Are you ready for some football?

On September 19th we took a nice drive up to Wimberely to watch our youngest nephew Ricky play football against a team from Dripping Springs. Ricky played quarterback this season. When Gerald and I got to the game we took one look at the players warming up on the field and thought we were at the wrong field because the opposing team looked like high school freshmen! Ricky's team mates were a little intimidated when they first saw these guys. For the first few plays the team was a little shaky but once they made some tackles they gained their confidence. As the game went on it was like watching David vs Goliath! Ricky's team kicked butt! They wore down the big guys and in the end they won! The game was tied at zero but in the last few seconds of the game Ricky saw an opening and ran the ball in for the winning touchdown! Yay Ricky! I was down on the sidelines taking pictures and when I realized what was happening I dropped the camera (it was on a strap around my neck so no I didn't break it) and cheered Ricky on to his touchdown. I was so bummed that in all the excitement I didn't get a picture of the touchdown...Yay Rangers!

Ricky #40 AFTER the winning touchdown!

Nephew Randy did awesome this season! He played for Smithson Valley Middle School as safety on defense and receiver on offense. I was at the last game which was for district and it was exciting to say the least! In the end they won...Yay Mustags District Champions! Randy ended his season with a total of 5 touchdowns, a forced fumble, scooped up a fumble by the opposing team and ran it in for a touchdown and had several tackles for the year! Way to go Randy!

Randy #11 on the end

Earnest finished up his first season at Sul Ross on November 14th. He had an awesome year! He started in every game as a defensive linebacker. He finished #3 defensive player for the team, he placed 10th out of over 50 in conference for tackles, he was one of four freshmen nominated by the coaches in his conference for freshman of the year (a kid from Mary Hardin-Baylor won), and he was one of five freshman named to the conference honorable mention list! Way to go Earnest!

Earnest #11 Homecoming with team mates

El Paso Trip

In September we went to El Paso to visit dad and Yolanda and to watch Earnest play. Sul Ross had a non-conference game on the 12th. Sadly they lost, but played a great game. Earnest played pretty much the whole game with the exception of a much needed break after he ran approx. 60 yds. to tackle the receiver just before the goal line! We had a great time watching him play!

Gerald, Dad, Earnest, Yolanda

One of the things I miss about El Paso are the mountains. I forget how much I miss them until I see them again...

View from Dad and Yolanda's house

An unexpected surprise happened when Gerald and I rolled into town. We took a little drive through our old neighborhood before getting to dad and Yolanda's. We were driving down a street that some dear friends live on. We were looking for their old house. Now let me back up and explain that they had in recent years moved to another house on the same street but we did not know where it was. Anyways, right about the time we found their old house Gerald says "I wonder where their new house is?". I look over and about 2 houses down on the other side of the street there stood Len and Judy in their driveway! Now what were the odds of us driving down their street at just the time that they would be out in their driveway? Boy were we so glad to see them! They invited us in and we had a wonderful visit!

On our way home we stopped at Balmorhea State Park. Gerald hadn't been there in 40 years and I had never been. It was a nice relaxing trip!