for example, the sports co-ordinator at miss 17's sports awards ceremony is the brother of an iconic new zealand cricketer (whose daughter went to school with miss 19).
kate horan, who is an ex-pupil of miss 17's college (high school) - is a one-legged single mother who competes on the athletics world stage almost year round, and won a silver medal at the beijing paralympics.
she also presented the awards at our local college sports awards recently.
here she is showing off 2 of her 6 legs. this one's worth $10,000!
showing off her silver medal. apparently it's very heavy!
who says students don't have a sense of humour?
i was sitting on the opposite side of the room to the teacher who was taking photos (meaning i would get a crap shot of the back of my daughter's head) - like so...
...but because i'm the world's most embarrassing scrapbooking mother - after posing for the teacher, my child (who had previously teased that she wouldn't!) says "can you turn this way so my mum can take a picture?"
i love how my kids indulge me.oh yeah - miss 17 won the MVP for girls' hockey for the THIRD year in a row. that girl sure knows how to stop a hockey ball; and her bestie won 'most improved' on their badminton team.
when we got home, all i wanted was a pic of miss 17 relaxing on the sofa with a hot chocolate. this is one of many faces she pulled once she realised i had a camera in my hand.
you can see kate's dramatic race here. make sure you watch it! notice how i said 'dramatic', and now you're curiosity is REALLY piqued! it really was dramatic, and you should go watch it. seriously.
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15 comments:
Congrats to your daughter on her MVP award. Love that she was willing to turn towards mum for a good shot and all her goofy faces.
My girls do that all the time. As a matter of fact I got a ton today while snapping family pics!
Kids!
congrats Miss 17 on getting MVP that's awesome.
I love the last picture of your daughter. She seems like she'd be a riot! *L* Many congrats to her on the award!
best daughter EVER!
That race was awesome! And congratulations to your daughter --MVP three years in a row! That's nothing to sneeze at.
cool pics... i went to school with Kate she is so lovely... as for the Ipood t-shirt- my sister has one of those for my niece..... cute on a baby (doesn't have that picture though!!!!)
Oh, congratulations to her!! That's wonderful!
I think kid indulgence is one of our many paybacks...I love it when my kids learn to play the game! :)
Sue that is pretty funny that she had Kate turn so you could shoot them. Congrats on the award K-Dog!
and nice eyes in that last photo- at least the previous picture and gesture of indulging your scrappy mum has redeemed you.
Yeah, she really loves it, or you if she'd ask them for another pose. What a great race!! I watched it. I hope her insurance helped pay for those legs good. 6 legs? Awesome. I wish I had 6 arms sometimes.
Congrats on the MVP award.
Love the T shirt but uberlove the last photo !!!!
Congrats on the award, Miss 17!
I didn't know they had a paralympics, I watched the race, very dramatic. ;)
3rd year? Wow! Congrats! And those are some expensive legs! :)
How sweet to turn so you could get a picture. Love the silly face!
MPV WOO HOO Way to go girl! Love those pics. I think it's funny you called her out just for a pic. Love the crossed eyes pic. Too funny, she must get her spunk from her Mom! =)
Just catching up on a few of your posts.
Good to see you've got the daughter trained for photo taking!
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