Game

We won... 28-13
Next game is on Saturday. We are playing Jenks Maroon @ 5:30PM @ Jenks HS.
GO RAMS!

Our little Cheerleader

On Saturday, FOR (Future Owasso Rams) handed out participation trophies for the flag football players and cheerleaders. Ashleigh is VERY proud of her trophy and it is sitting on our fireplace mantle at home.

GAME DAY!!!!!

Today is game day! WOOOOHOOOOO! They were lookin' really good at practice, but were freezing to death.... but they are so pumped that I don't think that will be a problem tonight... at least I don't think so....
I was freezing at practice too, but you know me, I won't be able to sit still at the game, so I might not notice the cold too much either.
GO OWASSO 3rd Grade Black!!!!!

Update on Gabriel Cross

This is the email that Dawn sent me today....
Dear Friends and Family,

There have been many new developments that I wish to inform you all on. Last week Gabriel went into Arkansas Children's Hospital for a routine Heart Cath test. This test was done so the cardiologist and surgeon could see detailed pictures of his heart, measure pressures, and look for any obstructions. The test was successful and an agioplasty was performed on his aortic arch where there was a gradient (not too bad). This area is where the first surgery was performed on and this was an expected possibility. He was addmitted over night for observation at which time he spiked a 102 fever. This is also a normal reaction to the dye used in the test. He recovered nicely execpt for having lower oxogen saturation. His pulse ox was normally in the mid 80s. It is however now in the upper 60s to lower 70s. This a source of great concern. He did not, however, come home on oxogen even though while in the hospital he did need it.

On Monday, the surgeon and his team did meet and plan Gabriel's next major heart surgery. On November 8th, 8:30am Gabriel will undergo the next stage. This heart surgery will involve the reconstruction of the blood vessels leading directly to the lungs. This will allow all the upper extremeties blood to be directed to the lungs first and then to the heart to be pumped out. He will be on a by-pass machine and this proceedure is expected to take many hours. He will be in CVICU at ACH afterwards for an extended time. We are optimistic that his recovery will take less time than the first surgery.

We will be leaving for Little Rock on Monday, November 6th. Gabriel will be admitted on Tuesday for many pre-operation tests, x-rays, and EKG. This process will take all day in order to prepare for the next day's surgery. The other 3 children will be picked up on Sunday next, to go and stay with my parents in OK. Brian's parents and family will help when they can.

Please pray for all of us as we prepare for this seperation and for Gabriel's healing. We knew that he would need surgery before the end of the year, however, given a weeks notice seems it is coming too quickly. We are all worried and under a great deal of pressure during this preperation time. Brian has informed his work and his boss and co-workers are encourging.

As we find out more about the proceedure ect., we will e-mail everyone and keep you all informed.

I am reminded of all the letters, cards, and e-mails we received during our last stay at Children's Hospital. It was so wonderful to read each of those and remember how much we are loved and are being prayed for. Thank you all for your prayers and encourgement. Our lives have been truly blessed by all of you.



Love and Blessings,

Dawn

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!)

Sad day

After a hard fought fight, Ator field will be no more. Read about it here.
Ator field is a well known landmark in Owasso and will be missed. I don't know this man who decided to take the promised land away from the Owasso Public schools personally, but I do know one thing, I don't have a very high opinion of him. I don't think anyone here in Owasso does. I don't understand how someone can be so heartless!

Football Funny

While I was watching my son's football game Saturday, there was a questionable call. I didn't think much of it, cause we were winning the game anyways, when one of the other parents who was sitting about 5 rows above me, and he is an OU fan yelled, "Hey Kim, are we in Oregon? Didn't we recover the ball?"
All I could do is laugh and say, "haven't you gotten over that yet?"
We all got a laugh out of that one...
At least he has a sense of humor!

Picture day

Today was picture day at school. I remember on my picture days, mom said she would fix my hair up really cute but when she'd get the pictures, it was all messed up and looked nothing like it did when she sent me.
So, I wanted proof that I actually did fix Ashleigh's hair before she left the house for school..... When she got home, almost all the curls were gone. I hope that they got the pictured taken before that happened! We will see when we get her pics back.
(Zach got his pic made too, but he wouldn't let me touch his hair, so I didn't bother to take his pic.... besides, there isn't that much on top of his head to mess up!)

GO DRAGONS

Lazy Dog

Our dog Joe fell asleep like this in our kitchen floor... what a bum

8 years ago today....

8 years ago today was the day I became a mommy! It was one of the best days of my life!
Today is my son Zachary's birthday! Happy Birthday Zachary, I'm so proud of you!

Pics of Saturday's game

There was a photographer on the sidelines at the game Saturday. Here is the link if you are interested in looking.... Zach is #10 and is in 4 of the 130 or so pics....
Sure Shot Action Photos Click the "Photo Gallery" button and then "INFC Youth Football" then "3rd grade Owasso vs Broken Arrow"

Sept. 23 game

The team Ashleigh cheers for, the DRAGONS, won yesterday. Those little ones are sooooo cute... on one of the touchdown runs, the little boy carrying the ball took a moment to look at the fans on the sideline and shot us a big "look at me" grin... before running into the endzone.
Zach's team won 35 - 0 against Broken Arrow. The boys played really well again and Zach even got to make a kick off return. He only ran for 2 or 3 yards, but at least he got to touch the ball. I was proud. After the game, that is the first thing that he mentioned. He said "mom, did you see me?" ... I gave him a big hug and told him I was proud of him! His team is now 4-0. Next weeks game at Berryhill will be a test for us, cause they are a really tough team. GO RAMS!

