Karen’s niece Liz is a member of the Senior Canadian Beach Volleyball team. She organized a friends and family tournament to help raise funds for her 2012 Olympic bid. The tournament was held in Toronto at Beach Blast which is an indoor beach volleyball facility. Along with the tournament, there was a skills clinic and a serving contest. …
There are many exciting events on the horizon for the Maloney family. Kris & Becca are getting married on May 8 and Dave & Cathy are expecting their first child a week later. The Maloneys decided to have a combination wedding shower and baby shower at Karen’s house. Everyone had a great time. I think…
We wanted to spend our last day doing something fun, so we decided to take a snorkeling cruise. We picked Blue Water Rafting because they use zodiac boats. This type of boat holds about twenty-four people as opposed to seventy-five people on the other large boats. The trip was awesome. The first thing that made…
8:00am flight means not sleeping the night before. I think I might have got a couple of hours of sleep. I’m always worried that I won’t get up in time to catch my flight. We left the hotel at 5:30am and it was a quick five minute drive and we were at Terminal 1. We…
2-1/2 first class tickets to Hawaii. My friend Karen is going to celebrate a big birthday this year. The trip has been deemed Hawaii 5-0. Every five years for the last twenty years, Karen has celebrated her birthday in Hawaii. This trip has been many many months in the planning. I was lucky enough to…