Our CHRISTmas

We have a few traditions in our house. One of them is that on Christmas morning everyone must be up before anyone goes to see what Santa brought. This is a picture of the instant I said "OK, go!" We all see what Santa brought then have breakfast. After breakfast we sit down and take turns opening presents. This works well for us but it tends to point out who got the most presents that year (me this year). We all got wonderful presents and would mention them but won't for fear of leaving out one and causing consternation among the many gift givers. I will relate one incident however. Around one o'clock mom called to see how we all fared and to ask a question. She wondered if Hillbilly sis would be offended if she sent back the hot chocolate maker that mom got from her. She said that her and Glenn didn't drink hot chocolate because of the milk and the chocolate involved. I told her to keep it and to make HC for guests when they came by. She was in a regular dither about what to do. I continued to encourage her to keep it and have it for guests. Well apparently Hillbilly bro-in-law called later and mentioned that the HC maker was for us. You never saw mom more relieved when she learned the news. Even today mom mentioned to Wife how relieved she was that the dreaded HC maker was ours. I didn't realise how much worry a (very nice, thanks much H. sis) hot chocolate maker could cause in a persons life.
This is a view of the sunrise Christmas morning.

Just another Sunday

I asked Sparky to clean the table off for dinner. I don't think 'Leenie approves of how he did it.
I just found out that the Bowldoggs now have a blog. Is there anyone else out there who has a blog and not telling me? You know it's an easy way to keep everyone informed and a fairly good way to keep a journal too.

Busy night

It started before I even got home. I stopped to pick up 'Leenie from Wife's work but 'Leenie needed to have some more chow so I took a nap on the junior high stage for about half an hour while Wife took care of the situation. As soon as I got home G-man told me that Linc needed his game Jersey because he had a Freshman game at 5:30. Well I wasn't exactly sure which uniform he needed so I put all his stuff in a bag and took it to him. I got back and Holl started dinner. I left for the game after calling Wyo Sis. It was against JHole (Linc plays JV against them at Jack's son tomorrow evening). They had a 6'4" kid on their team (who fouled out in the middle of fourth) that Linc guarded. Linc had nine(9) points and ten (10) rebounds with three (3) blocked shots and I'm not sure how many assists with just two fouls. Alas it was in a loosing effort. Directly after the game we crossed the hall to 'She and Holl's concert. I drove Linc and Sparky home to be with G-man (who wasn't feeling well) then I drove back to the high school (for the third time) and just missed hearing 'She play in the 7th grade orchestra (she is first chair viola). I did get to hear the 8th grade orchestra play (sorry, but it sounded like several cats being pulled through a knot hole backwards, all be it to a beat and close to in tune). Fortunately Holl played last so I was able to hear her play. By the time we all got back home it was 9:00. I'm not commenting on how 'She played, I'm sure if I would have heard her play it would have been much better than the sound of cats being maltreated.
I have had bronchitis for a month and have been on medicine for several days with out any change so Wife got a stronger prescription for me today. The label said that I may get dizzy or drowsy (two dwarfs of mixed reputation). Hopefully this will fix the crud.

Update

Linc is home. He played in three games (Jailtown, Razertown, and Capital City Midpoint). Thursday they played Jailtown and won by a wide margin (71:27). Then Friday they played the Razertown Dromedaries and lost badly(100:29). However Linc had six points in the losing effort. Then Friday they beat the Capital City Midpoints by a slim margin(eight points) with Linc defending against "real big black guys" and making two points. *(the names have been changed to confuse the innocent)*

The pictures have arrived Lisvins!

L3g0's and B-ball

Here is another example of the boys and their thinking. These are "walkers" that G-man and Sparky came up with. If you look closely you can see what they are made of.
P.S. We haven't gotten our family pictures yet but then again I haven't gone to the post office yet today. Also I haven't written anything about Linc's trip to the "fire canyon" tournament at "Rio Verde" because he isn't home yet and S-I-L BL hasn't called with an update. (Brooker had a nephew and a brother-in-law playing on the same JV team) They don't announce the scores for JV on the radio so I'm in the dark about what has happened.

