Baby Grizzly

On Friday night my grandson, Landon, went to his very first football game.  He was dressed in a little grizzly bear suit with ears and a tail.  He's only 5 weeks old and very small.  Our school mascot is a grizzly bear so I asked my friend to take a picture of the big grizzly holding the baby grizzly.  The PPR (Prep Pigskin Report) cameraman from our local high school football highlight tv station saw him and took a picture of his little sleeping face with his furry grizzly ears.  When we got home and turned on our tv to watch the highlights around the county there was our little baby grizzly filling up the tv screen!  Then they showed our school highlights and they were almost all of Hunter!  The vast majority of high school football players never get featured on PPR and our super stud, Landon, did it in his very first football game:)  Hopefully, 15 years from now he will be on there every week.  Grandma was a spaz and didn't have her camera but he's wearing his "uniform" to the next game so I will be sure to add a picture to this post in just a few days:)

One Hot Patriot

Big Shoes to Fill

Yesterday Logan, Michelle and Landon came over after church and after eating lunch everyone fell asleep for a little nap.  While I was walking by I looked down and saw Landon's shoes right next to Logan's shoes.  I was thrown back in time for a minute when Logan's shoes were the little ones.  Amazing how quickly time goes by.  Now my baby has a little baby to teach and love for eternity.  What a wonderful circle of life. 

Just Win, Baby!

My team finally beat the Chargers.  I can hold my head up high for a few weeks and maybe longer if we can do it again in December.  I can't believe how good it feels!  It feels like many years ago when I lived in Raider country and used to watch games with my dad and brothers and we expected our boys to win because they usually did.  I traveled back in time and felt the joy of being with people I love, cheering for a team I love and winning!  This time I was hugging my husband and children instead of my dad and brothers but it felt just as good:)  I have loved this team my whole life and it feels great to be, if only for a moment, on the winning end again.  The autumn wind is a raider and I will be a fan until I die.  Raider Nation forever!!!

Tender Moment

Tonight my family went out to dinner for Kyle's birthday.  Logan, Michelle and Landon came with us.  In the middle of dinner Logan's twin brother, Tanner, called him just to chat.  At the end of the conversation Logan said, "I love you too".  These are 24 year old men saying "I love you" to each other.  My eyes teared up and for those of you who know me, it takes a lot for me to tear up (hee hee).  That was a great "mommy" moment for me.  I love that my kids love each other so much and aren't afraid to show it. 

I love football!

Last Friday night was the epitome of the total "competitive sports" experience.  I've decided I'm way too old for it.  Our high school went up to Orange County to play a top ten team and we aren't top anything.  We were supposed to lose.  We pretty much expected to lose.  My son came out and threw 3 interceptions in the first HALF!  He only threw 8 all of last season.  It was horrible.  We were down by 21 in the 3rd quarter.  I spent most of my time praying that my son would settle down, not give up and do his best even though he had to be disappointed by those turnovers.  Well, wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, we won!  In double overtime.  In our county we don't even play overtime but I guess in Orange County they have the option if both coaches agree.  My son was nearly perfect in the second half and both overtimes.  No more turnovers.  Lots of passing and rushing yards.  Cool, calm and collected.  Way better than his mom, who was a nervous wreck.  I was so proud of him.  We all stormed the field and hugged and screamed and celebrated well into the night.  So, even though my blood pressure probably reached all kinds of new heights, I love this game:)

What the Weird?

The strangest thing happened today. Our neighbor's dog ran into a fire hydrant at full speed and impaled itself on one of the nozzles and died.  It was barking at the dogs behind the fence and looking at them while running along the fence and didn't see the fire hydrant I guess.  It gave the most horrifying scream of pain and then twitched around a little.  Then he hobbled across the street to his front lawn and laid down and died.  We heard the terrible howling and my husband looked out the window right as he was writhing on the ground and hobbling away.  We didn't know he had hit the fire hydrant until we heard the owner talking.  It was very sad and such a random accident.