Let the Rugby begin...

Dillon tried out for a 'Select Team' of Rugby players last Sunday & he made it onto the first team. This is good! He has the opportunity to work with a coach who has national recognition and Dillon will get to travel to a few states for games. Luckily the team is sponsored hopefully trips won't be too expensive.

Dillon was chosen to be Team Captain for his team. Here he is leading the team in warm-up exercises. He's out in the middle of the circle in the above video & below he is visiting with the referee. Yes, the ref is wearing a pink jersey. Makes him easy to see in a crowd, right?

Stony Point players each have a nickname. Here is Dillon & his friend Nick.

Otherwise known as 'Fish' and 'Whitey'.

Dillon is 'Fish' because he was the only freshman on the rookie team 2 years ago,

and 'Whitey' is because Nick used to wear only white UnderArmor wear

to all the practices - not black ones like the rest of the team.

Jared was called 'Salsa' for the reason that

he used to bring chips & salsa to practice to share afterwards.

They have had teammates called:

Red, Wolfman, Thing 1, Thing 2,

Blowfish, Flounder,

Speedy & Speedo (brothers),

Bulldog, Beans, Sugar...

all in all it's quite an interesting group of boys.

The boys were on the field from 9am - 4:30pm.

It was a looonggg day.

Here is 'Dee' and 'Fish' lounging in between games.

Goofballs.

After the game the coach always does a little 'wrap-up' with the boys.

We took 8 boys to try-outs & 6 boys made it onto the first team.

That is awesome for Stony Point because they were

trying out against boys from teams

as far away as San Antonio.

post from pastor

Pastor John's blog ended with this comment, I think it speaks volumes:
Excited about what God is doing...let's stay out of His way.

Mesmerised by History

I flipped on the TV at 10am this morning - very unlike me - but I was looking for some background noise while I cleaned house today. Immediately I was mesmerised by the graphics & original footage of a documentary about World War II.

It was called WII in HD. I watched it for one hour & then it rolled into 2 hours, then 3 hours... I kept thinking the end was going to be in the next hour segment - but finally at 2pm I took a break to run errands & actually get some housework done.

At 5:45 I turned the TV back on and it was STILL ON! It finally ended at 7pm.

I can't believe I watched so much TV - but it was facinating to see History as it was happening - the whole program was actual footage & narration from reporters and soldiers.

If you get the chance to watch it - okay maybe just one hour of it - I recommend it. It will make you appreciate the sacrifice the American soldiers made and how valuable human life is. Wow.

pretty girl pics

Halloween in the Hood

Our neighbors hosted an awesome Halloween Party this year! Here are several of the families in our corner of the neighborhood.
Here is a classic Cole Family Portrait.

Right.

We celebrated this Halloween with many of our friends!
Here is Steve, the skeleton, who lives 2 houses from us.Madison with her Zombie friend, Josy.

And then we have Joe... the Reno-911 cop.

(I am challenged when it comes to knowing

obnoxious current TV shows - so I posted the actual Reno-911

picture below... apparently it's on Comedy Central of Fox or something...)

I don't know who I'm more embarrassed for...

Hawkeyes lose winning streak. Bummer.

Feels like the Hawkeyes were sooooo close, then *swipe* it's gone.

It was a great ride... 9-0. Impressive.

Job for Dillon

Dillon starts his new job at the Outlet Mall today.

He'll be working at Ralph Lauren afterschool & weekends.

Yay! Money for Dillon!

A week of birthdays

Happy Birthday to Scott

on Nov 1.

How 'bout them Hawkeyes!

Hook 'Em Horns!

Audrie shares a birthday with Scott on Nov 1.

Scott calls her his 'Birthday Girl'.

What a pretty girl, Happy Birthday Audrie!

She's now 13 -

Oh the blessed teen years.... ahem.... :)

And our nephew Will is TEN!!

Double Digits.... awesome!
He turned 10 on Nov. 3.

