Music for the 2014 European Tour - this is a huge honor and we are super proud of him for being nominated but we won't know for awhile if he's selected and it would probably depend on if he continues next year with band...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeff & BV after the IES Champs </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The breast stroke - his favorite :)</td></tr>
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HV - oh... where do i start... this little girl is so special to me but she is also quite the challenge. God has used her to totally show us a purpose in our life. She has opened our eyes to SO much -<br />
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She's doing ok in 1st grade - she's in sped - she'd developmentally delayed - or just so stubborn that she only wants to learn on her own - so she is where she is...<br />
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She loves gymnastics and is on team level 3 at All American Gymnastics. She's had a couple of meets these past 2 months and has improved on a few things (her floor definately needs some work). <br />
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The girls also got to go to the Father Daughter Ball - they look so forward to it every year!!<br />
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MV - Maylynn has ALWAYS wanted to do ballet but her sister talked her into gymnastics at the beginning of the year and when it was time for her to advance in her class - she decided that it was too hard and not for her... so, she finally began ballet! She seems to love it! She's in her 2nd month now at Dance Synergy Group in Kennewick (yay for Kennewick!!! - i did not want to go to richland!! ). The bad part for mom & dad is that we now have 3 different locations to do drop offs & pick ups all in 1 night - oh well... its worth it!<br />
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KV & LV - in the midst of following all of our kids around, we try to get other stuff accomplished! We are very busy with our<a href="http://www.heartforthefatherless.org/" target="_blank"> Heart For The Fatherless orphan ministry.</a> we are in the final stages of a non profit 501c3 status - we are hoping and praying this is God's will and the ministry will continue to honor HIM and help to spread His word about the 153 million orphans and how He loves them.<br />
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We've also tried to squeeze into our schedule a home fellowship bible study for us to do together - just the 2 of us - it's been great! I love it!<br />
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We've also been updating our house... here is the kitchen before & after...<br />
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The beginning of February i got a call that my gma H was not doing good at all - that it may not be long until she passes away from this life and to her eternal life in heaven. looking back over the events of the past 6 months leading up to that weekend, i could see that God was preparing me to be able to go visit her before she passed. Many things were supposed to happen that particular weekend but various events & things fell through that allowed me to be home and available - including me having miles for my flight! So, the next day my brother and i jumped on a plane to san diego - the last time we flew alone together was about 28 years ago - we used to fly back & forth to CA every summer & xmas to see our father - here we were again... it was so good to see her and it was good to spend some time with my brother- we had a few good visiting times with her and said our goodbyes. I knew that she'd be going to heaven soon, which was cool to think that she'd be at Jesus' feet soon but also that it may be a long time before we saw her again (or maybe not... you never know). We weren't super close to her but she has always been special in our hearts - we love her and she loved us :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this was a special prayer that always reminded me of my gma h. - she copied it in calligraphy and i read it everyday growing up as it was next to my vanity :) i love it and will always think of her when i see it :)</td></tr>
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So... as you can see God's ministry and our kids are our life - God has blessed us abundantly with them (and a few extra kiddos here & there too ;) ) they take us places and stretch us too<br />
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We are gearing up for our last trip for the season to BC - Taylor has his last games this weekend and we are thinking that it would be nice to watch. It sounds like their last home game will be quite the crowd - it's expected to be about 10,000 people! amazing! i can't imagine playing in front of that many people!!<br />
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At our school (Calvary Christian) where i teach, we have a Christmas program. It was great! All of the kids did a good job and it was entertaining as well! Maylynn (my class) opened the program with a few cute songs - you can kinda see her in the 2nd row...</div>
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The following pics were from the Sunday School kids singing Happy Birthday to Jesus the Sunday before Christmas :)</h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first order of business - getting the kids together for a picture for our Christmas card - here's some of my fav pics of that little photo shoot - they could've been alot better but i haven't used my nice camera in a looonnngg time :(</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i love this one bc you can see how windy it was by looking at HV's hair - lol</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taylor finally made it home for Christmas the night of Maylynn's Christmas program. He was home for 9 days! It was wonderful to have him home - words cannot express how happy we were:) We waited for him to get home to put up our tree - this was the latest we've ever gotten our tree up but i'm thinking that it's going to be the norm now...</span></div>
