It's a sure sign that summer is just around the corner!! The Kelowna Falcons' season starts in less than a month, when they visit the Cowlitz Black Bears on Wednesday, June 6th.  Their first home game is Sunday, June 10th when they take on the Kitsap Bluejackets.

Baseball is a perfect sport for the whole family!  It's fun, affordable and the Falcon's organization is always doing cool things to grow the hometown crowd.  One thing we've participated in the last couple years is the Falcon's Kids Club!  My daughter and twin sons just love being 'a part' of the Falcons family. 

It costs only $15.00 to become a member of the Falcons' kids club and here's what you get:

Personalized VIP Memberchip Card (my kids loved getting those in the mail)

One free ticket to FIVE regular season home game

Free Kids Club T-Shirt

Special meeting with the players

$2.00 off a hotdog and pop ...

The results are in and Andy passed his level 2 ISG (International Sommelier Guild) course with flying colours!!  Of course those colours are red, white and rose!  (wink wink nudge nudge) 

On his 100 multiple choice questions, he received 100%!!  WOW - perfection!!  On his four essay questions, he received 98% - near perfect!  Last but not least, he received 98% on the four blind tastingsl!!  Congrats hon - we are all so proud of you. Your many months of studying and sipping sure paid off! 

For anyone who is interested in taking a wine course, check out this earlier blog that Andy wrote:

I'm into the final push of my wine course at Mission Hill Winery, a journey, that began last Fall. 

The International Sommelier Guild(ISG) offers food & beverage people, winery staff, and people who love 'the grape' a chance to formalize their passion, with their three level program. I can't begin to ...

Andy and I did something yesterday we haven't done in a long, long time!  We took a hike up Knox Mountain!  The view from up there is absolutely spectacular.  At one point along our 45 minute journey, we could see almost all the way to Vernon and back down to the Bennett bridge - at the same time!  We really have no excuse for not walking Knox Mountain more, as we live right next to it... but somehow life just seems to get in the way.

Anyway, I was thrilled we got out yesterday.  We saw lots of hikers, walkers and even mountain bikers.  It felt so good to breath in the fresh air and get the heart and legs moving again.  I hope we can make those walks a habit.  :)

This leads me to the fact that the road leading to the summit of Knox Mountain Park has now re-opened to vehicle ...