Turkey Bowl

Brad came with me to watch, hoping that he could play too. Since we didn't have very many people Brad was able to play. It was me, Brad, the two tall guys next to me and the two guys to the far right. Brad scored 2 touchdowns and he will proudly tell everyone that he scored 2 more than his dad. Scoring the 2 touchdowns helped his confidence and he is always wanting to throw the football around now. This was the best Turkey bowl I have ever been a part of. Not only was the weather perfect, but it was also a friendly game and it was fun that Brad was a part of it.

Beat the Experts

I thought the winning check would be bigger in size

I have been playing "Beat the Experts" or formerly known as "Pigskin Picks" in our home town paper with my family for close to 20 years now. It only took 20 years, but I finally won. $50 is nice even if the check was not bigger in size or with a newspaper representative or model.

Our Favorite 10 Year Old

It is hard to believe that Brad was born 10 years ago. He is such a great big brother who brings lots of happiness and joy to our family. For Brad's birthday party with friends we went to Mahoney State Park and played in their huge activity center. It is like McDonald's indoor play area, but tons bigger.

Brad's Favorites:
Toys - Legos
Holiday - Christmas
School Subject - Science
T.V. Show - Phineas & Pherb
Movie - Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Favorite Team - Pittsburgh Steelers

Gingerbread Display

Every year, Winter Quarter Visitor Center has a Gingerbread Exhibit. This year our boys decided that they would do a Candy Land Board. they had a lot of fun and did a great job getting putting it together.

Joe's New Toy

Our '92 Toyota Tercel was driven into the ground...literately. As Joe was driving to the dentist he heard a loud metallic pop up by the front right wheel. The car wanted to go right so Joe had to crank the wheel left to keep it going straight. Luckily he was almost to the dentist. He left it at the dentist office overnight, because he didn't want to risk driving it any further. The next day we took it to a mechanic half a mile away. The mechanic said the tire rods rusted through and that is would be $1000 to fix, which was way more than the car was worth. As the mechanic backed it out of the garage the tire rods completely broke through. The front axle laid on the ground and the wheel was sticking way out. Since we couldn't drive it "U-Pull It" came and picked it up and paid us a little money for it. We have always wanted a truck, so we ended up getting a '06 Dodge Ram 4x4, which the boys call our "Monster Truck".