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Ginger Bread house & cookie decorating...</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was a white Christmas! we had a blast sledding!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so... Taylor was supposed to fly home to BC on the 26th but after spending 7 hrs at the pasco airport due to mechanical issues with his plane - that didn't happen. Boy, was that a frustrating day - lots of false hope in his plane leaving in time to make his connections etc... but it did mean an extra day (or 2) with him. I spent the day with him at the airport trying to help figure that out and then we decided to jsut drive him to BC. We were planning on going to seattle on the 27th to see our friends and then up to BC on the 28th to watch him play but as it turned out - we just changed our plans to drive straight to BC on the 27th so he wouldn't miss another practice... BV stayed home with friends and we took my parents & the girls with us. We had a great time! It ended up that there was a tournament at the rink next to our hotel - TV knew many of the kids playing (including his previous team from Spokane) and some other local friends from TC... It was great to run into them at the Spaghetti Factory and our hotel!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We had planned on hopping on a downtown tour bus to learn more about BC (i love those!) but we got down there too late:( Instead, we went to the top of this building that looks like the space needle (i have no idea what it was called! :( ) We went up to the restaurant to have an appetizer - which was just about as expensive as the bus tour but whatever - it was nice, somewhat relaxing with the girls, and wasted the time that we needed to before TV's game and it rotated around so we got to see the view of the city all around us!</span></div>
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-92167536466851883582012-11-29T23:02:00.004-08:002012-11-29T23:03:16.655-08:00Giants ReportThe local TV station does interviews with various players. Here is the link to Taylor's interview - it's too cute not to share :)<br />
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The day after the HFTF conference, Taylor's team (The Vancouver Giants) played here at home. He hasn't played in TC in over 3 years so it was super fun for him to play in front of so many family and friends! We had about 200 people in section J & K. Another cool thing was that we turned it into a fundraiser for HFTF and raised $600!</div>
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I was so thankful that coach put him on the starting line up. To see him out there during the national anthem in his home town was a dream come true. Flashbacks of him playing with his little hockey guys and singing the national anthems brought tears to my eyes. I'm so super proud of him and all that he has accomplished. I just pray that he stays focused and continues on...</div>
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For the past 6 months my life has been consumed with orphan conference stuff. I love the actual conference and all of the resources that come together to make it happen. I love that God has something for everyone - we have breakouts on orphan care, foster care and adoption. I love that God speaks to everyone. I love that more people every year learn more about the plight of the 163 million orphans. I love that people are encouraged to do something to "make a difference to that one". </div>
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While the end result is always so awesome, the days & months leading up to it can at times be daunting. BUT - God gets me through:) This year (as you can see from previous posts) we have been extra busy and gone ALOT which created more challenges. This year we have also filed for a non profit 501 c 3 status so we decided to do a big benefit dinner - guess when - yep - the night before the conference! The advantage was that our keynote speaker for the conference- Tom Davis - was flying in on Friday and could provide a talk at the dinner the night before. While it was alot of work, it all worked out! although next year, we need a corporate sponsor for the dinner:) The first picture in this album is a painting that i LOVED so much that was up for silent auction.</div>
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Our organization does more than a conference. Feel free to check out our website: www.heartforthefatherless.org to learn more about orphan care, foster care & adoption. We have support groups for moms & dads, family gatherings 4 times a year and much more!</div>
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and we had halloween - we didn't go trick or treating (we did that with the boys every year and since BV is a bit old to do that we are trying to stop that tradition) we go to our church's harvest party and visit gma & gpa b for treats:) BV was Dwight from the Office, HV was a little indian girl, MV was a princess :)</div>
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next up - disney on ice - princess!! the girls (most maylynn and me) had a great time! it was a fabulous show!!!</div>
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-30844078316768551962012-10-16T17:58:00.001-07:002012-10-16T18:00:24.593-07:00October Birthdays - part 2so... the next weekend (5-8) - we took off to BC to see taylor. we had a great time watching him play in 2 games and we had almost an entire day to spend together. we went to the vancouver aquarium at stanley park and then took a horse/carriage ride around the park before heading back to the vrbo to bbq our dinner:) after church the next day we had some fun on the go kart course!<br />
