Brandon's SCC Spotlight

Brandon had mentioned a couple weeks ago that he was interviewed at school but he wasn't sure what they were going to do with it. Well, I've been doing some research to find out where they might be posting it. They televised one of his games last week but it wasn't part of that. Anyway, this morning I found it posted on the Maricopa Community College website at www.maricopa.edu/mctv in their Inside Maricopa Sports segment. It's a great spotlight if you want to check it out...

Molly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!!

Today is Chris' birthday. He turned 22 today. It's hard to believe!

We had him and Tiffany over for dinner; spaghetti w/hot Italian sausage and white cake and ice cream. We got him a couple pair of new Vans (shoes). Unfortunately, we didn't get pictures of them but he was excited. His old ones were getting pretty ragged. Happy Birthday Chris! We love you!!!
Tyler and Sharon came over to help celebrate too.

Chris & Tyler both brought the 'grandpuppies' over tonight as well.
Einstein is Chris and Tiffany's puppy. He's about 4 months old and is a German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix.

Scarlet is Tyler & Sharon's puppy. She is a 5 month old Yorkie Poo. I tried to get a picture of her standing up on her hind legs (it was so cute) but then Brandon walked in the door and she decided she didn't like him and wouldn't stop barking at him. Then Kim and Heather and Patrick all came in within about 5 minutes of each other and she was barking at each of them as they came in. We couldn't get her to stand up again after that, even with a treat.


It was a rough week of football last week. All 3 teams lost. Better luck next week! Skyline JV and Varsity both play Carl Hayden this week (both at home) and SCC plays Western Arizona in Yuma. Brandon is hoping to get lots of passing in this next game. He's very excited about that! Last week's game will be televised on Wednesday 9/24 at 7:05 on Cox Digital Cable channel 115 in AZ.

Family Photos

So, we finally had some new family photos taken so we thought we'd share...

Heather recently tried out for a club softball team and did really well. They asked her to join the team. She is very excited. They don't have any games scheduled yet but have been practicing 2 nights a week.

We made it through another week of football. Patrick's team beat Alhambra 62-6. He played well and had a really nice tackle. Brandon's team beat Pima College 48-8. Brandon had a bit of an off night but obviously not too bad. He sat out most of the 4th quarter because they were so far ahead. He's looking forward to the game this week against Glendale Community College in hopes they'll have a little more competition. Tiffany's team beat North 26-6. The cheer squad definitely had a better week than last week. They actually cheered a lot more this week and were a little more enthusiastic. Their half-time dance performances have been great!

Derek's company picnic was this past weekend at Big Surf. The whole family was able to make it. It was a lot of fun! Derek made me take the camera but I didn't even use it.

Proud to be an American

I heard the most amazing September 11th Tribute this morning on the JohnJay & Rich radio show (104.7 KISS FM). It's about 18 minutes long but worth every second. It's an MP3 file so I couldn't figure out how to include it on my blog but you can listen to it on their website at: http://johnjayandrich.1047kissfm.com/pages/podcasts.php

Our hearts go out to all those who lost loved ones or were in other ways affected by the tragedy 7 years ago today.

FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL, and more FOOTBALL!!!

In case you didn't know...it's football season! Wednesday night we went with Heather and Kim to watch the junior high game. Thursday Tiffany cheered for the JV game. They lost but it was fun to watch Tiffany cheer. Friday was the varsity game and Saturday was Brandon's first college game at SCC. He only got to play the first half because they were up 41-2 at halftime and the other 2 backup QBs got to play the 2nd half. They ended up winning 58-2. They played a semi-pro team from Tempe. He threw 3 touchdown passes and ran another one. He only had one incomplete pass out of about 14 or so and about 200 yards. He didn't get to throw any of his long passes this game but maybe next week.

Here are some pictures of Tiffany cheering.






Brandon (watching during the 2nd half)...

...and anxiously stripping off all the gear after the game (with cousin Carl).