Super Bowl Fun

Love to have a gathering with Friends, football, and fun. 

Fan Club

Stephen had a nice show of support. 10 people from the fam made it to the game. Yet another loss thought. (Sigh)

Very tough season so far. 

Friday Night Lights

The games have begun. It was a bad one, ladies and gents, a bad one. Here's hoping the rest get better or this Mama will be drinking. 

Scrimmage

This time of year is bittersweet for me. I absolutely love summer. So when it ends, I am sad. But what makes it so much better is that I love football just as much. So when Stephen has to be driven to and fro, sure I balk sometimes, I get all kinds of giddy looking forward to the season. Last Saturday August 24th was the league scrimmage. Several hours of running offense and defense plays against for different teams. It was a beautiful day. Sun shining and nice crowd. Here's to a good year. Go Cougars!!

Are You Ready?....

For some football. All is looking good for a varsity team. Keep up the work boys. 

Summary

Well I can hardly believe it has been a week since my last post.  The time went by faster than I thought.  Not because a lot was happening, mind you.  It was a fairly normal time.  We had more snow causing delayed opening for Stephen which in turn causes disruption in our homeschooling.  Plus it usually has Bill home.  Now I love my family but I also love order and balance too!  Wednesday brought a new session for Joshua at the farm.  Boy does he really enjoy this.  Abs and I were at my in-laws where we learned how to crochet.  Yup you read right, I learned me a crochet chain.  Please don't ask me specifics of any kind, I am just along for the ride.  You see Abs expressed interest in learning and her grandma said she would be able to teach some basic stitches (not even sure they call it that).  So that puts me along for the ride.  It should be interesting.  I told Bill that I will be like Lyle the Kindly Viking (veggie tales) and make potholders!!!

Friday was ice skating with the homeschool group.  How I dreaded going.  I was completely tired and wiped out and I had no desire to go. I did succumb and it was therapy.  I enjoy seeing the other moms and hearing their craziness.  Makes mine feel normal!   Well at the end  a friend invited my children to go home with her and her kids!  Good and bad as we were hosting home fellowship that night and I was going to use the kids for help with cleaning the house.  I did let them go and vowed to not let that happen again.  We must clean up on Thursday of ice skating week.   Friday night ended with home fellowship.  We are going through book of Daniel.  Some good stuff!  And now heading into the end times stuff.  Can't wait!!!

The weekend was spent around the house.  Sunday especially was spent in front of the TV watching football.  Unfortunately  our beloved Jets did not win and now we must wait another year.  Sadness was the theme in this house Sunday evening.  My young one was in tears!  He even woke up Monday with more tears.  Bless his sensitive soul.

Weekend in Review

Friday night was homefellowship night.  We were the hosts and Bill was the teacher.  We are going through the book of Daniel.  We were reading Daniel chapter 4 and was reminded how careful one must be in regards to pride.  Read it if your concerned.  Even if not, it is a terrific reminder of who God is and what he wants for us. 

Saturday was a day that we spent as a family.  We took Stephen out for lunch of his choice (his bday is Tuesday).  He chose Cheeseburger in Paradise.  We then went over to Home Depot for a few items.  On the way back home we stopped at TCBY for some yummy dessert.

Stephen and I made our way over to his football game.  He is on injured reserve but we wanted to go and support the team.  Unfortunately the team did not win so they are not going to the championship game.  However, next Saturday they do have a family day that is sponsored by the league where the entire family is welcome to eat some hot dogs and hamburgers.  It will also be the day that we return the equipment.


Sunday was church day.  We read through 1 Peter 2:13-17.  Great verses in regards to submission to authority.  A wonderful reminder of how we are suppose to live our lives and how we are to respond to authority.  Once again I encourage you to read it.  We brought a friend home for Joshua to play with and they had a great afternoon.  As did I, I am such a huge football fan that I thoroughly enjoy my Sundays when I am able to sit in front of the TV and watch some games.  While watching the Jets today it occurred to me that I needed to do some lesson plans for Joshua.  Got that done.  Adam came to get Gabriel and since his wife and daughter were going out that evening we had them stay for dinner.

