State Cup Results

Dale's soccer team, the De Anza Titans, did very well this past weekend in the Northern California State Cup tournament. They won their quarter-final game, 1-0, in overtime. Unfortunately, they lost the semi-final game, also 1-0, in double-overtime. We also found it amazing that the four teams in the semi-finals (including the Titans of course) are all in the same regular season league. That just goes to show how competitive their normal league games are.

The team did their best in both games, so even though they lost the semi-final game, their coaches, parents, and themselves were all proud of what they accomplished. Through the hard work of the boys and their coaches, the team went much farther in the tournament than anybody expected.

On a personal basis, the loss also ends our tour of central valley California towns. First there was Hanford. This past weekend we were in Turlock. We now know what it's like to be in a hotel room with zero soundproofing right next to a major 6 lane freeway and the Union Pacific tracks in which the train engineer finds it necessary to announce its arrival to the motel customers through a long, loud blast of the air horn. One parent had a room where the door deadbolt didn't work and when she called the front desk, the clerk said that it was ok the deadbolt didn't work as "they were in a low crime area" (a questionable assertion if you ask me). She finally convinced them to let her change rooms as long as she made the bed in her current room.

Bonus movie review: We took the team to see the movie Miracle, the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team. We all really enjoyed it. When they were showing game action, the movie audience applauded when the U.S. team scored goals in the Soviet Union vs. U.S. game.

Julie E. State Map

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Volunteer Benefit

Helping a man send his very first email to his daughter.

Weekly Shark Pool Update

Here is the weekly update:

Michael D.: Go Nads (MD) 18
Brian U.: Snarfy (BU) 12
Steve: puckinnet (SE) 9
Bonnie L.: Laiwa (BL) 9
Sheryl: finfanatic (SA) 9
John: loulou1 (JL) 5
Stacy: sharkfanatic (SH) 5
Tim: teverett96 (TE) 5

Since the last update, I have done significantly better. Sheryl has caught up with Steve E. I have been formulating a new scheme for picking players. Not quite ready to give up on my current one, but preparing just in case so I can make a move before the game is over.

Another Sunset and Me

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Picture was taken the week following my wedding in Carmel, CA. The sunset was absolutely breathtaking.

SteveE's Visited States

Here is my states visited map...



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Another Sunset

Here is another beautiful sunset. This one is from Sheryl, taken in AZ.

Thunderbird Pics and Video

Here is a collection of amazing pictures and video from the crash of an Air Force Thunderbird on Sept 14th. Absolutely amazing stuff, specially considering nobody was injured, including the pilot.

Mom, Dad, and Julie: This is why there was only 5 Thunderbirds at the air show in Salinas and not the normal 6.

Collection of Links that describe the crash as well as information about the below picture:

Thunderbirds accident report released
Pilot ejects safely at air show
Thunderbirds Crash: Truth In Images
All pictures are clickable to view them in full size

Searchs for the Site

Here is the list of searches that individuals have executed to get to the Everett Family Blog:

The list is in this order: search string, search engine used, # of times used

musicmobs Google 3
pair of trousers why pair Google 1
yooper clipart Google 1
samantha everett family blog Google 1
Steve Everett michigan Google 1
windows was a car Google 1
jeff miller website Google 1
yooper blog Yahoo 1

Looks like somebody searched for Steve E. (though it might have been Steve doing the searching, just to see if the site will appear via google)

My State Map

I found this interesting web site. It allows you to create a map of that shows all the states that you visited. Feel free to send me the html code that was created if you use the site. I will put it up on the site.

The majority of the states that I have visited have been because of extensive car trips.


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