Day at the coast

Baby Archie

And here he is.. the newest member of the Clan:

Archie Bear Uppal (Campbell!)


Becca with baby Archie



Mum and dad with Grandson, Archie....

Becca and Archie...

Today's Scorecard

Today's scorecard perfectly depicts the highs and lows of playing sports. The first set went exactly the same way as yesterday - I lost 6-0! O'no, not again, everything (namely serving), was not going well. Then, then the second set completely changed - with both of us playing well - it went to a tie-breaker and well, a 7-6 set victory stopped the tennis rot for me!! We were exhausted afterwards given that we had games with 10-15 deuces, so we are good for nothing this evening....except the boys need a walk soon!

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Summer Pics

Mixed Bag

We are still playing tennis - and it's been a mixed bag results-wise for the both of us. Even though Al has a fractured rib, she has still wanted to get out there and recapture our golden tennis years of 99-00.

On Wednesday, we tried some new courts in Portland, Deering Oaks Park which runs close to the busy 295, not far from the center of Portland. Well, it was a good day for me - running out a 6-4, 6-4 winner with both of us playing well. Though Al, facing the busy road, offered the theory that the cars were putting her off! I thought it was the smashes I was hammering down, but could see that it had some validity to it.

So today, back to our quiet court in Standish, surrounded by trees and birds singing - and well, it harked back to 1998 when we first picked up the rackets in anger and Al would hand out near daily solid defeats since I went down like a lead balloon today - 6-2 and 6-0. Boy that hurt, and reflecting back on it now - I'm thinking the trees put me off! That's my theory and I'm sticking with it.