HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAIG

YOU ALWAYS HAD

A SPARK FOR LIFE.

MAY YOU KEEP IT FOREVER!

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!

REMEMBER WHEN

YOUR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD Mc DONALDS WAS BUILT?

THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN GOING THERE

WAS A TREAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN.

DARYL STILL LIKES TO SWING THROUGH  FOR A SODA.

ONE DAY, TO HIS SURPRISE,
IT WAS GONE.
TORN DOWN TO THE GROUND.

AS WE DROVE BY TODAY,
THE RECONSTRUCTION IS
MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
LOOKS LIKE DARYL WILL BE ABLE
TO USE THAT DRIVE THROUGH AGAIN
REAL SOON. 
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN!
WELL ALMOST EVERYTHING.

OPENING DAY FOR SOCCER

AND WHEN YOU'RE ON A WINNING TEAM,

IT GETS KIND OF BORING IN THE GOALIE BOX.
SOPHIA DID GET TO PLAY  ABOUT THREE QUARTERS
OF THE GAME OUT ON THE FIELD,
MAKING HER
ONE HAPPY SOCCER PLAYER.

THEY'RE PLAYING ON THE BIG FIELD THIS YEAR
WHICH MADE HER AND FRIEND HANNAH
EVEN MORE HAPPY WITH THEIR BIG WIN OF
5 to 0.

SO IT SEEMS,THEY'RE ALSO HAPPY WITH THEIR NUMBERS.
SOPHIA IS ONCE AGAIN #8,
AND HANNAH #7.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GIRLS
AND YOU'RE BOUND TO HAVE
ANOTHER WINNING SEASON!

"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL"

READY OR NOT

TIS THE SEASON!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
(Gabe third from the left)

JV WAS FIRST ON THE FIELD
AND READY FOR A WIN.

SAM'S READY!
(Center of the picture)
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
TO KEEP TRACK OF HIM THIS YEAR.
NOT ONLY NO BRIGHT SHOES OR SOCKS,
THE NUMBERS  (He's #51)  ON THEIR JERSEYS
ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO READ.
WHAT ONE WON'T DO FOR FASHION.

THAT'S HIM,
FAR LEFT ON THE LINE.

AND I WOULD SAY FAR LEFT IN THE GROUP,

AND BACK OF THE PICTURE HERE.
WHAT'S A GRANDMOTHER TO DO?
GET A BETTER CAMERA, I GUESS!

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HARD TO FIND SAM,
BUT IT WASN'T HARD TO READ THE SCORE.
WHAT A GAME!

GABE'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SPOT.
SECOND FROM THE LEFT ON THE LINE
(He's # 58) 

TOP OF PICTURE HERE.

WATCH OUT #55!

IT WAS A GREAT GAME,
AND A FUN ONE TO WATCH
WITH THE GAELS WINNING 43 TO NOTHING.
KEEP IT UP GUYS.
GO GAELS!

LOOK WHO'S JOINED THE TIN GRIN

WITHOUT THE TIN

SAM GOT HIS NEW INVISALIGN  BRACES TODAY.
YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE THEM.
LOOKING GOOD SAM! 

CAST YOUR VOTE

IS IT A DUCK

OR A PENGUIN?
IT'S A SOON TO BE EATEN
TOMATO!

SCHOOL HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED

WITH THIS GROUP BEING THE LAST TO START TODAY.

OLIVIA LOOKS ALL SMILES
ON HER FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.

 GABE, SAM, AND SOPHIA STARTED LAST WEEK, BUT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TRANSFER PHOTOS FROM MY PHONE. 

I POSTED PICTURES OF ELISE AT HER SCHOOL
BUT WHERE'S THE OTHER TWO RIANDAS?
THEY MUST HAVE GOT SO INTO STUDYING 
THAT THEY FORGOT TO SEND A PICTURE.
HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!

MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

WAS ON TUESDAY THIS WEEK.

WE JOINED THE GROUP FOR BURRITOS ON THE BEACH,

AND TO MEET THIS YEAR'S EXCHANGE STUDENT,
ALICE.
THE PRONUNCIATION OF HER NAME
IS MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN THE AMERICAN ONE FOR ALICE.
I'M WORKING ON GETTING IT RIGHT.

COUSINS JOINED HER ON THE BEACH
FOR A PHOTO.

EVEN RAE JOINED IN,
LOOKING ADORABLE AS USUAL,
 FOR THE OCCASION.

SUN SETTING,
IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS TOMORROW
FOR THIS GROUP.

HERE'S THE FIRST

OF MY TOMATOES  TO TURN RED THIS YEAR.