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-70244076011007692622012-10-16T11:21:00.002-07:002012-10-16T11:21:50.018-07:00October Birthday's - part 1the month of october is FILLED with one bday after the next - it's crazy!! then add to that the orphan conference, benefit dinner, taylor's hockey, brayden's swim meet and halloween and you have CRAZINESS!!! that's our life but i wouldn't change it one bit!!<br />
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brayden agreed to have his bday gathering the weekend prior to his actual date so that we could travel to BC to see taylor play and to grant me my bday wish of all my kids being together on my bday - he's the best - love him! he DID benefit though too - early celebration and then got to miss school for 2 days for the trip! haha :)<br />
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so, he had his besties over after church on a sunday to for an air soft war - basically they shoot each other with little plastic beebees while trying to "capture the flag", we then dropped alot of $$ at "my froyo" for frozen yogert (we prefer yoplicity but they aren't open on sunday's) bday party #1 = a success!!<br />
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#2 party - that sunday night we had "october bday"celebrations lumped together at IHOP - the family celebrated brayden, mine, my dad & my mom in law's bday that night. <br />
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-14053664200444856092012-09-30T21:36:00.002-07:002012-09-30T21:36:37.887-07:00September is over...We just celebrated 4 bdays tonight and was looking at the pics on the camera and realized that i have some catching up to do...<br />
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Maylynn couldn't wait to turn 5 to start dance but a few days before her big day she broke her collar bone and that was delayed... Then she had her cleft palate surgery so that was delayed again... then her big brother and mom traveled the world so that was delayed some more. Finally! once school began we finally had a moment to sign her up for something but by then, she decided she wanted to do gymnastics which was great with us - we signed her up at All American too and she goes on one of the nights thay Hayleigh goes so that helps with a little less running around:)<br />
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These are some pics that Lance & McKenna took one weekend in September when they went up to watch... during preseason...<br />
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They got to do some sightseeing - at Caplino Suspension Bridge...<br />
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Here are some pics that we've found on the internet since the Home Opener...<br />
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-31740594635168395672012-09-12T07:39:00.001-07:002012-09-12T07:39:17.250-07:00School Begins...And smack dab in the middle of all this exciting hockey stuff - SCHOOL BEGINS!! aaaahhhhh!!!!!<br />
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I can't remember if i blogged about this but i was so torn to have t leave Taylor in the middle of his camp to come home to start teaching & get the others off to their first day of school. I really wish that Washington could get a clue and realize summer is not over until AFTER labor day!! I mean really - go to school for 3ish days then have 3 days off to then go back for 3 days - not only does it ruin our hockey tryout/camp plans but it really isn't the most fun for a teacher (mainly me) to plan for those few of days -what's the point??? Canada doesn't start until after labor day - come on USA - get a clue!!!<br />
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Ok - enough of my ranting & raving (i can do that b/c i'm not really sure that anyone even reads this blog anymore - haha) that felt good - maybe i'll do more ranting in the future:)<br />
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Seriously - we started school on Aug. 28 - Yay!! Somehow i managed to get all of the required school supplies, back packs and thankfully our parents took the kiddos school shopping :) thx gma & gpa!! Brayden started 8th grade at DHMS - he's got a cool schedule of Leadership, spanish, band and the usual core classes... Hayleigh started 1st at RV - so super glad that we waited a year for 1st - she will do much better - lover her teacher too!! Maylynn started K5 with me IN MY CLASS (she has THE BEST teacher ever!! hahaha) it seems to be going really good (so far) :) Taylor started school AFTER LABOR DAY at South Delta Secondary in BC - he has English, Ceramics & Pre Calculus and will hopefully start 2 online classes today of US government & Computer literacry (we've been having issues with K12 - ugh!)<br />
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Here's the "First day of school" pics for the ones at home:<br />
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<br />The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-65667745138550778792012-09-02T17:22:00.000-07:002012-09-02T17:25:52.611-07:00A long road and a dream come true…<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After years of super hard work on and off the ice and years
of struggling with the “politics” of hockey, Taylor has finally reached 1 of
his goals – playing in the WHL for a GREAT organization - The Vancouver Giants. The next goal = NHL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After coming home from Czech Republic, he had about 1 ½ weeks
to rest and do a few workouts to prepare for The Giant’s Rookie camp that began
on Aug. 23<sup>rd</sup>. However, the
Giants wanted him to come up early to do some medical testing, skating and to
participate in the Annual Golf Tournament.