Scott received a very classic hawkeye gift from
my parents. Can you tell what it it?

Now that's cool.

Stay with me...

Hang in there, my faithful blog-readers!
I have so much to post but haven't found time to write... and I have PLENTY of pics to post...
So stay with me. Soon. I promise.
:)

SUPER MADISON

Look out Evil Halloween-ers,

Super Madison is here to save the day!!

Volunteer fireman Jared

Jared volunteers with the Hutto Fire Department (which is the community 5 miles to the east of us). Here he is in his department uniform.

For those cold days (yeah, right, cold in Texas?)

I went to a benefit dinner at the station house a few weeks ago. Hutto's high school mascot is the Hippo.

Around the town are various cement hippos painted or

decorated to reflect the business it represents.

Here is the dalmation Hippo in front of the Fire Station.

Isn't that cute?

I couldn't get Jared to pose with it.

Hmpf.

Cole kids got Spirit!

During the Homecoming Football game a few Fridays ago the kids were on the field to sing the National Anthem for the choir. A friend of mine snapped these photos of Dillon & Madison before they sang. Madison is in the back row with the painted face.
I'm wondering how come all the other kids are not decked out as much as Dillon & Madison? I guess we got Spirit and they don't... :)

What?

For my job I assist people register their business name with the County.

Today a woman registered her business and it had something to do with "Diaper Cakes".

What?!

She tried to explain it to me, but all I could think of was edible cakes that look like diapers? Then when she told me she puts bottles & rattles in the cake I was really confused.

Ohhhhh.... this is what she's talking about. Cute. Gotcha.

Muddy Rugby

I picked up Dillon from Rugby practice today & here's what he looked like. We had a full day of rain & rugby practice MUST GO ON!

Dillon's shoes are completely full of mud.

His legs & hair were caked with mud.

Ewww.

Madison's Homecoming...

Madison has decided to be very 'Stony Point Spirited' for this year's homecoming. I think she did a good job! Here she is at school on Friday with some good friends...

Didn't your mom tell you that your face will stay that way if you keep making that expression?
Madison & her boyfriend, Zach.

Tonight is the homecoming dance & Madison's friend, Elizabeth came over to

wait for the boys to pick them up.

Aww... She's so GROWN up!

Zach & Gabe came to get the girls in a STRETCH LIMO!

It was too dark to get a picture - but what a surprise!

Aren't they a cute couple?? :)

Good Job Jared!

Amazing recovery

We went to church with this family in Iowa. Their son is featured in this video. He suffered a brain injury from a car accident in July 2008. He was not expected to live... or walk... or talk coherently. Look at him now!



This family has been through the most amazing God-filled walk since Isaiah's accident. They have been gracious enough to share their lives, ups & downs, through their blog.
I LOVE Blogging. And I LOVE stories like Isaiah's.

As you're reading my Blog look along the very top of the page - see that link that says 'Next Blog'? You should click it & see where it takes you.

I've been surfing the 'Next Blog' button for about 20 minutes & I've been all over the world!!


How cool to see what other blogs look like & what people blog about.

I saw a blog from an elementary school class in Vermont. And an artist from New Hampshire. Then a page that looks like it was written in Duetche (is that a word?) Wouldn't it be crazy to start leaving random comments on these blogs? Maybe I could be a pen-pal to someone?

Cool.

Let the FUN, I mean FLU, begin...

Dillon came home last night saying he didn't feel well. Headache, tight chest, sore throat, achey.... Nothing a little Nyquil can't fix, right? He went to school this morning.
Now he's got a fever of 102 with the same symptoms as last night and now a cough.
We've confined him to his room with a can of lysol.

Here is the website we checked to be sure it's not the Swine Flu. So far we think it's just the regular flu. Ugh.

Scott & I got flu shots but I'm not sure that will save us.

Look! I have a co-worker who blogs too! Her name is Maria & she has the CUTEST 4-yr old boy! You can link to her blog from my list over there to the left. :)