More like Huck-a-bomb

I thought this country was past worrying about what race, gender, or religion a person was and was more concerned about that that person stood for and what there values are. I didn't think we were electing a religion to run the country, I thought we were electing a person for president. ... My bad!

more 'Leenie

This was taken this afternoon when I brought her home from her daily trip to the middle school with mommy. She is doing so much better at sleeping through the night and is starting to smile some (might just be gas).
Linc heads out tomorrow to a tournament in "Rio Verde" for three days.
G-man found an ad the other day for our variety store that described a radio controlled car as being able to "go forward, backward and reverse!" That must be quite the car.
I thought I would also post a picture of the cat. You might be able to see that he is now striped. What you don't see is how he smells and how he ambushes people at the slightest provocation.

SV vs. SR

Well they gave it a good try. It was 31 to 51 with the Asp Creek Kitties winning. Linc wore #44 but the other Freshman also wore #44. After several minutes of the first quarter the refs noticed the problem and called a technical foul and had the other kid change his shirt. Well it was a losing effort but Linc had 4 offencive and 2 defencive rebounds with two blocks and several shot attempts with no luck. He feels bad that he isn't scoring points but he is getting lots of playing time (about 20 minutes a game). I think the coaches see the potential in him that I do and are trying to get him as much experience as possible.

'Pelier

Just got back from over the hill and Linc's JV game. They won 39 to 32 in a rather low scoring deal. It's interesting watching Linc play against a 6'8" Junior. He held his own when it came to fighting for position but the extra 5-6 inches was a challenge to him. He also played against a kid who looked about 6' and 220 pounds. Anyway he did well and had one assist, one block and two rebounds. He took three shots but couldn't buy a point. I think he felt good about what he did at least I hope he felt good about it. He has another game tomorrow at 12:30 (did you read that Wyo Sis?). The roads over there were snow covered and slick but there had to be close to one hundred SV people there. Some didn't even have any kids playing but just came to watch. I will try to get some pictures tomorrow.

Another game

50 to 45 over the Red Mephistopheles. Linc had two points and many rebounds and blocked shots. This was a Freshman game. Friday is another one at Bear Lake then another one Saturday here.
They tell me I did a good job talking at Mama Grahams funeral so I guess I did OK.
More later.

More traditions

Since Wife and I were only engaged we had the tradition of going into the hills after our own Christmas tree. We have had to travel four hours at times but we have to the best of my middle aged memory. (my dear kids have corrected me and have pointed out that one year we had a fake tree. Wife claims that we had a real and a fake tree at the same time but what ever.) We usually go out the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving but it is a week late this year. We have had some interesting times doing this such as the time we were almost broadsided by a mine truck in our van and the time we were stuck behind a pick-up and trailer that was stuck in the snow. This year was rather uneventful with only about four inches up the canyon that we went. We took our dog and he seemed rather happy to get out and run his little heart out. We were even able to catch him relatively easy. We went a bit nuts and bought some more lights for the house and the tree (this is what constitutes nuts for us).
In sports; Linc went to a game in Ogden and played a team from Vernal. He had three points and I think six rebounds at least that is what I remember hearing at 1:30 this morning when he got home. Did I mention that he (a Freshman) is playing (Starting Center) junior varsity this year? He has a game Friday in Montpelier and one Saturday here then the next week he goes for three days to a tournament at Flaming Gorge (I think that is around Green River).
in weather; we are starting to get some snow an I suppose we need more or rather the spud farmers want us to get more.
In other news; mom seems to have some kind of sickness. Glenn came over this morning to escape for a few minutes and ask a question about their fireplace. I haven't heard from Rob yet but see that the funeral will be on Tuesday. I hope they have good driving weather. Holl had a sleep over at a friend's house. She went home on the bus with her and ended up staying the night. She used her gym cloths as pajamas ("I don't sweat a lot in them") and brushed her teeth with her finger (not a new thing for her). She too stayed up until 1:00 or 2:00. Two tired teenagers in the same house with a newborn and two tweener boys- pure joy!