Turkeybowl '10

It was the 5th annual Turkeybowl! What a BOWL!! The boys woke up to SNOW SNOW SNOW!! They were so excited!! It was amazing! The fathers vs. sons match up was at 11:00am this year. We had to do some hard core bundling...and they were off!! There was a great turnout...Of course the Dad's brought in some 'ringers'....to no avail, I'm afraid!
I braved the elements with the help of an English Toffee latte' and a splash of Kahlua!! ;)

The abominable Taiji!!

Just a couple of good ole action shots!

I think that we had close to 30 turnout to fight for the title of Turkeybowl champs...it ended in a tie!

Then they all got to enjoy a little warming agent...aka Hot Chocolate!

The Fellas...and Tess!

The 5th annual Turkeybowl in the books....and a success!!

Waterslides Part I

No summer would be complete without a trip to the Birch Bay Water slides. Of course we picked one of the coldest days of the summer to go...but at least the lines were short. Taiji had been kidnapped by some friends and so he missed the activities and Truman was working...but we still managed to have some fun with the Veening cousins, Jake and Kali. Here are a few highlights... Hanging in the hot tub....
Getting to go on the big kids rides with Emily....

Oh my, a little model in the making....

The splash down.

Warming up!

Fun times!

WATERSLIDES!!!

With the stress and time spent on the baseball tournament....when it was all said and done, it was time for a little fun, and family time!! We decided to spend one more night in Moses Lake then spent the whole next day enjoying the sun and each other at the water slides. We had a great time with the Olighschlagers. It was a great way to wrap up the season!! Jake trying out the simulated wake board
Truman could barely stay on long enough for me to get a picture...but I managed!

Kali and Shane on the lazy river!!

Nobody can swim forever...ya got take a break to do a little coloring!!

Me and My girl!! Notice our matching hair...aren't we too cute!!

Oh I see that look all to often...planning out his next 'adventure'!! YIKES!!

Oh that cute little Taiji...

... And then there's Jake...

Kali telling Shane like it is!! Like mother Like daughter!!

1....2....3....JUMP!!!

Taiji and a pencil dive!

Jake just trying to keep his head above water....we all know how that feels!!

Well I think this picture says it all!!

We had a GREAT time!

Double thumbs up!!

4th Annual Turkey Bowl

On Thanksgiving morning for the last four years the boys get up rain or shine and go toss around the ole pig skin. Fathers against sons. The dads had the lead 2-1 going into this meeting. It was a cool but not raining morning. The field was a mess...but they were dressed and ready to go. After a few minutes of stretching (the dads) and a little trash talking (both sides) they were set and ready to go. Of course the old guys brought in a few ringers...but it didn't matter...the sons won! It was a great game and close to the end...they were filthy, but had a GREAT time!!

Here are a few action shots!

Getting it done!
Steve going for the sack on Truman!

It was a great turn out!

Jake and his very interesting 3 point stanch!

Taiji going for the the sack!!

It gets pretty serious!

Then a minute to breath!

Now Jake trying to get the sack!

I think this was a few minutes of trash talking!

When it was all said and done they all still loved each other and the boys now have a whole year of bragging rights!!

My cute but motley crew!!

Palm Springs 2009

Last weekend Shane and I headed south to Palm Springs for a NYL council meeting. We were really looking forward to a little time away in the sun...but we were also really looking forward to catching up with our great friends, Rory and Mandy. If you follow the blog, we met them last year in Puerto Rico and had many fun....sometimes crazy adventures!! We were able to relax, golf, read and hang out with some great people!! Mandy and I at the NYL dinner
Group shot!

Nice!!

Enjoying sometime with my main man!

Good Friends+Good Wine=GREAT night!!

Oh...how sad!! I did figure it out...it's not my camera...it is when I'm downloading, something happens and it gets weird! Oh well...it really is a cute picture!!

This was the strangest cloud....we all commented on how it looked like a UFO!

Not our best self portrait...but we had fun!!

What the picture doesn't show is that the ball was 2 feet shy of the green and splashed in the water....but it was a beautiful hole!!

So sweet!! Rory and Mandy!

(Rory...you have an unusually small head...wink wink mandy...lol)

Oh Mandy...One of many self portraits! I just love this girl!!

What....Shane's on his phone, not surprising....but what in the heck am I doing?? We did have fish bowl size margarita's before coming here!

Just a bunch of innocent cutie pies!!

Did I mention the fish bowl size margarita??

They did manage to win two games after losing 3 in a row...again margaritas!!

Handsome little devils!!

It was a great trip and we can't wait until we meet again!!