Happy Birthday Christian!

Same picture....almost. Same cousins and sitting in exactly the same spot.

Just cute!

Ashley, Christian, Miquel

born 4 months apart.

courtesy of harrisphotogallery

Some really great things about Christian are:

He likes to hunt, fish, and camp.

He is so mysterious, keeps you guessing (literally)

He is a gentleman

He loves the outdoors

Sooo cute

He's very independent. I have no worries about him as an adult, or providing for his family.

He is very loyal to his friends, hence he has many.

He is very very smart.

He's very witty, catches on to things very quick.

He has an amazing kick, from where he stands in the goal, he can make it to the other end and have an assist. He's done that several times.

He hugs me...mostly.

He's great with kids.

...and my favorite thing about him is

he's sooooo super super FUNNY!!

I love you honey! Happy Birthday!

Wanna see something special?

Girls with their dads at the beginning, boys with their moms at the end. We start in the back and end up in the front.

Keeper Christian

Christian is the keeper (or goalie if you don't know what that means) for his U17 team. He got injured during this game and has a line/fracture in the middle of his tib/fib. He and another guy went together to get the ball, the kid got Christian shin (through his shin gaurd) and clipped him a good one. Can you say:

DRINK MORE MILK!!!

(he drinks none 4th fracture)

Christian shook it off but he's got a dent in his leg. The dr. put him in an air cast so he can wear it to homecoming and will be able to boogie. Here are some shots of him in action. Pictures...compliments of Tyler.

Here is the perp.

Not so much action I guess, he mostly just stands around...

My new favorite thing

I just have to share my new favorite thing. No I'm not getting paid to advertise for products on my blog but I wanted to share. Have you ever wondered why frozen yogurt is even called yogurt? To me it still tastes like ice cream but you get that warm fuzzy feeling for your brain that you're eating healthy ice cream. I like ice cream but when I want to eat frozen yogurt I want it to taste like yogurt. I have found my answer. I was with my friend buying some things for our coupon shopping and found a coupon taped to the freezer door in Albretson (as Ty used to call it) for this new product. I tried it and loved it..Here it is:
Stoneridge Creamery "Tart" frozen yogurt. I have only found so far in Albertson's, although it looks like maybe they have at Walgreens too.

Favorite Flavor: PEACH, tried them all but Vanilla

Homecoming for Christian

Christian asked a cute girl named Breanna to Homecoming this year. Christian planned, carried out, and executed the asking all by himself. I didn't help nor was I involved.

That, my friend, is illegal.

Here is how he asked her. He bought a pin'ate and some candy "reisens". This is what he said..."I'll give you 14 "reisens" to go to Homecoming with me. I thought that was especially cute. Since I wasn't involved I don't have any pictures...(cough..cough) But Breanna came over last night and answered him. She wanted to decorate his room... Yes I was involved so I took some pictures.

HER ANSWER:

She had a bunch of balloons and candy on his bed.

Can you see the look of surprise on his face?!! He had no idea that she was coming over. Her mom called and talked to me and asked that he be taken somewhere while Breanna came over to decorate his room. Christian did a whirlwind of a job (it was already pretty clean) but neglected to make his bed. The only place she wanted to decorate. So we all made his bed real fast. Christian popped all the balloons in about 22 seconds but didn't think that he'd have to find any papers. Popping the balloons that fast threw any sort of paper all over the place. Which made it that much more fun to find.


First the "S"
It could have been "No way Jo"S"e."


"ES"

And there you have it.

Sheep Dog Fun

For Labor Day we went to Midway to enjoy some sheep dog herding. I would recommend that to anyone. They boys got bored real fast and I could have stayed longer...Here are some fun shots of the dogs. I also watched some dogs herd some ducks. That was fun.

The dog was let go and had to run up a mountain side to fetch the first batch of 8 sheep on the "first lift". Bring them through a gate and down to a certain point.

Here is another activity that you could watch. That was fun too.

Next the border collie ran up on another side of the mountain and fetched another set of 8 red collared sheep, guide them through another gate and bring them to the first group of sheep.

Then the dog gathered all 16 sheep and brought them to the farmer. To get the most points you had to keep 5 red collared sheep and discard the rest. The sheep like to be with their friends so they always wanted to run to the other group. The dog's job was to keep the sheep in front of the farmer. The farmer would select the ones and try to separate them to another section of the yard.

Tyler's a Keeper

We'll keep Tyler but he's also a great goal keeper. Here are some pictures of him in action. I believe the score of this game was tied.