A little November fun!

Just a little November fun... we've had incredible weather this month. Low's in the 40's and highs in the upper 70's to low 80's. Here the boys are creating a river (of mud) to play in! :-)

GOOOOooooooo BEAVERS!!!

Well, the Beavers did it, pulled out a nail bitting win at the University of Arizona last night! It was exciting - that's for sure. The Beavs had a chance to tie it up 17 - 17 in the 4th quarter, but missed the extra point...grrrrr....so it was 17-16 with maybe 5 min to go. Most of the beaver cheering section was feeling pretty bad. Then at like 1:45 to go, the Beavers have the ball back and manage to throw a good one down to like the 10. After a few downs to get them into good field goal range...with 4 seconds left, we attempted a field goal....imagine the tension...the same kicker missed the extra point 4 minutes ago...and bam...he makes it - BEAVERS WIN 19-17! Wahooo....

I think they are going to have to start paying Grandpa Jim to leave early. Long story short, 2 years ago when we took Jack to the El Paso game, we decided to leave early, it was a long drive back to Tucson, the Beavers were down by 2 touchdowns and it was stinkin' cold. So, we found the game on the radio and sure enough...the Beavers as we're driving out of El Paso, we hear that the Beavers pulled of the win!?!? Geesh..and we missed it. Fast forward to last night. The grandparents had taken the shuttle buses to the game and fearing large crowds after the game, decided at 2 min to go - that the game was over, the Beavers had missed their chance when they missed the extra point. And, bam a minute later...the Beavers won.

Now, onto the Civil War rivalry in Corvalis - still holding up hope of the Rose Bowl. Come on Beavers! BEAT THE DUCKS!!!

We took the entire family to the game, in our best orange and black...both sets of grandparents and both kiddos got to go. It was Jack's 2nd Beaver Game and Ryan's 1st! What a 1st game for Ryan! :-) (These pictures were from long before the game started...the stands were packed...both team desperately wanting the win)

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Jack's turn...

Ok, so we're on our way to the Beaver game (yahoo Beavers...great game)..anyhoo, the El Tour de Tucson is going on...a 110 mile bike race which rides down many of the streets we use in our area. Anyhoo - so we see great hoards of cyclists and I saw to the boys in the back seat, "You know boys, when you get a little bigger and better on your bikes, you can ride in a kid's bike race - that's part of this big event. I say, I think it's like 5 or 10 miles." Jack says, "Yeah, I want to do it, as long as I don't have to ride it!" What?!?! :-) That'da boy...you want to participate in the race as long as you can just cross the finish line and get the prizes?!!? Hmmm...guess we've got some work to do there. :-)

More from Ryan...

1. Cats out of the bag - but I know Ian can't read yet - so shhh...Lor...no telling him what he's getting for Christmas. :-) So, we've decided to get him a build a bear and record the boys voices saying Hi Ian or You Rock Ian or something. We've been brainstorming. So, this morning...fresh out of bed, run comes in and says, "I know what we should have Ian's bear say"...and I say, great, what? "Waaa, waaaa" because that's all Ian can understand. :-)

2. So, I'm dropping Ryan and his friend Daniel off at school today and Daniel is telling us that he earned his yellow belt at karate last night. Ryan says, "When can I take karate?" I say, "when you ask to". Simple, right...he says, "Well, I can do it when I'm done with my wrestling training". WHAT wrestling training?!?

We skiiiiiiii

This is Arizona skiing. Ryan put this dandy little outfit together...eventually he added his bomber jacket. But again, where is the nearest drama program for 5 year olds?!!? This kid is ready! :-)

To be a kid again...

A few funny stories...about how kids think. Sometimes I forget just how literal they are!

Scene 1: Ryan and I get the mail. I say, "Oh, look a baby shower invitation", he says, "Is it going to rain babies?"

Scene 2: Ryan is threatening to dial 9-1-1...wasn't there...some disagreement w/Dad, but Ryan loves to threaten things. So, Dad starts to explain the Boy Who Cried Wolf story. Soon, Ryan comes running into find me absolutely afraid of wolves! Didn't get the jist of the whole - you don't call for help unless you really need help part. Oh well, one day!

There's one more, but we can't remember it right now...I'll have to update the post later.

Ahhhh, the things kids say...

Two funny stories about our "creative" Ryan. Now, I am not categorizing him to only be a drama guy, but I'm telling you the things this kid imagines just crack us up...some amount of drama has to be in his future, right?!?!

So, Monday he's getting dressed and he wants to wear the long sleeved blue button down dress shirt and red tie. Why??? Not sure yet. So, after missing a button, I help him re-button his shirt starting at the bottom. I get about 1/2 way up his chest and he tells me to stop. He wants the rest unbuttoned. Now, I'm thinking..I can't send him to school w/half of his shirt unbuttoned...like his whole chest is exposed. What will they think of me?!? When I explain that we need to button up one more to leave just the top one unbuttoned, he tells me he needs them both unbuttoned so it can look "like my shirt got ripped open"! What?!?! It's 6:30am - where did he get that idea?

2nd story - later that night while I'm making dinner. Ryan gets ahold of a straw cowboy hat and says, "I know how to make this hat less pokey on my head. I'm going to pull out a couple of the straw pieces, ok mama?" I'm thinking, sure whatever and continue making dinner - out of his direct line of sight. After 10 minutes I wander over that way and notice a large pile of straw pieces and a large hole in the back of the hat. I gasp and his brother starts to freak out - he was his hat afterall. Ryan quickly tells me, "Mom, that hole is for the arrows!" Pretty creative I thought - and quick on his feet - anything not to have his brother and I mad at him.

How do you not love this kids imagination?!? He's going to be able to talk himself out of any situation - I think I'm seeing a small glimpse into our future with teenagers.

Triathlon Fun or B.A.M aka Bad Ass Moms!

Some neighbor moms and I did a triathlon Saturday morning (yes, the morning after Halloween - ugh). It was their first triathlon ever and they did AWESOME! It was a beautiful day...bordering on HOT! But, it was great fun to have someone to participate with and I think I've got them hooked...and maybe committed to another one in March! :-)

Halloween Fun

A few pictures before we set off for trick-or-treating! They had a great time and came home with a ton of loot! :-)

Darth Vadar a.k.a Jack

Hans Solo a.k.a Ryan