Starting to not feel sorry for them anymore!

(stepping up on soap box)
Okay. In my last post, I stated that OU was cheated at the Oregon game and that I felt sorry for them. We ALL know that they were cheated... and now, the officials who made the bad calls are being punished, which is the right thing to do. They should be punished for it, cause it totally changed the outcome of the game.
But, I am starting to lose my sympathy for OU cause they won't let it go....
It was just a game and an NON CONFERENCE one at that. I don't think it sends a good message to our youth to keep whining about it... yes, I know that Oregon was a ranked team and yes I know that it knocked OU down the polls a bit... but they are STILL in the top 25!
We know that OU was cheated, we know that it was because bad calls, but now OU needs to quit dwelling on the Oregon game and show the world that they can rise above it.
I, as an OSU fan, am accustomed to losing and moving on, OU fans, if you need any lessons on "how to accept a loss" I am sure that I can start teaching classes on it. An REAL fan is a fan NO MATTER WHAT the outcome of the game.
(now I will climb down from my soap box.... OU, please don't give me reason to climb back up on it!)

OU was cheated

Yep.... you saw it here on my blog.... OU was cheated the other day when they played Oregon. As much as I hate to admit it, I actually felt sorry for OU the other day cause there was some really BAD calls made in that game and OU probably would've won if those bad calls weren't made. Now don't get me wrong, I usually don't mind when OU gets beat, (I usually enjoy it thoroughly, jump for joy, etc....) but I want them beat fair and square not by bad officiating!
(BTW, I still bleed ORANGE and BLACK!)

Kid pics

Our Cheerleader, Football player and the "little sis" cheerleader.... Allie says that she wants to be a cheerleader when she "grows up"

Pic from behind my house

Here is a pic I took the other morning behind my house before the fog lifted....

Today's score....

3rd Grade
Owasso Black - 34
Glenpool Blue - 0

Please keep one of Glenpool's players in your prayers. He was hit pretty hard toward the beginning of the game, and an ambulance was called after about 30 minutes. We are all praying that he is okay.

Sport's schedule for the weekend

Here's the kid's schedules for this weekend....Ashleigh - 10 AM (Owasso Sportsplex (they play in the back right corner)) GO DRAGONS!
Zach - @Glenpool (Glenpool HS field) at 12:30PM
Dylan - @Home (Owasso HS field) at 3PM
GO RAMS!

Powerful Video

A friend of mine sent me a link from "YOU TUBE" today... it's very powerful and to the point! All I could say was "WOW" at the end....
CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO

Ashleigh's first slumber party

Ashleigh went to her first slumber party last night. It was at her cheerleading coaches house and she had a blast!
I think it was harder on me than it was her cause it's not very often that I don't have all of my little ones "in the nest"! But I did OK and so did she.

Team of the week

Every week, there is a FOR (Future Owasso Rams) "team of the week". This week Third Grade Black was selected! It's a great group of boys and is well deserved! Congratulations, boys!

Sept 9th Football Game

My son's team won their football game today over Jenks. As Zach put it, "they kicked some Trojan butt"
Owasso Black - 33
Jenks Gold - 6

GO RAMS!!!!!

Sanity check

After Saturday, I may have to have a sanity check done. It's gonna be a BUSY day! Zach has football pics first thing, then a game, then 30 minutes after Zach's game starts, Ashleigh has a game to cheer at. Then, she has practice afterwards and a slumber party.... after Z's game, we have a neighborhood block party to go to for a little while that afternoon and then Zach has a football party later that evening.... So, after all of that, I may need to have someone check my "marble count" because I only have a few more "marbles" left and I think that I may loose them all after Saturday!
Ashleigh's coach asked if they could do team pictures that day and when I frantically said "could we do it some other time?" they, thank goodness, changed the time to sometime next week!

My little Cheerleader

Tonight was Ashleigh's first game to cheer at and they all did a great job.... Ashleigh, of course, was the loudest.... and if you ask me, she was the cutest! (I might be just a little biased tho!)

Goofy dog

Okay. It's official. My dog Joey is GOOFY!
I bought him a dog waterer so that he wouldn't run out of water so quickly.... and everytime it refills itself after he takes a drink, it bubbles.... it makes him jump back and run away every time.... I am hoping that he would be a little more brave if he ever had to protect the family! I knew that Joey was skiddish but I didn't realize he was THAT jumpy!

TODAY'S GAME

UNION - Crimson - 0
OWASSO - Black - 14
GO RAMS!

MRI

I have a MRI scheduled on Monday morning to see what is going on with the herniated disk in my neck.

