A Football Mom

Things I hate. Watching #84 take a hit to the head. Of course the referee didn't see it and the ball was no where near him. From the angle I was sitting I could not tell if the hit was to the shoulder or the head. I was not happy watching the coaches doing the "How many fingers do you see" test. He is doing OK tonight but I am keeping a close eye on him. I got a little concerned when he thought the score was 6-28 when it was actually 6-42. But I will admit, with the way they played tonight I wanted to forget the second half too.

How many more years of this do I have?

A Quick Picture

Here is a quick pic of Megan and D. We had just gotten back from doing some last minute birthday shopping. They decided to pick up matching hats at the dollar store. What goof balls. I will post more later. Off to a football game.

A Wrap Up

Ok, where to start. This week has been crazy and it will be like this through the weekend. Lets start the update with the D & K because they are always on my mind. Both kids are very loved if not by their families but their friends. The memorial service was Tuesday, none of their family was there (bums) but the dad had two close friends who where like brothers to him. They where there and did a wonderful job. One friend J grew up with the dad and was to emotional to do much talking. The other friend F met the dad in the army and had some great stories. Anyone who had something to say stood up and talked. Megan and I where the only friends of D's that where there. Every time I think I am done crying I am wrong. One thing that was obvious was that the dad's friends loved him and that is going to be very good for D & K. So many rumors about that night are going on around town and I am not sure how much the kids have heard. It is a good thing that the kids are hearing good stories about their Dad right now. Mine and Meg's biggest fear is that one of the family members would come and take the kids and we wouldn't hear from them again. We know that the family has had no contact with D & K for years and no one knows where the mother is. J is taking both kids to live with him and his family. In my opinon this is a good thing. It is obvious he loved the dad and he is going to love these kids. So, in two weeks they leave us and go to So. California. J has promised trips to Hollywood, Disneyland and all the other things that part of the state has to offer. We know this is a good thing for D, but we are going to miss him so much around here. He has been a part of our family for almost three years. It turly feels like someone is missing around here.

I need to move on with some thing else or I will never stop crying. Let's talk about Steve shall we. Did I mention he forgot Jason at the park yesterday? Poor Steve, he is never going to hear the end of this one. We where supper busy yesterday and on top of that we decide to lug our dresser outside to be redone. From 2:00 to 7pm last night it was totally out of control around here. Steve took Jason with him to pick the girls up from soccer. He was in a hurry to get back home to help and took off quick with the girls. In his rush, he forgot Jason. I get a call from the coach about what happened and called Steve to let him know. He gets back to a very angry Jason and a bunch of Moms laughing at him. At dinner last night, Jason would look at Steve with those big round brown eyes and say "I can't believe you forgot me." Steve feels terrible and I am sure he is going to hear it at Saturdays game.


That's it for now. I need to go and get my house put together, we have a sleep over this weekend.

A Picture

Here is a picture to tide you over until I have time to post. It's Crazy Crazy around here. By the way. The picture in my header is of Meg's soccer team. Can you guess which legs are hers?

Here is my favorite football player.



See you tomorrow!!!

Update Saturday

First an update on D & K. D seems to be doing really well. They have a family friend in town that took the kids out and spoiled them. I think it was good for them. Lots of rumors going on around town about that night, but nothing concrete. I talked to someone close to the case and there doesn't seem to be a motive. Probably just words exchanged that night. So very sad.

Today was soccer Saturday. Megan's team won 2-1 and she was sooooo very close to scoring a goal. The team played great together, they are really coming along. They won last week 5-0.

I wish I could say the same thing about Anthony's football team. They have only won 1 game out of 4. They played really well on Thursday but they still lost. Our team has a fairly new coaching staff and a lot of young new players, so it's going to take a little while to build up the team. Watch out for them Anthony's senior year. He is playing WR & DB. He made two really good tackles.

#84 Rocks

Catching Our Breath

That is exactly what we are doing yesterday and today. It has been fairly calm but I know that will change in the next couple of days. They have found some family members but it is unclear weather or not the kids will be going with them. D thinks that they will be in this foster home for a while. I worked at the church yesterday and normally it is a good thing for me. Not yesterday. There are a couple of kids there that knew the shooter and was telling me what a nice guy he is. At first I thought it was sad for both the victims and the 18 year old shooter until I have read about his criminal record. He has a very violent past, including the 18 months he just finished serving for a 3rd degree assault charge. This is not very christian of me to say but I will say it anyway. I will let the church pray for the shooter who is an adult and made his decision that day. I am going to spend my time praying for the kids that had no say and now have no idea what life will hold for them. Sorry, I don't think this was a nice guy.

Another thing that has been going on in our lives. Our church is starting a preschool this year. I told them that if they need an aide I would love to do that job. So today I was offered and accepted a job as an assistant preschool teacher. It is only part time so I will still be home after school and have my summers off. With a little help from the zoo here, it should work out fine. There is a downside that everyone here isn't crazy about. I start at 7:30am....... But all three schools are within 3 blocks of the church so the kids can go with me then walk the rest of the way. During the warmer months they can ride their bikes from home.

So that is all I have for now. Please continue to Pray for D & K, they really need it.

A Good Day

For Megan. DHS got in contact with me yesterday so that we could get the two kids together. His friends are important to him and DHS felt he really needed to see us. So I picked them up from school so he and Megan could hang out for a couple of hours. It was so good to see him and Megan really needed it. Today Steve and I are going to try and see what we can do about getting his bike back. His Dad bought him a brand new expensive bike a couple of weeks ago, and he was very proud of it. Unfortunately his bike got left on his front lawn during this whole nightmare and it was stolen. This poor kid has no luck. We are going to see what we can do about getting him another one. Sometime in the next couple of days (when I stop crying) I will post about what happened that night. Just not right now.