The rookie camp began on Thursday and he was definitely a standout. The main camp then began on Saturday afternoon. Admittedly, I was so nervous but he did
great. And it seems that the Giants
thought he did pretty good too. We had
to leave on Sunday – we stayed for his first main camp game and then headed
home and got home SUPER late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taylor went to register for school on Monday and was totally
confused at what he needed to take. I felt
so bad that I couldn’t be there with him.
I told him not to think about it again and I would take care of it
all. The thing is that he wants to
graduate here at Kamiakin with his friends that he’s grown up with and WA state
has some specific requirements (Computer Literacy, US Government & Cont.
World Problems and a Culminating Project) that he needs to meet. We are able to get the computer & social
studies classes taken care of online and we are working on some options for the
culminating project. However, we still
need to figure out a math class for him to take at South Delta Secondary – math
there is scheduled differently… so we are working on itJ School doesn’t start until Tuesday this week so
we’ll see what we figure out…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The main camp ended on Wednesday and the first “Preseason”
game was on Friday (aug. 31). We really
wanted to see his first WHL game so Lance and I took the girls up with us to
witness it! We were so glad that we did
and was so proud of him. Amazingly
enough, I wasn’t nervous! I thought for
sure that I would be but wasn’t:) He did great!
There was a chance that he wouldn’t play on Saturday b/c there are extra
players still (players can and have been getting cut everyday). But, his name was called to be ready for the
game on Saturday in Kelowna. So, we packed
up and went to the game there. We were
amazed to hear his name called as the starting line up with Sword & Kaiser
and my tears were shed as he stood there on the blue line listening to the
National Anthem. I know that he’s dreamt
of that moment for a very long time. The
next moment will be playing here in TC…
Actually there was an article written in BC about Taylor - Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">For the Vancouver Giants, adding Taylor Vickerman could be a little, "if you can't beat them, steal from them."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Vickerman, a grinding winger, is a good bet to be one of the team's 16-year-old rookies this season. He's a native of Kennewick, Wash., and grew up a fan of his hometown WHL team, the Tri-City Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Nobody is a punch in the gut to the Giants quite like the Americans. They ousted Vancouver from the playoffs in both 2010 and 2011. Last season, Vancouver looked like a contender until losing to Tri-City 11-4 at home on Jan. 13; their campaign spiralled out of control after that and they lost in the first round of the play-offs to the Spokane Chiefs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Maybe Vickerman can help provide an antidote to the Americans. Giants fans can possibly get a look at the 6-foot-1, 180 pounder Friday, assuming he's in the lineup for pre-season opener against the Kelowna Rockets at the Ladner Leisure Centre at 7 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"I'd go Wednesdays and watch games and get home at 10 o'clock at night and my mom would be like, 'You have to go to school in the morning,' and I'd be, 'I don't care - I want to watch the game,'" Vickerman said of the Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"I had a lot of players that I loved. Ben Kilgour was one. Dylan Stanley, Matt Schneider - really good guys who played really good leadership roles on those teams.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"It would be fun to go back there and play. There would be some mixed emotions, even amongst people in the city. Still, it would be fun."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">General manager Scott Bonner added: "It will be a little motivation the next time we go play there. We'll finally have some-body in the building cheering for us."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The Americans are arguably the benchmark franchise of the league right now, with six straight seasons of 90 or more points. How did they let one of the rare homegrown kids get by?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Fact is, he made it past a few teams a few times. Vickerman went in the sixth round, 112th overall to the Giants in the 2011 bantam draft.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The Giants haven't been shy about how enamoured they are with him, though. They put out a press release when he signed a WHL contract, something they usually reserve for first and second-round selections.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"He's the closest thing we've had to being a guy like Lance Bouma since Lance left," Bonner said, pointing to the former sledgehammer winger who played his last game in Giant colours in 2009-10.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"He's big, strong. He's willing to go down the wall and he's very intelligent.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"I think the U.S. born players are a little different as far as the draft goes. We had Tim Kraus in the seventh round, Jon Blum in the seventh. I think those guys, because they aren't seen as much as the Canadian kid, you can sometimes get a diamond in the rough."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">This possible gem does come to the Giants having already played a season away from home, a benefit most 16-year-olds don't enjoy. The left-handed shot spent last season playing midget hockey with the Cleveland Barons, a team that plays in the national Tier I Triple A league. He had six goals, 22 points and 34 penalty minutes in 39 games.