Brasil

Went to Brasil last week for an exhibition. Was expecting sunny skies and to come back nice and tan. I did get 2 days of nice weather and then it started dumping and didn't stop. At least it was warm rain and not freezing cold like it has been at home.
Phil and I played Ricardo and Marcio in a 2X2 exhibition fun match. They won 21-15, 21-19. Then Kerri Walsh and Brooke Hanson played Larissa and Juliana. Brazil won 21-16, 21-14. It was raining during both those matches but not to bad. On Sunday we were supposed to play a 4X4 Coed match but when we got to the court it was completely flooded. Would have been like playing in a swamp. They decided to cancel the match which was kind of a bummer. Would have been fun to play in those conditions and I liked our chances of winning.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Years!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas

Want to say Merry Christmas to everyone. Only one week away so hope you are all ready. Pretty much done shopping in our home. Kids just got out of school yesterday and are all fired up to have 2 weeks off of school. I'm running a camp for 4 days next week which is always fun for me. Then after Christmas, Phil and I are going to Brasil to do an exhibition. Somewhere in Sao Paolo but not sure where yet. Third year in a row we have done it and it has been fun. Helps we have won everytime too. Gage is about 3 times the size he was when we first got him. Probably closing in on 30 pounds now and I would guess we got him around 1o pounds. Still a great puppy and it is a lot of fun to watch the kids and Gage run around and play.

Gage, the new puppy in the Rogers house

More photos here

Gage, Holidays and Volleyball

Gage is a little stud puppy. Whole family is having a blast with him. Fun to see the kids and the dog run around laughing and barking and generally having a great time.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to Christmas and New Years. Just put up our Christmas Tree yesterday. Had to go with a small tree and put it up a couple of feet so Gage doesn't shread it into sawdust.
All kinds of crazy rumors circulating in the beach volleyball world. What a cluster. The only sure thing is that there isn't a sure thing.

Gage Man Groweth

The puppy has grown a ton. Doubled in size in 3 weeks. He is 10 weeks old now, 99% potty trained, uses the doggy door about half the time - especially to come into the house and has generally been a great dog with a great personality. Our older lab, Sully, now plays with him every day. They play tug of war and run all around the house sliding on the wood floors. Hilarious!

Nothing happening in the volleyball world except a whole lot of #$%@. If I get any truly positive news will update.

Gage Update

Gage is a pretty cool dog. His one major foible is that he likes to chew on anything. Not a barker or a digger, at least so far, but he will chew on anything including cords, couches, shoes, plants and of course all of his toys. But in general he is learning NO! and has been doing well in regards to potty training. He is only 8 weeks old but is a fairly good sized little guy. And he just crawled out the doggy door for the first time. Nice!
Big weekend for the family. Nate is in semis for peewee football and Hannah has soccer tourney. Nate's football team is technically undefeated but they did lose a game. It's just that that team had to forfeit all of their games due to inelegible player or something like that. Hannah's team is also undefeated with one tie. Should be fun.