November

Saturday's thruought the fall found us at the Soccer Complex. We have a standing rule in the house that the kids can't play organized sports until they are in Kindergarten... which means this year Andrew got to play as well. Some Saturday's were v.e.r.y. l.o.n.g. and some v.e.r.y.h.o.t. but by November the temps were perfect and we enjoyed watching the boys. Andrew had played enough backyard ball with Brandon and Matthew to be quite a dominating little player. Brian coached Matthew's team, which ended up having quite a few kids from church and the boys school on the team which made it fun. Brandon had one of those "character building"season's as his team won a total of two games all season.

The boys begged Brian to allow them to take apart the old printer. Hmmmmm..... this is yet another instance where I see the Teuscher gene coming out in them.

Brandon just finished a unit on the Anazasi people in History so we took a day trip to visit Casa Grande. It is one of the largest prehistoric structures ever built in North America, and its purpose remains a mystery. There is something about being able to visually see things that you learn about in school. As I side note-- I wish schools would take more field trips! I know, I know... it all boils down to money.

A number of Brandon's games this year were played on Friday night. They really enjoyed playing "under the lights" We were just glad that some Saturday's weren't as long.

We went to San Diego for Thanksgiving. Eric and Emily came out to do Blake's blessing there insead of in NY. Zachary was glued to him. He was absolutly captivated by him. All we heard was "Baby Bake" the entire weekend. There was a house full- Eric and Emily, Jamie and Heather, Nathan and Karen Ryan and Cassidy, Dawn, Laurel and all of us... We got the dining room for our sleeping quarters. Brian commented that you've got to be pregnant, have a new baby, or be the first ones at mom and dad's house to get a bed- none of which we qualified for. The dining room table got moved, lest you think we had a fort under the table for our bed. Which come to think of the boys would have thought it quite the sleeping arrangement. All in all we had a wonderful time. Karen has some good pictures on her blog of all the boys and the various types of turkeys we ate. (She always has the best action/candid shots out of all of us!)

Thanksgiving morning soccer game.

We toured the USS Midway while we were in San Diego. I was amazed as we walked through with the amount of wire/cabling that was strung overhead. I don't know how people who are stationed on aircraft carriers don't get claustrophobic. The hallways are so narrow and the ceilings low. The first picture is taken in the room where the "nerve center" of the Navy's operations in the first Desert Storm took place.