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">One of his agents, Chris Lepkowski, is from Cleveland and set Vickerman up there. Lepkowski works for Surrey-based Points West under Rich Evans, who has represented various Giants in the past. Vickerman also played for the U.S. national team this summer at the Under-17 Five Nations tournament in the Czech Republic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">He's played in a lot of places. One of next major ones of his list is his hometown; the Giants visit the Americans on Nov. 4.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">"I hope the whole city has it circled," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are all home now - it took us 24hrs! It's good to be home:) Lance & I got to travel home on some of the same flights as the boys. It was fun to watch them interact with each other and to see them all take turns carrying the trophy home. This past week will be a sweet memory to cherish and hopefully, these boys will have another opportunity to represent their Country. I know they did it with heart:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we are trying to get rid of our jet lag - almost gone (i think) and we are preparing for Taylor to leave next Monday, (20th) for Vancouver, BC. He has some team "stuff" to do before the rookie & main camp start. Please keep him in your prayers as he ventures into his long awaited dream of playing in the WHL.</span>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-48557679757055062332012-08-11T08:45:00.001-07:002012-08-11T08:45:34.331-07:00USA wins Gold at 5 Nations TourneyWhat a perfect ending to this trip! The team went undefeated in this tournament - they were truly amazing to watch! SO SO many incredible passes, goals etc... I know that i will never forget it and i'm sure Taylor won't either!!<br />
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We were a little concerned b/c after 2 periods we were behind. In the past few games we've scored alot in the 2nd but the boys just couldn't get anything past the goalie! Finally, the slovaks let up and we didn't - we had a few penalties but ended with a score of 5-2! What a sweet victory. the boys had already won the tournament before even playing the slovaks but they wanted to win it ALL!! and they did:)<br />
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CHOMUTOV, Czech Republic – The U.S. Under-17 Select Team defeated Slovakia, 4-2, here today in its final game at the 2012 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament, capturing first place with an unblemished 4-0-0 record.</div>
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With an extra attacker during a delayed penalty call, Seamus Malone (Naperville, Ill.) slipped a backhand shot past the Slovakian netminder to tie the game at two just 3:18 into the third period. Minutes later, Joey Dudek (Auburn, N.H.) took the puck to the net and fired a shot high into the top right corner of the net, giving Team USA its first lead of the game. Austin Poganski (St. Cloud, Minn.) sealed the victory on the power play, putting home a rebound off a shot by Kyle Connor (Shelby Township, Mich.).</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hung around the rink for awhile after the game - the boys had to load up their gear etc... they took their time:) They were asked for autographs after the game - but i wasn't quick enough with my camera...darn!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we are back at our hotel - a new one! we checked out of the Hotel Adalbert this morning and are now at the Marriott at the airport - literally across the street! this will be so simple for us tomorrow - our flight leaves at 6am:( Tonight we are meeting some other parents that we've met and have really enjoyed getting to know for dinner - they too are staying here with the same plan... Hopefully, i'll get a pic to post later:) The families are The Poganski's, Gersich's, and Dougherty"s all from MN - great people!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-54698322721939135632012-08-10T13:25:00.002-07:002012-08-10T14:20:45.663-07:00Our last day in downtown Prague & the Czech game<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ventured down into Prague via tram again today (we are
professionals now;) ) and met up with
The Poganski’s for lunch. Their son
happens to be rooming with TV and are very nice people. We enjoyed eating in Old Town and visiting
about our families and the differences of our hockey experiences – they are
from MN and their High School hockey program is a very popular path… afterwards, Lance & I headed back over
the bridge to “Lesser Town” to peek into a few churches and to see the Castle
gardens. And that was about it! I think
we have done everything that we wanted to do while we were here…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few “funny” stories about the language barrier… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1 - we have
discovered that in Chomutov there isn’t very many English speaking people. The town is about 1hr. from Prague so by the
time we get there, we need to use the restroomJ On Tuesday, I was able to communicate via
charades to the people that worked at the rink that they needed to turn on the
lights in the bathroom but yesterday was a different story… the guy didn’t understand me now was he
willing to try to play charades with meL so, I turned on my phone’s flashlight and
used the facility via flashlight! Then I
remembered that there is wifi at the rink and I have an app that can
translate! So I quickly typed out my
information and showed it to the guy and he quickly smiled and nodded yes!! And
