Football Post not a Thanksgiving one

There is a good reason for this. Since the holiday travel nightmare is still playing out as I type this and my Thanksgiving pictures are on another computer, I will finish out the football season with it's last set of pictures. Don't worry, wrestling pics are on there way.


They lost this game 48-21. However, I want to say, this is the best game I have seen these boys play this season. This was truly a game that the score does not reflect how well they played. The boys came at them hard the first half of the game. The other team looked like they didn't know what hit them. All three of the football teams from Eastern Oregon have been down played all season. The word around the state was our little conference played nothing but easy games. However, all three teams beat what was called unbeatable teams. Oh and one more thing, our little conference that only plays easy teams, one of them is going to state. Gooooo Bulldogs!!! As much as this is our rival school, I would love to see the EOL take state. I just wish it was us.


The receivers. A good night for both boys.







That is my boy with the ball in his hands. All the other team could kick were onside kicks. Anthony caught every one of them but one.

He is going out for a pass and catches it. Steve was at home listening to the game on the radio. They mentioned Anthony's name more then once.


Megan and Amanda posing for a picture.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today we are feeling very blessed. Steve's Mom, Aunt, Cousin and his 3 boys will be here to celebrate with us today. This is the first Thanksgiving that we have celebrated on Thanksgiving day since we have lived in Oregon. Steve normally has to work so we celebrate on another day.

Plus, no one wants to make the trip here because they think the weather is going to be horrible. Well, this year they would be right. I will post a detailed account of Doreen and Doris' trip in later. We are just happy everyone is making the trip.

Missing my parents today, but I am sure I will be talking with them a lot on the phone.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. We here in this family have a lot to be thankful for. The last couple of days I have been thankful for flannel sheets and heated car seats. No really, I am thankful to have lots of friends and family around us. Even if you all are not in the same city as us, we are just a phone call way.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Florence Oregon

I was very excited to hear that Anthony's playoff game would be in Florence. It's just about an 8 hour drive from here. I found a cute hotel to stay at and ended up being upgraded to a suite. Megan brought her friend Amanda and of course Steve had to work. That wasn't going to stop me, I wanted to go.

I spent a good deal of my childhood on the California coast. While I still believe that there is no place as beautiful as the Northern Ca. Coast, the Oregon coast comes very close. I am so glad that Steve shares the same love for the coast and so do our kids.

After all was said and done I am glad I was there. I will post more about the game later. We headed to the seal caves and later to the beach. It was raining and cold but still had a great time. We will be heading back there in the next couple of months. And will be adding it to our summer camping list.


A view from the viewing station at the seal caves.

This is my 3rd time visiting the seal caves and the first were we didn't see any seals. We did see some in the water and the kids did get a kick out of that. They have a viewing station down inside the caves as well, but it was the wrong time of the year to see them there. No problem, we still had a good time.

I have been lucky to spend time with my Dad on the coast. With him and his friends I have learned things about the ocean that you can't learn from just reading the signs. It is fun to share what I have learned over the years with my kids. I found myself quoting my Dad's good friend Ken this weekend. "Hey kids, do you know what happened when the wind stopped blowing? The trees all fell down." Hahahahaha Of course, I started laughing and the kids gave me the same look that I am sure we gave Ken when he told it to us. Still remember were it was, Point Reyes, CA. I still use his booger jokes every now and then, Thanks Ken.

Another few of the beach. It was cold and foggy.

Most of the beach is full of dunes. I was not crazy about having to hike over them in the rain. I was lucky enough to remember this spot from our earlier visit.

Gotta love Megan's color choices.


Love this picture of Jason. My kids make it easy to get good shots.


She didn't spend much time talking. She spent it exploring and poking at things on the beach. I think she has found a small jelly fish here. When I see her out there poking around at things it reminds me of when I was a kid. I would sit on a rock and watch my Dad clean fish. He would take the time to cut open the fish stomachs so I could see what they had eaten. If there were shells I would take them and walk around and gross everyone out.

Good times!!!!!

Happy Birthday Jessica

We hope you have a very wonderful day.

You can see her back there behind Megan. Why don't I have some better pictures of you. We will just have to work on that won't we

Have a great day!!!!

Did I Post This

I don't think I did.

Here is Anthony and Kagan going to her homecoming. I will post about this weekend and our trip later. Too tired today.

My Baby

I love that I can say to Jason, come on I need to practice taking some pictures. "Ok, Mom how about this and this and this." All the while he is giving me poses. He doesn't care that our neighbor stopped by to chat while we were taking the shots. He just cracks me up sometimes. He will even ask before we leave the house, "Mom, got the camera."

We didn't even wipe the dirt off his face for this one.

Steve ended up in hospital over Halloween. It is a long story but he is ok. It has always been his thing to take the kids trick or treating. He loves the holiday. He the one who gets the pumpkins cut and ready (will post those pic's later) and the decorations up and out. Since Anthony was a baby he has never missed a Halloween with the kids. If you know anything at all about working the Rail Road you would realized just how hard this is for him to accomplish.

This year he had to miss it. Jenny, bless her heart came to the hospital early Sunday morning to let me know Jason could go trick or treating with them. Megan, who doesn't need us anymore, went with her friends. And Anthony, being a trooper, helped me at home so I could spend time with Steve.

By that night, Steve was starting to get the first of his tests back and realized things where going to be ok. The nurses in ICU were angels and let me sneak Jason and Anthony in after visiting hours to see Steve. The nurse even let Jason trick or treat her. We could only stay about 5min because Steve was behaving badly. I talked to the kids about how Dad is ok, but the rest of the people in this unit are very sick. So no screwing around. I didn't give Steve the same lecture and he was the one screwing around. He kept trying to talk Jason out of his candy and kept plugging up the oxygen tubes so the monitors would go crazy.

Anyway, that is our Halloween wrap up. Have a good day.

A Misc Picture

A quick post today. We are getting ready for the playoff game this weekend. I am still not sure if I am going to go but really thinking about it. The game is over 8 hours away.

Here is a quick picture of Anthony in the Homecoming parade. Looks like he is having a good time.

Playoff's here we come

We were off in Portland for the playin game. The winner of these games go to the playoffs. Anthony was nervous about the game. The vice president of Nike USA flew onto the field in a helicopter to deliver the game ball on their new astro truff field. I tell you, this is a field our team can only dream off. The tv vans and the police security (they searched my camera bag) proved we were not in Kansas anymore.

After all was said and done the Tigers rocked the house. Final score 36-27 and off to the playoffs they go. The boys came off the field with big smiles and hugs for their parents. We are so proud of them. All rivalries aside, our small town conference has put 3 of it's 4 teams into the playoffs. Eastern Oregon Rocks.





What a kid, he is smiling for me.


Very cool, they sang their fight song and then this cheer.


Look at that smile.


Proud Dad!!!


and of course proud Mom. I made a coment about how he smelled.


I regret saying that.


The final score.