Playoff game

Our 1st play off game is on Thursday, 6PM at Owasso High School. Come on out if you can and support the Rams!

WE DID IT!!!!

Well, Zach's team did it! They are 9-0 going into the playoffs next week! Way to go 3rd Grade Black!

Crazy Hair Day for Red Ribbon Week

Today was crazy hair/spirit day for Red Ribbon Week at school.

Quotes.....

“Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child-with-bloody-nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child-with-bloody-nose was told to go to the yard immediately and stop bleeding on the carpet.”
Art Linkletter

Today's game

Today was a hard fought defensive game on both sides... both teams were undefeated. We won 6-0. We are now #1 in our division! Go Owasso Rams 3rd Grade Black!
(Yes, I remembered to take the banner this time!)

Tulsa Maize

Zach's football team had a cook out at the Tulsa Maize tonight... they all had a blast.
They went on a hayride and of course through the haunted maize maze. I am hoping that they all sleep well tonight cause the haunted maze scared all of them silly. I didn't go in the maze cause I don't do things that scare me on purpose! Yes, I am a chicken, and as one of the other moms put it "I wear my feathers well!" Yep.... and I am proud of it!

Banner

Here's the banner that I made for tomorrow's game....

Girl's first fishing trip

Troy took the girls the other day on their first fishing "trip". We have several "catch and release" ponds in our neighborhood to go fishing at. The girls had fun... Ashleigh caught 5 fish, and Allie caught one... Troy said that Ashleigh did great and loved fishing... Allie was fine until a fish actually bit and then she quickly handed her pole to Ashleigh for her to reel the fish in.

Hurry and take the picture, daddy, the sun is in our eyes.

Ashleigh's first catch!

Allie's first catch!

Rainbow pic

I love seeing rainbows.... it reminds me that God always keeps His promises!
This pic was taken behind my house.

FACING THE GIANTS

I am gonna take my son to see "Facing the Giants".... On the website there is info about the movie as well as clips and a trailer.

Here is the movie description.....

From the award-winning producers of FLYWHEEL comes a new, action-packed, family-friendly drama about a high school football coach who draws up a new game plan for his team … and himself.

In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and failure.

However, an unexpected challenge helps him find a purpose bigger than just victories. Daring to trust God to do the impossible, Coach Taylor and the Eagles discover how faith plays out on the field … and off.

With God, all things are possible …

Ashleigh's last game

Ashleigh's last game to cheer at was Tuesday night. She has made lots of improvements since her first practice several months ago! She said she wants to cheer next year, but wants to cheer for tackle football next year instead of flag. That is fine with me. I couldn't get into those flag football games!
One comment she did make after she was done was soooo sweet. She said "now that cheerleading is over, I won't have to miss any more of bubby's games!" She loves going to her brothers game and cheering him on!
I love cheering on all of my kiddos!

INFC Playoff time

Well, INFC Playoffs are almost here! Zach's team is 7-0 with 2 more games left to go.... we are definitly in the playoffs, just don't know what seed we will be. We are 1st in our division right now, and to stay in first, we have to beat Sand Springs this weekend, who are also 7-0. It will be an awesome game.
We also have to beat Collinsville on the 28th to keep our place at the top of the division.
Playoffs start Oct 30th or 31st and the finals are on Nov. 11th!
Go Owasso 3rd Grade Black!

Score for today's game....

Owasso Black - 29
Sapulpa - 6

Owasso Black is now 7-0 with 2 more games to go. Next weeks game is gonna be our biggest challenge!

O W A S S O

I frequently visit the forum for the Indian Nations Football Conference, (Well, actually I am addicted! I may have to start a INFC Annonymous support group) The forum has an automatic filter for bad words or phrases. It changes the words to silly words and phrases such as "I'm a dork".... It is even hard to type in Owasso, because of the 3rd, 4th and 5th letter.... sometimes when you type Owasso, it comes out Owhippoo ..... it replaces the "offending" letters with hippo. So the word passer becomes phippoer.
The filter is a good thing, I suppose, because kids read the forum as well and I am glad that it is family friendly, but I think that they need to "turn down" the filter a bit.... right now, people are haveing to type O W A S S O most of the time so that it stays what it is suppose to be! Hope they fix it soon!