Football and Fun

Stephen's team was unable to practice this week due to a bunch of different reasons.  And when they did try only 6 showed up.  So we are a little worried about the game.  Never mind the other team had yet to score, you still worry about the performance with lack of practice.  Well they did let the other team score but they scored more.  The league has a bizarre rule that once you score 24 more points than opponent you can only run the ball up the middle.  WHAT!?!?   If you have a mercy rule, just call the game.  Crazy.  It was a fun game to watch.  Stephen did score a touchdown, on defense.  The ball was fumbled and it juggled right into his hands at about our 45 yard line and he ran it all the way back.

Abigail was not at the game.   She had an outdoor movie night with the route 56 group.  Needless to say she was extremely excited to 1) not be at the game, and 2) to be doing something really fun.  They set up a projector and they all gathered around outside and watched a movie.  Then they had smores.

Game Time

We had another late night football game here.  It seems as that will be the norm for this team.  Another 7:30 pm game.  Thankfully it was on  Saturday.   My parents attended last week and then mentioned to my brothers that Stephen's games are close.  So this game we had quite the fan base.  In the group is Me, my Mom, Allie,  Jason, Tiffany, and Eva.  Also in attendance were Abs, Josh, Jaide, Kevin, and my Dad.  Bill too, he took picture.
(Cannot locate my card reader.  Will upload photo later.)

Stephen played well on offense.  They did change up his position during the week so he felt he did not play his new position well but he did score the two touchdowns the team got.  They did lose but only due to a bad call by the refs.  With about a minute left one of the players on our tema had an interception that they ruled against us, so the other team was able to take it in for a touchdown in the next 3 plays.  It is a hard lesson for these boys to learn but they played well.  They were also down some key players.  Last week there was a boy who suffered a slight concussion, so he was out.  And this week we had a sick player and one get a heal spur.  They will face this team again as there are only a few teams at this level.

Fantasy Football

Our family decided to do a fantasy football league this year.   We are only 4 people but we are really enjoying it.  We started only this week so we are 2 weeks late but since it is just us, no biggy.  We spent most of the day watching football games and checking on our players and the stats!   Love love love the Sundays where we are all together in the house with nothing or no obligations.   Ahhhh.   October Sundays look fairly busy.  Bummer.  http://www.nfl.com/fantasy

The results will be in on Monday night after all the games are played.  So interesting to see the changes throughout the afternoon.

While the rest of us are busy checking out all the games, Miss Abs was playing with our new toy!

Our other consoles died. Yes you read that right consoles, plural. When we did the research as to how much it would cost to fix them,  with shipping and handling it would cost half as much as the new one. So I decided that we should just purchase the new one. Me, Pier, of all people wanting to purchase a gaming console for my family. Heh. I joke that this one is mine and they must ask me to play it!!!! She is much prettier and quieter than the old ones. Something to be said about new technology.

Time with Parents

Sunday sunday sunday = football.  We just love football in this house.   Watched a few football games today.  My parents came over to watch the Jets, eat dinner, and then head over to Stephen's first football game.

All, except Abigail, were very excited to watch him play.  She just cannot stand sports (I can't figure that out as we watch soooooo much, you would think she doesn't mind it.  Oh well!).  She suffered through two hours of watching, well at least being at the field, her brother play.

The game was great.  Lots of back and forth between the teams for scoring.  We were able to score in the last minutes of the game to tie!!!  We thought they had us beat but one of our players ran the kick back and we tied.   Very very exciting.  The coaches were very happy with the level of play!  Our guys never quit! 

Stephen played well.  He got lots of tackles and he even scored.  There was two times that he almost had a catch but one was in and out of his hands and the second was overthrown.  On one of his tackles, suffice it to say he cleaned the kids clock.  Boy did he hit him hard!!! 

Joshua had the opportunity to play on the sidelines with some boys and was in his glory.  However, those boys were playing tackle.  And they tackle hard!!!!  I think they forgot they did not have pads!  He really did enjoy his time though.  Just need to find some girls for Miss Ab!   Pictures will be posted after I get them from Bill's camera!!

Stephen number 32

In motion

Josh and his new friends playing.