Ryno's Friday Night Football Game

Ryno had his second game of the season Friday night in Pasco Wa. They played Tri-Cities Prep. The game started off with a bang. Echo received the ball on the kick off and Ryno made their first touchdown with a long pass reception. They got the extra point as well and then on-side kicked to the Tri-Cities Prep. They got their own kick back and went down for another touchdown and extra point. Shortly after that it all went down hill. Echo's best running back broke his wrist and had to go to the ER. Tri-Cities scores a few times and were back in the game. shortly before half time Ryno took a helmet to the hip and was put out of the game. It got swollen and he couldn't walk on it. By the end of the game it was 50 something to 20 something. Echo had lost. The good news is Ryno should be back in action sometime this week and it was not a league game. Better luck next time Cougs.

Ryno #8 with the other team captains going to the center of the field for the Pre-Game coin toss.

Starting Lineup for the Echo Cougars Ryno is #8

Ryno's fan club.

NaNa, Aunt Steph, Sami, Evan, Aunt Sandy, Cousin Jenny, Aunt Sami, Preston and Kaylee.

Better Luck next week Ryno.

Colby is in the Paper

Labor Day is a big deal here in Prosser. They also celebrate what they call States Day. They track visitors and locals original states of birth. They had 229 people sign up from 37 states. We have a parade and carnival and all kinds of things going on in town. This year Colby and his friend Justin Munn went to the carnival and while they were there they got their picture taken and put in the paper. I guess when you are at the carnival for 5 hours and ride the GRAVITRON 25 times, the odds are in your favor that you would be the one to end up in the paper.

Nice way to start the Season!

48 - 6

That's a nice way to start a Football Season.

This is him #8

My Ryno is a senior this year!!! I am really struggling with that. I have not had a hard time with any of my birthdays so far, but I am struggling with this whole my child is a Senior in High School . What do you do? Just accept it I guess.

So Ryno had his first football game of the season and they won 48 - 6. They played the town of Spray. Ryno is playing wide receiver again and had two TOUCHDOWNS and an extra point. He is one of the captains of the team and of course is very optimistic about this season.

He will play Tri-City Prep next Friday night at Edgar Brown Stadium in Tri -Cities at 7:00.

All the Kids are in School

So what do you do when your kids go back to school?

You Golf of Course!!!!!

In celebration of the kids going back to school, Ryan and I hit the golf course. There is nothing like playing 18 holes and having all day to do it. We played the first 9, stopped at the club house, had lunch and headed out for the back 9.

A friend of my Dad's is a teacher and ex-pro baseball player and he said that he thinks kids should go to school year around. He claims they would loose less knowledge over the summer break. They would get 3- 3 week breaks throughout the year but no big summer break. After a day like today I am starting to see it his way. (Don't tell my kids I said that.)

Back to School

Does it seam like school starts allot earlier than it used to?

It does to me!!!

I'm OK with that though. I am ready to get back to "the daily grind. " I am ready for a schedule. Ryno is a big Senior this year, Colby is starting middle school, and Cameron is in the 4th grade. I got one in every stage. We took these pics of Colby and Cameron the first day of school. It's a tradition at our house to take pics in the morning before school and go for an ice cream cone after.

During our ice cream run we get the scoop on how their first day of school went. All reports were good. Colby liked all his classes and never got lost(that's a relief). Cameron liked his teacher and his friend Logan is in his class.

I would have to say the hardest part for me was when I went to wake Cameron up for the day and asked him if he wanted me to walk him to school, help him find his class and get settled in and he said " No - that's OK." My little babies are growing up. I remember when I used to actually have a say in the clothes they picked out for school and how they did their hair. How time flies.

Cameron's Football Jamboree

And so it begins.

We started this football season off with a bang. Cameron's team played in a jamboree on Saturday in Pasco Wa. I don't know how many teams were there, but I can tell you I had to park 3 blocks away. Crazy!!! The Mustangs(Cameron's team) had to play against 3 teams that day. They played 10 minutes on offense and then 10 minutes on defense.

Here is Cameron playing Right tackle.

Cameron is #26 in the Red.

He did very well. He got allot of playing time both on offense and defense.

Here Cameron is standing with his team waiting for their next game.

The Mustangs won all three games today. They won the first game 4-3, the second game 4-0 and the last game 1-0 thanks to Cameron.

This picture is of Cameron making an awesome tackle. He was playing defensive back during the last game and the score was 0-0. It was the last few seconds the opposing team was on offense and there runner had broken through the mustang line on the right side of the field and was heading for the end zone. Cameron ran from the left side of the field and caught up to the kid for the tackle and saved the Mustangs undefeated record. The Mustangs went on to score only one touchdown against the Seahawks.

Crab Boil

After a successful day of crabbing what else can you do other than have a real Louisiana Crab Boil? It was so good. We Boiled Crab, Shrimp, Corn on the cob, Potatoes,Onion & Aundui Sausage in a Zataran's Crab Boil Seasoning that a friend of my dads brought from Louisiana. You then throw it out on butcher paper and eat. It was so good. It was quite spicy, I had to apply chap stick a number of times throughout dinner. The boys kept putting their lips in there glasses of milk.

Here is Ryan, he has such table manners.. Mom and Dad invited their neighbors Bob and Lanna. They are a couple of retired school teachers from Portland. Bob played baseball for the Baltimore Oriels in the 60's. The stories he told were cool. The boys just loved it.

It was a wonderful evening and as you can see a beautiful day. We spent the rest of the evening enjoying our full bellies and talking till the sun went down. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.