A critter amongst us.........

On Sunday morning, I saw an animal of some sort swimming in the pond behind our yard. I knew it wasn't a dog cause it was gliding through the water. For several days, I thought it might be a river otter, but what would a river otter be doing in a pond....?
Well, we figured it out. Well, my hubby did. He got out his binoculars when the critter was out there this morning, and he discovered that it is a beaver.
Pretty cool if you ask me... but it doesn't take much to entertain me!

AWESOME video

CAN World's Strongest dad (click here)
This video made me tear up a little....

"they don't get wet"

We were sitting at the table eating lunch and the girls asked me if the river otter was out in the pond behind our house today (yes, there was an otter in the pond the other day)... and I told them that he probably wasn't out there, cause it's raining, and he doesn't like to get wet. Then Allie piped up and said, "well, he could stay under water and stay dry".... all of us just cracked up with Allie looking at us puzzled with that "what?" look.

We are finally ranked! (Owasso Black) This is for last week. We are now 6-0

3RD GRADE

1. JENKS MAROON(2) 5-0
2. B.A. PLATINUM(3) 4-0
3. BARTESVILLE(4) 5-0
4. JENKS BLACK(5) 5-0
5. OWASSO RED(6) 5-0
6. SAND SPRINGS BLACK(7) 5-0
7. TBC RED(1) 4-1
8. SKIATOOK RED(8) 4-1
9. EAST TULSA MAROON(9) 5-0
10.OWASSO BLACK(NR) 5-0
11.COLLINSVILLE RED(12) 4-1
12.JENKS SILVER(NR) 4-1

Game - Oct 7th

Owasso Black - 35
Pryor - 0
We are now 6-0
GO 3RD GRADE OWASSO BLACK!

The team Ashleigh cheers for lost, but I am not sure what the final score was... I do know that the Dragons didn't score and that the team they were playing against scored 2 or 3 times.

Goofy me....

Well, I pulled an "only me"... after staying up and making the banner that I "showed off" in the last post, I FORGOT it at home.... silly me... oh well, we can use it for our next game, not a big deal.

Banner

I got to make the "spirit banner" for my son's football team for the 2nd time this season.... This is the one that they get to run through.... Basically, I make it, they destroy it.... that's how my life goes :)

One on One time with Ashleigh.....

If you know my middle child,Ashleigh, you know that she always thinks that her brother and sister always get more attention than she does. So, she and I had a little time together today, just me and her! Her brother had his party yesterday and her sister got to go with her daddy to Wetumka for a few days, so she was feeling left out....so, we went to the Tulsa Zoo. We had a great time, just me and my blondie.

Zach's 8th Birthday party

Zachary had his 8th Birthday party yesterday at Incredible Pizza in Tulsa. He had a great turn out and had a blast!

Nostalgia

I was a bit nostalgic tonight.... my friend, Tonja, called me up and asked me to go to the Owasso Band Contest finals with her. So, I decided that I would go.
It brought back a lot of memories!
My Alma Mater, Collinsville High School, was in the finals. They did a really good job and won first place in Class 4A but came in 10th over all. Not use to C'ville band coming in 10th place!
Berryhill HS Band was 1st over all.
I really enjoyed going and seeing all the bands. It brought back a lot of memories!
(I guess that once you're a band geek, always a band geek!)

WOW... what a game....

Went to Zach's game today (of course) and what a game.... we played Berryhill. Both teams brought their "A" game and it was a hard fought game on BOTH sides. My hats off to the Berryhill 3rd grade team. They've got a good one!
Our team didn't really "wake up" until the middle of the 3rd Quarter, but when they finally woke up, man, did they wake up! There was one play where they held Berryhill and it was 3rd down and their running back made a huge run and got a first down.... after that, our boys got mad enough that they decided that they weren't gonna take it anymore and played harder.
Owasso won 12-7..... We scored a touchdown with a little over a minute left in the game.... then we did on on-side kick, and we recovered the ball!
They are now 5-0! Go Owasso Rams 3rd Grade Black!
(after watching Jenks run over Owasso Friday night (yes, I witnessed it and it wasn't pretty) we need some hope for the future!)