A Note from Damon

We stayed home - because it is raining. we went running in the rain together. it was fun. we playd games.

Brotherly Love

Yes, it does exist - rarely - but when it does it is priceless!!




Dakota "teaching" Damon how to build a zoo! Needless to say his animals were not happy! Oh Well - They just started over with a new zoo!



The first cool fall evening - we couldn't wait to try out our fireplace! Dylan walks in and says "where's the marshmallows?" LOL

Grandpa comes to town

Grandpa Folk came Saturday and stayed to watch our soccer games! He hasn't been to a game in years, so the boys were very excited to have him come. He was able to see Dylan reffing a game - so that was pretty neat. Damon didn't get much "action" as goalie - but they won - so all was good. Dylan's game was very exciting as the two teams were very equally matched. They won but only by one point in the last 5 minutes. Grandpa seemed to really get into that game!! Dakota was along for the ride again as he plays on Monday. After the games we went for Ice cream - so of course that was a big hit too! Thank you Grandpa for treating us to a good day with you!

SOCCER!!

WOW!! What a full day! I am exhausted! Damon and Dylan both had to be at the fields by 8:30 this morning. Damon had a game at 9:00 and Dylan had a game to ref at 9:00 - so we walked between fields(having all 3 boys play each year we are very used to this!). Damon's team is very good and they won 8 to 0. He didn't win any games last year so this was a very welcome change.

He hasn't played "goalie" before so he is loving this too.



Then there's Dyaln - "the Ref"!!! LOL

We also had a little break - so we ran over to get some very delicious Hopkins County Stew! I say "we" but that is not totally acurate - Dylan never got to leave the fields, he had a booked day of reffing. Sorry Dylan - but before you start feeling bad for him, Dakota and Damon both saved some stew for him. Angie and her crew always do a great job! Sorry so busy eating and helping Damon that I forgot to take any pictures - maybe next year!

And now back to the Soccer fields - Dylan had his own game to play at 3:30. They have an older team and 4 of the 7 players are Mexican so they are very good. They told Dylan that his skills are too good for a "white" boy so they call him the "Albino Mexican" - this cracks me up every time I think about it!!LOL He scored 3 goals of his own - but every player except one scored so you guessed it - they won 15 - 0!

Dakota was along for the ride today - no games for him, yet! His first game is on Monday and then again on Thursday - so he'll be busy this week! I love this time of year!!

Home Sweet Home! 5:30 - Just in time for dinner and oh yeah to study my Caraway script! on to another busy Sunday!

Wildcat Mom!!

We had our first "8th grade football" game. We went to Whitehouse! I never actually knew where Whitehouse was - but after seeing how close it was to Tyler - I have probably been there before and never knew I wasn't in Tyler. We did not win - but they had a great time! Dylan has been wearing a brace on his knee to help an early injury he has - so all we wanted was for him not to get hurt. Our prayers were answered and he played a great game!




He is #85 - and yes he does look "tiny" compared to the other players - but he can definitely hold his own!! We are very proud of him and all his daily hard work and dedication to his team.

After the game we headed over to Mercados. We had been told by a "very reliable source"(Thanks Felicia!!!) that it is a great place to go - and we had never been - so why not? It was VERY good and we had a wonderful time taking our "teenager" out after the game.

On the way home we realized that we were bringing home "real" football equipment! This may not seem important to many - but we have an aspiring young football player here at home! We knew that he was going to be very excited about it (for weeks he has been pretending "football" with his baseball helmet and gloves!). It is quite funny to see him charging all over the house with his "gameface" on!!

Yes - we were right he was in heaven! He had all this on most of the day today!! He has a great big brother who was very generous to share! He has enjoyed being tackled by not only his brothers but even Daddy got in on the game!! Life with BOYS is never-ending Fun!!

Tomorrow we are on to a FULL day of Soccer!!

Hurricane Ike!

Yes, you might be wondering what those West boys are up to now! Well......let me tell you! They are OUT (yes OUT!!!) in the rain! They are "collecting" rain water. Why you ask....well that I am not really sure of but as you can clearly see they are working TOGETHER at something - whatever it is!!! They have been out walking up and down the street - barefooted! They came to me as a force to be reckoned with asking if they could go out since "there is no thunder and no lightning! Pleeeasse!" What could I say, since they were all agreeing on something? It's only a Tropical Storm. I remember doing this as a child myself and it is rather amuzing to see my boys out there "enjoying" a hurricane!!!

Ranger Game

Damon 's baseball team went to a Ranger game and had so much fun - after the rain delay that is!! He hadn't seen most of his friends from the team since May. They were up in a suite box and that just adds to the fun! Jeremy and Dakota were invited to go too. It was a great time for him and 2 of his boys! They returned home in the early morning hours and still did not want to go to bed - they had so much to tell me about what they saw and did. Thank you to Broc Hoenberger for a great baseball team party!!!

Dylan spent all day that Saturday in a soccer clinic - so he could be a soccer ref for this season. Since it is his first year he will only get to be a line judge, but he is very excited about it! He has played soccer since he was 7 and it is his favorite of all sports that he plays. He has a heart for the game and it is amazing for us to watch him play!