Wednesday, November 17

Noah's Football Banquet


Noah had his football banquet Saturday afternoon,
also at the Pizza Pie Cafe.
This little team was so excited because they were the Champions for their age group!


Coach Higbee talking about Noah and giving him a gift from the coaches.
A picture of him making a solo tackle on a ball carrier!
What a fun thing for the coach to do.
He gave a picture to each one of the boys!
Noah loves his and proudly shows it to everyone.
He had such a great team. And I really loved his coaches.
They worked really hard with the boys,
but were very laid back and made it a really fun year for the team.
It was never all about winning...
it was about loving the game of football and having a good time.
I guess that is the secret to winning games and championships!!



McKenzie came down from Logan for the weekend
and was able to go to the banquet with us.
The boys love it when she is home!
Funny they were making all the same faces!



I love being a football mom
and have really loved watching all of my boys play football this year!
I am so excited for next year
and look forward to all of the chaos again!!

Finally...a Haircut!


For months I have been complaining about Daniels hair.
He was letting it grow all of Football season
saying he would not cut it until it was over!
Well Football season is over........
and I have a new son I hardly recognize!
His hair had gone pretty blond from the sun.
It was shocking to see his hair brown again!


Love the new haircut!
So does he. He actually had been wanting to get it cut for awhile,
but had to hold out.........


Looking Good!
I am sure all the girls at school are going crazy now.........

Tuesday, November 16

Falling Short


Does this look like a team that just the night before
lost the Championship Game by "1" lousy point?
Well, it is....so sad..... but they seem to be doing ok!


Thursday Nov. 11, was not a good day for Lone Peak Football.
We started the day by attending the Lone Peak High School semi final game
against Fremont up at the University of Utah.
It was a whopping 38 degrees. It was so cold.
Noah opted for Dippen Dots over Hot Chocolate.
My kids have never been ones to pass up Dippen Dots!



Michael Welch above....
It was not a good game.
I think they had like 9 turnovers in this game.
Just when I thought they were going to score and pull ahead...
another turnover.
It is shocking they were able to stay as close as they did in score.
In the end they ended up losing their chance to go to the State Championship!

I was so hoping it was not a sign for what was to come later in the day
when Daniels team would play PG for the 9th grade Championship.
For some reason I was not having a good feeling about his game!



From the very beginning it started bad with PG and the Ref's
trying to start the game a 1/2 hour before the scheduled time.
Before our boys had a chance to warm up
and before most of the parents and fans even had a chance to arrive.
It got ugly with one of our coaches almost being thrown out
before the game even started,
and PG fans and parents yelling at our boys to get off the field and start the game.
I just sat there in the stands thinking to myself, "Oh this is not good."
I showed a dad with an I phone
how to get to the official website so that we could show the refs
the correct starting time which was 6:00.
That helped with the refs but did not calm the ugliness that was coming from their fans!


I think the boys tried to ignore it, but you had to wonder if it was getting in their heads!


Above is the funniest warm up I have ever seen,
but apparently they are stretching their necks! O.K.!


Team Cheer before the start of the game......


Daniel played quarterback as well as corner on deffense.
It seemed to be a repeat of the high school game.
Turnover after turnover.
Not a pretty game to watch, although Daniel did have some great passes
as well as some good runs,
but just could not make up for a lot of other mistakes by the team.
At 1/2 time the score was Lone Peak 6 and PG 7.




Unfortunately things did not go better in the 2nd 1/2.
They were able to hold PG but were not able to score on offense.
Early in the 4th quarter a fight broke out,
that resulted in one of our coaches being thrown out,
police being called, etc.....
All of this was the fault of PG.
They just play dirty. Their coaches are mean and rude
as well as their fans.
Final score at the end of the game 6-7 PG!
I felt bad for the boys, but they had a great season.
Just too bad that their only loss in league play was in the Championship game!


The picture above is kind of a find waldo picture
except it is a find Daniel. I can see him, can you?
He is not where you think he is.......
Also Bobby is in this picture too! Can you find him?


Friday Night they had their team party at The Pizza Pie Cafe!
Surprisingly they had all moved on and seemed to be in good spirits!


It was a fun year for Daniel! His first year on a winning team!
He had good teammates and great coaches,
and I think he really improved on all levels.
Really can't complain about anything this season...
I think he always played his very best,
and he has to feel good about that!


As for me, as much as I love football
I have to say I am ready for it to be over.
I know come Saturday I may be wishing for a game to go to though!
I have really, really enjoyed watching Daniel play this year.
It has been so much fun!


Daniel and Coach Tellaroli
This coach always yelled at Daniel. No matter what he did!
He told me that he yelled at Daniel because he liked him!
Well, I would say as much as he yelled,
he actually LOVED Daniel, A LOT!!!!!!

Congratulations on a Great Football Season Daniel!!!

Thursday, November 11

Lady Antebellum


A couple of weeks ago the girls and I went to a Lady Antebellum Concert!
They were so, so good!
And we had so much fun! They have the greatest songs....
and it was just a really fun girls night out!
Just lots of laughing and lots of fun!!!


We Are The Champions!


Noah's Team played in the Championship game on Saturday.
They played the Pleasant Grove Team that was the only team to beat them this year!
Well, it was payback as Noah's team beat them 20 - 0
and won the 2010 Championship and the 1st/2nd grade division!
How exciting is that?
It was so fun because they got to play on the real turf of a high School field,
and they had an announcer there announcing the game.
It was so fun because Noah's name was said over the loud speaker several times!
I had to laugh because they announced him as making a play once,
and he wasn't even in the game. He was standing on the side line!!



Receiving instructions from Coach Higbee.
Noah had great coaches this year. They were pretty laid back and easy going!
They made it fun to play football and the boys learned so much too!


I was looking at the picture above wondering where Noah was,
but then I realized he was behind the Ref.
I recognized his foot because his shoes never seem to be tied!
Below Bobby is being a good big brother and is helping him out with that
untied shoe!



Bridger loved the team mascot but was a little nervous to touch it!




Noah got a chance to run with the ball! He was so happy about that!


Asking "Uncle" Tom, "Coach can I go in now?"



At the end of the game the team did a big Dog pile on one of their coaches
in celebration of the big WIN!!!!


Each Boy got their name announced and were awarded a medal!


Noah and JT Patterson.
I am thinking they are about 3rd cousins or something..
they have so much fun playing on the same team!


Is Bobby saying that Noah is #1
or that the Oregon Ducks are #1?
Both would be true!!!!!


Each Boy also got a Championship t shirt!
How fun is that!


Way to go Noah!! Congratulations!!!
What a Great Season!