Rugger Rats...

Connor and I (plus a couple of his teammates from his Rugby team) went to a two day collegiate rugby sevens tournament.

There were Div I and Div II teams present from the northwest...

16 team tournament that include representation from Oregon, WA, Oregon St, WA state, Idaho and teams from central WA and OR. The team that won was the team in PINK (they were honoring Breast Cancer awareness month).

Some teams dominated (scores around 52-0 and 49-0) while most of the matches were fairly close.

Rugby Sevens is a seven-a-side team instead of the traditional 13 or 15 member teams.

The tournament started with a 4-team 4 group round robin.

Then the top 3 teams from each group went on to play 'a lose your out' finale.

Also, with two 7-minute halves and a 4-minute half-time, the games went quick.

Chores, Jobs, works, cleaning, it's all the same...but more fun

This was one of our latest projects/FHE/craft time at the dinner table...


Part one was create a character. Even Cody made one. We dress it and each one of us 'made it our own'. Connor went for shock value...Cody was a strong man and wanted to be bigger than everyone else, Jessica is holding a cat, Jen has a cool button, and I am holding my droid


Then we divided he house into to different sections that each of us will be responsible for. Our resident artist created icon for each of the areas.

Now each week, everyone makes sure their areas are cleaned and taken care of...

MY new photo page...

I now have my own page...a photo a day MOSTLY from my cell phone


It's located at -------http://cellfishpics.blogspot.com


I put a a link from my other blog

Tiger football 2010

The crisp fall air has arrived and that means only one thing...football - OK, two things, 1. football and 2. Summer is gone and fall has arrived.

Another football season is now upon us and I find myself sitting in the crows nest, on Friday nights, announcing BGHS Tiger Football.

Things I like about being the football announcer -

• I get in free.
• I don't have to work in concessions
• I know I am better than the announcer I replaced - "And Battle Ground has first and ten on the 52 yard line" or "Great 17 yd run by Bobby Smith" (it was a pass to Billy Jones)
• Best seat in the house
• I get to sit by the offense and defense coordinators for both teams and listen
• At least once a year I get to sing the National Anthem
• Free Hot Chocolate - brought to me
• I get to help generate excitement
• I can serve my community

My totally favorite thing...Once a year the football officials throughout the state of Washington use blue flags instead of the standard yellow one - to be awareness to prostate cancer. Once a game I say - while the officials are bending over and picking up their flags - "As the officials bend over to pick up their BLUE flags let that be a reminder of prostate cancer awareness week."

Things I don't like about being the football announcer -

• Too many stairs to climb - where is the elevator
• The bathroom is sooooo far away -only one hot chocolate per game please
• The mediocre record each year
• The years when the student spirit is down. There are years where the students support athletics and then there are years that the student body lacks. This year is an up year (last year was the worst in the past 10 years)
• The score keeper likes to talk to me...while I am on the microphone speaking.
• 35-7 blow outs, but only if BG is on the losing end
• The "volume battle" with the dance team coach..."I can't hear it." ummm maybe because you are shut in a little booth above the speakers. Now the senior alum have bleeding eardrums

Baseball is over in Portland...forever

Baseball is gone...the season is over and the team is leaving. The baseball team owner took a big risk and thought he could convince the city to build a new baseball stadium in the middle of a recession. He committed to MLS (Major League Soccer). One of the league rules in MLS is that your soccer stadium is just that - a soccer stadium, not to be shared with any other sport.

The Taylor family went to 2 of the last 3 Portland Beaver Triple A baseball games. We only missed the third game because it was on Sunday.

I found a great deal weeks ago online - every ticket for the last three games - $1.00 each, even the reserved infield seats. Soooooo....I bought 8 tickets (the max number) for Saturday nights and Monday afternoons game. We had a blast

We will miss baseball in Portland. The nearest baseball game is now 2 hours away.

One cool thing I did learn was the my Droid does a complete panoramic photo shoot...I think I would rather have baseball.

Tonight's the Night...

I know, I know I have been a fail-blogger.

Tonight I have a window of time to get things going again.

It's like dieting...until you give it your direct attention and focus, it isn't going to happen.

By putting this out their I help motivate myself to get going again!