turned the lights on! Every time that I
walked by him, he just smiled :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 – today as we rode the tram, we were just sitting enjoying
the sights as they went by. The tram
that we have to take is known as the “tourist tram” (aka pick pocketers
heaven). So we are pretty aware of our
belongings and what’s going on. All of a
sudden a man steps in front of us and whips out a medallion with a red
caricature on it and says something in Czech – lance and I just nodded “no” –
then he said “tickets please” in English J we quickly showed him our ticket and all was
well. We thought he was trying to sell
us something or get us distracted to pick pocket us – we were relieved that he
only wanted to see if we had a valid ticket – and thank goodness that we
did!! The men (there was actually 2)
were dressed in plain tan clothes and will fine riders if they do not have a
valid ticket and from what we have been told the fine depends on how much $
that you have in your wallet! Later
today as we sat at Starbucks we noticed the same 2 men with an Asian couple and
police – we are guessing that they got a fine:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve also discovered the restaurant “routine”… once you
have been seated, it is important to order a drink right away, the next time
the waiter comes you need to order your meal then you usually don’t see them
until your food comes, they take away your dishes and then nothing… you have to
wave the waiter down to get your “bill”.
I’m not sure how long they will let you stay at the table until they
bring you your bill but we’ve sat waiting for quite some time and finally gave
up waiting and asked for it :) LOL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight’s game was against Czech. We played them on Sunday and won in an
exhibition game but tonight was essentially for the Gold. Czech has won all of their games just like we
have. We play Slovakia tomorrow but they
have already lost – we will need to seal the deal tomorrow with a win and for a
celebration! Czech came out strong
tonight and scored – it was the first time in the tourney that we have been
behind but the team persevered and did great! In the 2<sup>nd</sup> period
Czech came out flat and we came out strong to put up some goals. Taylor had a sweet drop pass to Blake and
Blake scored to give us a score of 4-2. Later in the 3<sup>rd</sup> period
Taylor scored the last goal to put the score at 6-2! He played so hard and at one point was hurt
as he skated hard to the net to deflect a shot and ended up hitting his elbow
on the net – he should have a really big bruise tomorrowL The boys were in great spirits after the
game. They all came out for a stretch
and were showing off a bit for the parents who were eagerly snapping photos!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way home we decided to get gas with the other MN
families (Poganski & Gersich) so we could look stupid together – I guess…
nothing too exciting except that the guys went in first to “try” to ask if they
needed to pay first – after a few minutes of not understanding each other the
guys just decided to pump then pay;) all was good:)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the cute crosswalk signs:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Wallenstein Palace Gardens</td></tr>
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August 10, 2012<br />
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CHOMUTOV, Czech Republic – The U.S. Under-17 Select Team clinched first place in the 2012 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament with a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic. Ten different players recorded a point to keep Team USA undefeated in tournament play at 3-0-0.<br />
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"We're happy and it feels good, but we still have one more game to play," said Barry Smith, head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Select Team. "We'll prepare the same way and come to play tomorrow against Slovakia."<br />
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Trailing by a goal after one period of play, the U.S. began to click offensively in the second. Taking advantage of a five-on-three power play, Kyle Connor (Shelby Township, Mich.) banged home a cross-crease pass from Austin Poganski (St. Cloud, Minn.). Joey Dudek (Auburn, N.H.) then scored twice as he cleaned up rebounds from Seamus Malone (Naperville, Ill.) and Alex Jasiek (St. Louis, Mo.) to stake the U.S. to a 3-1 advantage. Blake Siebenaler (Fort Wayne, Ind.) capped the second period scoring by burying a pass from Taylor Vickerman (Kennewick, Wash.) on an odd-man rush.<br />
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The Czech Republic came out quickly in the third, scoring less than a minute into the period to cut the U.S. lead to 4-2. Much of the play was back-and-forth from that point until the U.S. reclaimed its three-goal advantage when Vickerman skated from the corner and slammed the puck under the goaltender's pads.<br />
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U.S. netminder Chris Birdsall (Anchorage, Alaska) continued his dominant play, recording 19 saves en route to his third win of the tournament.<br />
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Team USA will complete competition in the Five Nations Tournament tomorrow against Slovakia. Opening faceoff is set for 6 a.m. (EDT).</td></tr>
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</div>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-33884214690806143722012-08-09T13:43:00.000-07:002012-08-09T13:43:04.860-07:00Thursday in Prague - Segway Again…<br />
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on Monday that we decided to do it again.
