Saturday = busy day

The day did not get off to a good start with the Sharks drawing their must-win match against the bottom-of-the-log Lions.  Sharks needed a win to almost ensure a playoff place.  But with the Bulls beating the Stormers today (another wrong result for me), the Sharks will have to beat the Bulls in their final pool match to make the knockouts.  A tall order considering how poor the Sharks looked today.  


With that out of the way, it was time to look towards the positives of the day and that started with going to a baseball match which our friends' son, Darius, was playing in at Nipomo Park.  It was the final in their particular division and what a nail-biter it was.  The opposing Rangers took a 6-3 lead, but the Angels came back to get 1 behind in their final innings.  Darius was the last man up and it was all on him to find the gap and pull off an amazing comeback.  Being the youngest player in the team, one would expect him to crack under the pressure, but he placed a brilliant drive through the right side and all looked good until an excellent bit of fielding sealed the fate of the Angels, and the opposition won 6-5.  It was very exciting watching these pre-teens playing some very competitive sport.  Plus we got to spend some quality time with our friends, Dan and Eneida.  


Back to the house and we had to help in the preparations of Michael and Matthew's campout, mainly ensuring that they had all of their gear before departing to the Sierras on Monday morning.  It all didn't work out as planned as Matthew was AWOL for about 6 hours.  Towards the end of the afternoon, Tricia took both of them to pick up some hiking boots.  This was my perfect opportunity to get stuck into supper, and I was so excited to try enchiladas again.  I made them for the first time earlier this week and they were such a success that I just had to do them again.  I probably lacked enough sour cream, but otherwise they were deliciously tasty.  Can't wait to try this again!  


9:15pm and we've finally been able to review the camp checklist.  Still some items missing, so that means a trip to the supermarket before it closes at 10pm.  And to our bad luck, not many stores on the central coast carry winter attire during the summer, so not everything is complete just yet.  That means another trip to some specialist stores at 7am on Monday morning.  


And here's a secret, but don't tell anyone, I made pancake batter tonight so that I can make breakfast for everyone in the morning before church.  So that means up at 7am, but it will be an even better surprise because I secretly snuck some chocolate chips into the batter.....mmmm, talk about healthy eating!