Life is Never Boring if you have a Connor...

Rugger Rat…Connor continues to excel at Rugby. His team is still undefeated as the now head into playoffs. He plays wing (left or right), outside center, and the teams goal kicker. Practice is three days a week for 2 hours with a game played every Saturday. The league is a High School Club league with 3 divisions…division one being the highest. Connor’s team plays division 3. At the start of the season they had 4 boys with any Rugby experience. At the beginning of the season they had a couple of friendly matches (scrimmages) where they played a division one and a division two team and beat them both. The regular season is over now. The Bulls (team name) averaged 30 points a match, while holding their opponents to an average of 6 points per match – (scoring = 5pts per try, or end zone score and 2pts per conversion kick)
The league consists of teams from Southwest Washington and all of Oregon. We had 4 games in Battle Ground and 3 games in Oregon, traveling to Salem (1.5 hour drive) and Eugene (2.5 hour drive). The state tournament is held in North Portland, just across the river (45 minute drive) with a game each week (if you win…win or go home).
I read somewhere about Rugby…it is a sport where men show up as gentlemen, play like barbarians, and leave as gentlemen. After each match, the home team plays true host and feeds the away team. So, after beating each other up on the field, the teams eat together as if nothing had just happened.
Jennifer’s job this year…she volunteered to coordinate all the home game meals. After the first match, she provided food for sub-sandwiches. Not knowing how much to get and wanting more than less…well let’s just say, the following week we had sub-sandwiches. The following two weeks were chili dogs and then hamburgers on the grill. She was awesome and good parent support
My job, or should I say jobs, have been photographer, sweatshirt organizer, and web designer (my first one -/https://sites.google.com/site/battlegroundrugby/- thank goodness for templates)

Megan loves this picture...

This was a Sunday morning. It was just Connor and I and he had just got a brand new suit coat.

Connor was tired and a little grumpy.

By the time church was over - there was sunshine in his soul.

One of our home teaching families has four ducks. The family went out of town and it was Connor's and my job to herd the ducks into their pen each night. One night, Connor found the 'bouncy horse' and had to give it a try. The late night and darkness made for a pretty cool picture...and a little creepy too.

How about them apples...? One thing that fire cadets is helping Connor - biceps. In one day - due to running over a hose, not shaving, and a couple other misdemeanors = 725 push ups in one day (a two hour period)

I asked Connor to come downstairs and do the dishes...he drug himself across the floor, down the stairs and into the kitchen. He was 'hurting' from either rugby practice or cadets...afterwards he was hurting from stair rolling!