Our taxi was due to pick us up close to noon so, we had a lttle bit of
time to walk around the hotel grounds.
The building behind us is a beautiful church (no pics allowedL ) I wish that I could describe the churches
here but I can’t find the words – they are just breath takingly beautifuly
ornate and you can ssee the history there too.
There is a little park/pond nearour hotel that we attempted to take a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did the “grande” tour on the segways today. Saw new stuff that we didn’t see on Monday
and the stuff that may have been repeated we were able to see something
different – we really like this degway company.
There are others in prague but this one is a more intimate one and only
the 2 of us with the guide – others have about 10 people in a group…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We sent through “lesser” town, over a bridge to old town, to
Wenceslas square, jewish quarter, across another bridge to “the venice of
prague” and ended at the John Lennon wall.
Here are some pics:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this pic makes me laugh with Lance's head in the bottom of it - ROFL !! this is the church behind us - it's so tall that his head was all that i could get in the pic! hahaha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i love the cobblestone streets & sidewalks - our hotel area and all of the downtown city of prague is like this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our rental car - don't really like that there is a Budget rental car sticker on it though - everyone knows we are foreigners...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beginning of our tour - statues are modern art about communism - many are missing body parts...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the national theatre for czech people - it was built bc the czechs were losing their language and they wanted to revive it with a theatre - it took many years to build and then burnt down 2 months later - the people of czech rallied together to raise the funds and it was quickly rebuilt and brought the nation unity</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Afterward, we had a quick lunch at starbucks and
headed back to Hotel Adalbert via tram to go to Taylor’s game. They played Switzerland and ended up winning
– it was a hard fought battle though.
The swiss team was huge and physical – luckily tv didn’t get hurt… a few
other players did though</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">L</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> We’ve
been visiting a lot with the Gersich family – their son Shane is VERY good and
happens to be the team captain, unfortunately, he checked a swiss player and
ended up hurt – so so sad for him and praying for healing for his
shoulder. We play Czech again tomorrow at
6pm</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the national anthems with Swizterland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oops - i forgot to rotate the pic - all of the players come walking out after the game with ice packs wrapped around body various body parts - TV always has his knee wrapped :) they look kinda goofy... :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span>The Vickerman'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12033586604725198660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31660238.post-23322965216639021532012-08-08T23:43:00.000-07:002012-08-08T23:43:17.757-07:00Wednesday's game<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i posted some pics of wednesday's game but i forgot to talk about it... we beat Germany 6-2!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we got there about 5ish - just enough time to get some dinner - Keilbasa - it was delicious! while we were sitting outside eating it, a group of teenage boys from Germany arrived singing wit/chanting with beers in hand - oh boy! this was just the beginning :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TV wanted us to take lots of pics of him - we did our best with the camera's that we have with us... luckily Lance was videoing his shifts and caught him scoring - here's the link (when Lance wakes up i'll try to imbed the video) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=444164122272648">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=444164122272648</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as i stood there at the beginning of the game, i couldn't help but not get a little emotional - there TV stood with some top players of USA (one of the only kids from the westcoast), looking at the 5 Nation's flag - first listening to the Germany National Anthem and then ours - what a moment! Then came the realization that he was named Asst. Captain on the team - what an honor - i forgot to ask how they were chosen - i plan on doing that today. then came his first goal! I had my camera out ready to take pics but i got so lost in the moment and wanted to soak in the excitement from his first international goal that i forgot to take pics and ended up with a tear in my eye:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">those were