I WAS A LITTLE LATE AT GETTING MY TOMATOES IN THIS YEAR, AND ONLY PUT IN TWO PLANTS.  AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE FULL OF TOMATOES, BUT IT SEEMS THEY MAY NOT BE RED UNTIL THE HALLOWEEN FROST.  I HAVE ONE TOMATO THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING RED ENOUGH TO EAT.  IT GREW A LITTLE POINTED NOSE ON IT, AND THAT IS BRIGHT RED.  I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO EAT IT.  I'LL SAVOR EVERY BITE!
LUCKY FOR ME, DARYL DOESN'T LIKE TOMATOES.

FRIDAY FUN DAY!

BETWEEN GOLF ON TUESDAY,

GOLF ON THURSDAY,

AND SOMETIMES A GOLF LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY,

FRIDAY HAS BECOME DARYL AND MY FUN DAY.

WE GOT A CALL FROM OUR FRIEND TELLING US THE HORSE SHE'S PART OWNER OF, WAS GOING TO RACE.( SHE SAYS SHE OWNS THE NOSE:) )

WE LOVE THE HORSE RACES, AND HER, SO GOT OURSELVES DOWN THERE

TO CATCH THAT RACE, AND A FEW OTHERS.  HER HORSE DIDN'T WIN :( 

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,!

BUT LOOK HERE

IN THIS RACE MY HORSE WAS #7
AND LOOK WHERE HE PLACED!
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BET MORE THAN TWO DOLLARS :)
WE ONLY STAYED FOR A FEW RACES,
BECAUSE IT'S FOOTBALL TIME!

 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

MY SATURDAY BLOGS WILL BE FULL OF 

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

I GIVE YOU PERMISSION NOT TO LOOK

WHEN YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH.

INTRODUCING THE JV GAELSNO NUMBERS TODAY SINCE IT WAS JUST SCRIMMAGES,
BUT CAN YOU FIND SAM?  I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT,
RIGHT SIDE MIDDLE, WITH HIS CURLS HANGING OUT OF HIS HELMET.

THERE'S THOSE CURLS AGAIN, RIGHT SIDE FRONT,

AND AGAIN IN THE RIGHT CORNER.

THIS YEAR THE COACHES,
WITH THEIR GOOD SENSE OF FASHION,
SAY THE PLAYERS HAVE TO WEAR BLACK CLEATS,
AND WHITE SOCKS.
I UNDERSTAND THE FEW WITH OTHER COLORS
WILL BE SPRAY PAINTED.
BOY THAT MAKES IT HARD TO FIND YOUR GRANDSON!
I DO KNOW HE'S PLAYING OFFENSIVE GUARD,
I CAN KIND OF TELL HIM BY HIS STANCE,
AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE CURLS.

NO CUTTING YOUR HAIR SAM!
HAVE A GREAT FOOTBALL SEASON!

SO YOU'RE WONDERING,

WHY A PICTURE OF A HILL.

IT'S CALLED NUMBER HILL.

SO THE STORY GOES, EVERY YEAR THE SENIORS PUT THEIR GRADUATING YEAR NUMBER ON IT.  WELL, LOOK WHAT I CAPTURED. SOME JUNIORS, I ASSUME, SABOTAGING IT.  WHEN THEY WERE THROUGH, IT LOOKED LIKE THE #18

 MEET THE VARSITY GAELS

SAME BLACK CLEATS, WHIT SOCKS RULE, GABE'S ARE HIGH WITH A GRAY STRIPE IN THE BACK SO THAT HELPS. HE'S FAR LEFT IN THE PICTURE.

LOVED THIS PICTURE OF GABE'S FRIEND ( LEFT) HIGH STEPPING.
GABE'S TO THE LEFT BEHIND HIM,

 AND IN THIS PHOTO (FAR LEFT) IS THE ONE DOING THE HIGH STEPPING.

IS THERE A POSITION OF LEFT BUTT?
JENNY TELLS ME SHE CAN SPOT HIM ON THE LINE
BY  HIS STANCE WITH HIS BUTT  OUT.
FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS PICTURE,
I'D HAVE TO SAY SHE'S RIGHT.

GOING FROM THE CLEATS,

 I SAY THAT'S GABE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE HERE,

 AND MIDDLE LEFT HERE.

HAVE A GREAT

 SENIOR FOOTBALL SEASON GABE!

SHE'S AT HER NEW HOME

FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, ANYWAY.

 I WONDER WHAT FLOOR SHE'S ON.

 LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ALL SETTLED IN,

AND READY TO START SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR ELISE!