Bellingham / Lynden Volleyball!!

9-23-10 - The Bellingham Red Raiders have a very young team and I think our girls weren't ready to play hard. So the first game went back and forth with the Coach putting in subs often. We ended up winning 25-20. Then we moved to game two with the same subbing and final score of 25-20. Then seems we played more the regular starting line-up and won the game 25-15. So we ended up beating Bellingham 3-0. That moves our record to 3-0.

So now we will be waiting for the next game which is the 28th. Glad that we are playing the games indoors as our weather for the month of September has been wet, wet and more wet. We have set a record for rain in the month. Normally we get about 1" and so far this month are over 4". We are feeling like ducks around here.

Lynden / Lynden Christian Volleyball!

9-23-10 - Well the gym was just about filled and what a game. It was the biggy of the year in the Cross Town Rivalry. We had beaten LC in their gym last year so they were ready for us. The big surprise was that Jessica was suited and ready to play. She had broken her finger in the game last Saturday at the Mossyrock Tournament.

She came out smoking and made her first four serves, including a ace or two. The game really went down to the wire and we won 27-25. Then the next game LC won 25-21. Jessie didn't play anymore in the third and fourth games because her finger was hurting too much. Then we went and played a great third game and won 25-17. that put us up 2-1 and one more game to go. We went back and forth for some more exciting volleyball and ended up winning 25-20. So all the Lynden fans came away happy. Lynden volleyball is off to a good start and are now 2-1 for league.

So now Jessica will be able to rest her finger and won't play again until we play Mt. Vernon on 9-28.10.

Volleyball Season is here!!

9-17-10 - We are on our way to Mossyrock, WA from Lynden and a distance of 219 miles. We made it from Lynden to Bothell and then Renton. This is where Ione's sister lives. Spent a couple of hours there and then headed out about 6 PM. We had the mostt rain and bad weather we have ever seen in this area. It just came down in buckets and didn't arrive at Ron & Donna Daly's house until after 9:30. Not a good Trip but got there safe. Was good to do some catching up on things as we hadn't seen them since July 15th.

Then had a good nights sleep and were on the road to Mossyrock High School about 8:30 AM. Arrived at the school and watched games from 9 AM to 8:30 PM. When it was all done it was sweet and bitter. Lynden did well and won all there games except one. Won the trophy for first with a record of 13-1. But our granddaughter Jessica broke another finger in the 7th game and didn't play anymore. So she will be day to day and hopefully will be able to play on Tuesday the 21st again Lynden Christian.

So it will be a long season if Jessica keeps breaking fingers again this season. She has a condition in her hands since birth that makes it hard to not break bones. So we pray she will stay healthy.

Birthday Party at La Conner!

Sunday September 5th, 2010 - We had a family gathering plus friends, for Evan & Jessica's birthdays. Our daughters Pam & Lisa planned to gathering. We had a Ice-Cream cake for the birthday kids at about 2 PM. We had over 30 people in attendance, the weather was wonderful with some sun and no rain. After cake it was present opening for the kids. Jessica had just turned 17 on the 31st of Aug and Evan is turning a big 16 Sept 11th a date we will all never forget with the twin towers going down.

Then after all that we had free time to explore the Park take pictures, walk the Beach. In all everyone had a great time. Then about 5PM we had a BBQ with hamburgers and all the trimmings. None of us came away Hungary. It turned out very nice and special memories were made.

Then the next morning we woke up to rain at the park. We packed up and had a few stops on the way home and arrived back home about 8 PM

LaConner Pickleball Tournament over!!

Sept 3, 2010 - Had a great day on the pickleball courts.Total of 22 teams started the morning under sunny skies. I had a new partner in mixed doubles today,Vi Stockman, really good friends. Vi is a tennis player and hasn't played much pickleball but still we did OK and won 3 games and lost 2. Didn't get any awards but it was a real learning experience as there are lots of good teams.

When the dust settled today we didn't get any awards in the Gienger household. Ione and Colby had a good start and won their first two games but then lost the next two games. Then Vi and I won two games and went into the losers bracket and won our first game. Then in our next loser game lost and were done for the day.

Then we had our usual Banquet and the Canadians did such a good job. Ione was awarded the overall best lady player and got a new Champion Pickleball paddle. then we had some lesser awards for a BBQ dinner/ice-cream. It was a really fun time and Ron & Vi 'Stockman really enjoyed it very much.

So now we will be getting ready for the birthdays on Sunday - Evan who will be 16 and Jessica who will be 17. Now we will be praying for nice weather as they are predicting cloudy with a chance of rain, maybe. We will have to wait and see how it works out. Thats it for tonight.

TT Park at LaConner, WA!

Aug 25, 2010 - Arrived at LaConner TT Park for our annual Labor Day week of pickleball. We found when we arrived that are favorite site was reserved by the park for a large weekend group of 180 people. We did find a site that was in lots of trees and never seen the sun.

Then on Sunday the 28th we moved to site 214 which is on Shark Street. This site is more in the open and has worked out much better. The only probblem has been trying to get the DirecTV Dish working for TV. So far no luck and still don't have TV. We have been getting the computer on the internet from the motor home which is a record, this park just has soo many trees,etc. and can never get cell service, except by walking to the beach or clubhouse.

We have had lots of pickleball going on, with the most pickleballers we have seen for our annual tournament. So far we have had Men and Ladies partner switch matches all in on Monday the 29th. I won all my matches for a total of 6-0 and since we had three other people with no lossses had to have a playoff and I ended up with 3rd place. Ione won all her games and won 1st place. So had a good day.

Then today, Sept. 1st played men's doubles and we had 13 teams. Had some great games and lots of fun. I had a new partner Ron Chance, who is a new pickleball player and 56 yrs. old. So he is just a young guy. We started the day plaaying the team that won the gold. We had a great match with Ron/Ron winning 11-9. Then had a great match again Bob Lanius and Mike Phipps and won that gamee11-6. So we are cruizing along with a 2-0 record and then came Carol and Windell. We just couldn't get our game going and lost 11-6. So that means we play the guys we beat in the first match. Things didn't improve much and we couldn't get going and lost 11-3. S0 our playing was over for the day.

While us guys were playing pickleball doubles the girls were out shopping and they got back about 4 PM with lots of things. Ione found a gift for Jessie and also some stuff for her self. That's it for today from Sunny LaConner. We did have a day of rain on Tuesday but today was sunny and great. Thats it for today.

The girls will be playing mixed doubles in the morning. Carol and Barry arrived today so Carol will be Ione's partner. Go girls and have a great day.