probably the best highlights of the game - he played real good and eventually the germany drunk kids we kicked out. it was funny to listen to them at first - they sung quickly to some tunes then they got slower and slower - next thing i know they were gone - haha:) the music that they play in between play are all songs from USA hockey games - although they played "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springstein and i'm not sure i've ever heard that at a hockey game before - haha:) when they announce during the game, they do it in czech and then english:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we've met most of the USA parents here at the games. they are all real nice people. taylor is rooming with Austin Poganski from MN - we have ended up talking to the MN people the most and will probably meet them for lunch on Friday...</span><br />
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CHOMUTOV, Czech Republic – <strong>Austin Poganski</strong> (St. Cloud, Minn.) and <strong>Kyle Connor</strong> (Shelby Township, Mich.) scored two goals each as the U.S. Under-17 Select Team defeated Germany, 6-2, in the first preliminary-round game of the 2012 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament.</div>
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"We wanted to come out strong and make sure we got pressure on their defense," said <strong>Barry Smith</strong>, head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Select Team. "I was very happy with our performance tonight. It was a good first game and we'll look ahead to the next one."</div>
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Team USA opened the scoring just 2:15 into the game. <strong>Cullen Munson</strong> (Edina, Minn.) caught the German defense off-guard when he collected a pass from <strong>Shane Gersich</strong> (Chaska, Minn.) and slammed a shot beneath the German goalie's pads. Less than a minute later, <strong>Taylor Vickerman</strong> (Kennewick, Wa.) skated down the right side of the ice and blasted a shot past the glove of the German netminder to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead.</div>
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In the second period, Germany cut the U.S. lead in half just 1:15 into the period, but Poganski responded for the U.S., scoring a pair of goals in less than a minute. The first came off an odd-man rush, as he was able to bury a rebound in front of the net. He scored his second goal when he received a pass from the corner from <strong>Ryan Donato </strong>(Scituate, Mass.) and zipped it along the ice under the stick of the German goaltender.</div>
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Despite a late second period goal by Germany, Connor netted two goals late in the third to secure the win.</div>
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U.S. goaltender <strong>Chris Birdsall </strong>(Glen Rock, N.J.) was flawless in two of the three periods, posting 15 saves en route to the victory.</div>
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<strong>Notes:</strong> <strong>Austin Poganski</strong> was named U.S. Player of the Game ... For the complete U.S. Under-17 Select Team roster, click <a href="http://usahockey.cachefly.net/Media/2012_FiveNationsRoster.pdf" style="color: #c2002c;">here</a> ... Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/usahockey" style="color: #c2002c;">@USAHockey</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/USAHockeyScores" style="color: #c2002c;">@USAHockeyScores </a>on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news from the tournament ... The 2012 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament includes teams from the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States ... <strong>Barry Smith</strong> (Whitefish, Mont.) serves as head coach, while<strong> Pat Mikesch</strong> (Hancock, Mich.) fills the role of assistant coach for the 2012 U.S. Under-17 Select team ... The 20 players on the U.S. roster represent 12 different states. Minnesota leads the way with five players, while Michigan and Illinois each have three.</div>
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First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Munson (Gersich), 2:15; 2, USA, Vickerman (Gersich, Nardella), 2:48. Penalties: None.</div>
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Second Period - Scoring: 3, GER, Manuel (Rogl), 1:20 (pp); 4, USA, Poganski (Donato, Booth), 8:50; 5, USA, Poganski, (Gersich), 9:45; 6, GER, Raiter (Eder, Quass), 10:12; Penalties: USA, Dudek (tripping), 1:22; GER, Stern (tripping), 2:27; USA, Ford (kneeing), 10:46; USA, Walker (delaying the game), 11:52; GER, Bockmann (holding), 17:04.</div>
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Third Period - Scoring: 7, USA, Connor (Pavelek, Dougherty), 10:37; 8, USA, Connor (Fortunato, Siebenaler), 14:07. Penalties: GER, Stettmer (tripping), 0:18; GER, Stern (hitting from behind), 3:28; USA, Siebenaler (interference), 5:40; GER, Rogl (tripping), 8:36; USA, Walker (roughing), 11:45; GER, Stocker (slashing), 14:58.</div>
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