"Joe Cool"

The other day, my husband found his old goggles.... he just HAD to put them on our Golden Retriever, Joe... doesn't he look cool?

1st day of school (August 17th)

Ashleigh's first day of Kindergarten

Showing off the backpacks

Allie had to get into the picture too, she's having "school" at home with mom....

Zachary's 1st day of 3rd grade

Zach's first scrimmage

Here are some pics from Zach's first scrimmage.... the team scored 5 touchdowns on Jenks in 15 minutes... the boys did really well... (Zach is wearing the black jersey with white pants...)

Zach's first football practice....

Here are some pics of Zach's first football practice.... he's the one in the red shirt, black shorts....

Went to the doc

Well, after much prodding from my son, I finally went to the doc. It seems that it wasn't a sprain or a fracture. I have something called a "Ganglion cyst" on my wrist... it is a benign cyst, but causes pain and discomfort.... the doc said that I may have to have it surgically removed.. I am going to see an orthopedic doctor soon to see what he/she says. But, the ganglion isn't what was causing the majority of my pain.... it seems that I have another problem causing the pain. I have a herniated disk in my neck causing all my pain... right now I am on some meds that will help that but have a MRI coming up soon to see just how bad it is.... ONLY ME....
Thank goodness my son was persistent.... most of the time I am NOT thankful for that, but this time I am!

Hurt my wrist last week....

Don't know what I did, but I hurt my wrist last week! I wore a brace for 3 or 4 days but got tired of it..... now it's swelling up again, so I guess I had better put my brace back on and possibly go to the doctor. Ho Hum....
I have had several people ask me what happened, then offer me their opinion.... most have said "you may have fractured it..." others have said "it looks like a bad sprain...."I hope they are all wrong, cause I don't have time to have either of those things be wrong (or anything else for that matter)!
I mainly quit wearing the brace because I got tired of people asking me what happened and then getting their opinion about what I "should do, shouldn't do" etc...... (Sometimes I feel like having a hand out made of what happened to give out to people when they ask me.... so that I don't have to explain it over and over again or have a t-shirt that tells the story....)
Sigh... guess I will break down and go to the doctor.... eventually. At least it is still attached. As I tell my kids when they get hurt "It will feel better when it quits hurting" :)

Zach's 2nd scrimmage....

Zach's team had a scrimmage in Wagoner on Saturday. The team did really well.
We even did well against the Tulsa Boy's Club team. They are a pretty good team with some really good players and they only scored on us once.... and it was during our 4th session during the scrimmage, so the boys were worn out, and still did pretty well. Zach even took some pretty hard hits and bounced right back up. When I asked him if it hurt, he said "NO! It doesn't hurt at all" Guess he is getting tougher. I'd only get hit once like that and would say "I'm not playing any more!"

Football Schedule

Here is Zach's football schedule....

Date -Grade -Time -HomeTeam -VisitorTeam -Field Game
8/26/2006 -3 1:30 PM -Union Crimson -Owasso Black -TUTTLE
9/9/2006- 3 10:30 AM -Owasso Black -Jenks Gold -H.S.
9/16/2006- 3 12:30 PM -Glenpool Blue -Owasso Black
9/23/2006 -3 6:00 PM- Owasso Black -Broken Arrow White -H.S.
9/30/2006- 3 2:00 PM -Berryhill- Owasso Black- BERRYHILL
10/7/2006- 3 1:00 PM -Owasso Black- Pryor Blue -TRACK
10/14/2006 -3 11:00 AM- Sapulpa Blue -Owasso Black- H.S.
10/21/2006- 3 11:30 AM- Owasso Black -Sand Springs Black -TRACK
10/28/2006- 3 11:00 AM -Collinsville Black -Owasso Black

Zach's 2nd scrimmage

Zach's 2nd scrimmage is this coming Saturday, from 8AM - 10AM in Wagoner. You all know that I don't do mornings very well! (Last weeks was from 8AM - 10AM in Inola.)
The good thing about it is that we get to play while it isn't quite so hot.... and we get done early enough so that the day isn't "gone"..... but MAN it's early!

Son's first scrimmage

My son's football team, Owasso Third Grade Black, had their first scrimmage on Saturday. They played really well considering they have only practiced together for 2 weeks!
They did well on offense and defense. They scored 4 touchdowns in one 15 minute scrimmage against Jenks!
They have another scrimmage this Saturday and have their first game on Labor Day weekend.
GO RAMS!

What kind of American English do you speak?

Thought that this was fun to do. I found it on a friend's blog.....

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

15% Dixie

15% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Too funny not to share (sorry OU fans)

This was in an email I received yesterday..... I assume that it was started by a Texas fan.....



When my son heard about what Bomar did on the news, he said "Well, THAT was stupid!"

Which Sesame Street Character are you? Here are my results, I'm Ernie!

You Are Ernie

Playful and childlike, you are everyone's favorite friend - even if your goofy antics get annoying at times. You are usually feeling: Amused - you are very easily entertained You are famous for: Always making people smile. From your silly songs to your wild pranks, you keep things fun. How you life your life: With ease. Life is only difficult when your friends won't play with you!

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz