THANKSGIVING

WELL I'M BACK! I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT IT HAS TAKING ME A WHILE TO GET OVER MY WEEKEND FROM HELL. I'M STILL NOT OVER IT, BUT DEALING BETTER WITH IT. MY BACK IS FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TOO. I DID TAKE THE ADVICE I WAS GIVEN AND WENT AND SEEN A CHIROPRACTOR. NOT SURE IF IT HELPED BUT IT FEELS A LITTLE BETTER. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR ADVICE AND YOUR SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVING ME. IT FEEL SO GOOD KNOWING I HAVE SOME FRIENDS OUT THERE AND THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR. OVER ALL WE HAD A GOOD THANKSGIVING. THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT BETTER WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY GRAND DAUGHTER AND HER PARENTS. I SURE MISSED THEM BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO WAIT MY TURN TO SEE THEM. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM AROUND FOR CHRISTMAS. ANYWAY GRAMEE MISSED YOU BENT!

WEEKEND FROM HELL!

WELL WHERE TO BEGIN! LET ME BEGIN WITH HOW IT FEELS BEING A MOTHER OF A BOY WHO HAS HAD A GOAL EVERY SINCE HE WAS LITTLE. TO BE A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER. AT FIRST HE WAS GOING TO PLAY FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THEN THE OLDER HE GOT HE KNEW THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN SO HE CHANGED HIS GOAL A LITTLE TO PLAY FOR THE PIMA ROUGHRIDER AND WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WELL AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK,PAIN, TEARS, AND FRUSTRATION THIS YEAR HE HAS MADE IT TO HIS DREAM GAME. NOW THIS IS WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO BE A MOTHER. AS I SET IN THOSE STANDS WATCHING MY SON DREAMS FADE AND WATCHING HIM TRYING SO HARD BUT YET STRUGGLING TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO VICTORY, WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE.MY SON DIDN'T HAVE HIS DREAM GAME TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP INSTEAD HE HAD THE WORST GAME OF HIS LIFE WHICH ALSO HAPPEN TO BE HIS LAST GAME. I WATCHED UP IN THOSE STANDS AS HE WAS STRUGGLING AND BECOMING EMOTIONAL AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GO COMFORT HIM BUT YET I COULDN'T. I COULD SEE HIM CRYING AT TIMES, THROWING HIS HELMET IN FRUSTRATION AND AT ONE POINT NEARLY COLLAPSING FROM THE HELPLESSNESS HE WAS FEELING AT THAT MOMENT BUT ALL I COULD DO WAS WATCH. LET ME TELL YOU IT ABOUT KILLED ME. I HOPE NONE OF YOU EVER HAVE TO GO THUR THAT. THEN AFTERWARD TO HEAR THIS BOY BEING MAN ENOUGH TO PUT ALL THE BLAME FOR THE LOSS ON HIS OWN SHOULDERS, LET ME TELL YOU WAS PURE HELL. NO MATTER WHAT EVERYONE AND ME TOLD HIM HE WILL ALWAYS CARRY THE BLAME FOR THE LOSS OF THAT GAME. SO THE LITTLE BOY WHO ONCE HAD A DREAM TO BE THE BEST QB @ PIMA HIGH HAS ENDED UP BEING JUST ONE OF HIS MOM'S PRIDE AND JOYS. YES I HAVE BEEN EMOTIONAL AND CRYING ALL WEEKEND AND ESPECIALLY EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE WHICH IS MY NEW SCREEN SAVER OR WHEN I WASHED HIS UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME. BUT I'M SURE WITH TIME THE SAD MEMORIES OF THIS WEEKEND WILL BE REPLACED WITH GOOD MEMORIES. UNTIL THEN HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH SON! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND YOUR MY NUMBER ONE QB.

LET'S TAKE STATE!

WELL ONE MORE GAME BEFORE WE CAN OFFICIALLY BE CALLED STATE CHAMPS! THE BOYS DID REALLY GOOD SAT IN THEIR WIN OVER JOSEPH CITY. BRAUNSON KIND OF HAD AN OFF NIGHT BUT STILL ENDED UP PASSING FOR 6 TOUCHDOWNS AND 367 YARDS. HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH HIS ACCURACY AND HIS PLACEMENT. BUT I THOUGHT HE DID GOOD. HE DID GET BEAT UP AND HAS AN ACHING NECK AND SHOULDER, BUT HE'LL BE READY FOR THE MOGOLLON WHATEVER THEY ARE! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM AND I'M ALREADY A NERVOUS MOM! HOPE I MAKE IT THUR THIS WEEK. THE GOOD THING IS I'M ON MAJOR PAIN PILL AND THEY KEEP ME PRETTY WELL MELLOW, THAT WELL HELP WITH MY NERVOUSNESS. I HAVE HAD A PAIN IN MY BUTT FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. NO IT'S NOT BRAUNSON. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND SHE THOUGHT I HAD A KIDNEY STONE AND SENT ME HOME WITH PAIN PILLS. THAT WAS A WEEK AGO AND I'M STILL IN PAIN. THE PAIN IS IN MY LOWER BACK AND UPPER BUTT CHEEK ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I THINK IT'S A PINCH NERVE OR SOMETHING BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF PAIN BEFORE AND IT'S KICKING MY BUTT. AFTER TWO WEEKS I'M TIRED OF IT AND NOT SURE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. THEY WANT ME TO GET A CT SCAN BUT THEY SAID IF IT'S MUSCLE IT WON'T SHOW UP SO THEY MORE LESS MADE ME THINK IT WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY. OH WELL AS LONG AS I HAVE PILLS I GUESS I'LL LIVE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

OKAY ONE GAME DOWN AND TWO TO GO FOR "08 STATE CHAMPS"! GOOD JOB BOYS! ANYWAY IT WAS A GOOD HALLOWEEN FOR OUR FAMILY. WE EVEN DRESSED UP, HOW ABOUT YOU ALL? AL DRESSED AS AN ALL AROUND GOOD GUY, I WAS A BITCH/WITCH, BRODEE WAS A DADDY, TARYN WAS A MOMMY, BRAUNSON WAS A STUD ROUGH RIDER FOOTBALL PLAYER, CALLEIGH WAS A VAMPIRE AND BENT WAS A GREEN M&M. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT BUT THE BEST PART WAS THE 58-7 WIN OVER WILLIAMS.