Local Celebrity

As usual, our life has been consumed with football, cross country, boy scouts, and more football. Whether it be CBFO, Farragut Admirals or the Ole Miss Rebels, we've been playing, watching, or listening to it over the last two weeks. We will start with CBFO......Christian has been playing and practicing on a regular basis. They don't typically keep score in his Flag league his team wins every game according to him. Jake and his team lost a game last weekend only to come back and win the next game 4 1/2 hours after losing the first. This past weekend they played area rivals Concord Warriors and tied 14 to 14. We have a few key players who are injured. Jake scored on the first play of the game only to have it called back...something about a player illegally up field .....not sure but he scored a second one as well and a 2 point conversion. Once the other team caught on to Jake being the receiver.....they had 3 to 4 guys on him at a time.

Farragut played rival Bearden which is THE GAME of the season. One has to arrive there at least an hour before the start to get a seat. Students are usually dressed in a variety of outfits from overalls (Farragut Farmers...old joke) to blue and silver body paint. Bearden loves to dress as pirates in the hopes of "sinking the Admirals" and maroon body paint. My boys wore their CBFO jerseys and as you can see, Jamesen made the local newspaper. I mean who could pass up such a good looking kid as that. I had to scan it in. I had to fight him for it this morning. He wanted to take it to school to show everyone. I made him a color copy and sent him on his way. Needless to say, Farragut won by a landslide, 48 to 10. This past weekend the Admirals won again against McMinn County, 28 to 10.....not such a landslide but a win.

Jamesen ran his first cross country race with a time around 11 to 12 minutes. The timer wasn't working right but I was just proud that he finished it.....and looked quite good doing it. We also went to Ijams Nature Center with Jamesen's Boy Scout Troop. We took about a 45 minute hike down by the Tennessee River. Forgot my camera so no pics. He enjoyed it ....my nature lover for sure!!!

As for Ole Miss.....we lost....but so did the Vols....he he he! So that made up for it. Jake hung out with his girlfriend Emi Saturday night .....She and her family are Auburn fans so we are 3 for 3 in losses this weekend around this area.

Well, another week has begun.....the wiener dog and the hamster are snoozing....I would love to join them. I can't.....I have too much laundry to do, dinners to plan, and carpool routes to organize. I better get started.

Friday Morning "Beef"!

I have a beef.....I HATE FRUIT FLIES!!!!! These little insects are ruining my life!!! These tiny little creatures inhabit my kitchen from about mid August until I guess the first freeze. I thought getting rid of the bananas (by the way, I have always had a hard time spelling bananas until Gwen Stefani came out with the song "Holla Back". Thanks Gwen!!) in my kitchen on the little banana stand would do the trick.....OH NO! They are still here and in full force! Where do these freaks of nature come from anyway. If Jamesen were home he could probably tell me, considering the fact that he knows EVERYTHING there is to know about any animal, mammal or insect mind you. They seem to multiply and grow......and you can't kill them....they are SO FAST! I have tried "clapping" them between my palms, slapping them with a dishtowel, and so far what has worked best is just spraying them with Lysol antibacterial spray.....in mid flight mind you. They make me want to scream!!!!!!!! But when I do that, it startles the Wiener Dog and he comes out from under his blanket wanting to go outside only to sniff , roll and scratch in the grass, or simply take in the view on the back porch. I just don't have time for that....we don't have a fence and I can't leave the vicious animal alone outside. So instead of screaming, I blog. My dad always told my mom to "write a letter" and file it when something makes her angry. It was the safest way to get out her frustrations without getting into trouble. Boy would she love blogging......if only she could figure out the stinkin' computer.......sorry mom.

If anyone can shed some light on my ordeal, I am all ears!!!!! I think I am feeling a bit better now.....

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FOOTBALL!

Well, this past week was about football. Christian played Tuesday....nobody "won".....they don't keep score. But believe me, the Lions win every game! It is always close, I have to admit, I lose count because more than likely each team score on each possession they have. They try this play, they try that play, then they finally give it to the token "fast kid" and he usually runs down the field with no chance of anyone catching him and SCORES! Christian will probably win the award for the most flags pulled. He has made that his priority in his flag football career. I mean, I don't even have to keep count....after each flag pulled, I hear "Mom! that was number ........!" followed by a thumbs up. When they give him the ball to run, he still hasn't gotten past the "shock and awe" factor of actually having the ball and all those kids coming after him. We Rees' don't have the "gift of juke" mind you.

Jake's team beat Inskip 40 to 0. I think each boy got to play his "dream" position. By the time we got to the last 2:00 of the game, the 200 lb lineman was running the ball. Jake did score one or two touchdowns. There were also two girls on the opposing team. Some tough ones I do have to say. My dad always told me I should have been his linebacker. I mean, I was built more like a football player than my two brothers. Little did we know I could have tried it! They two girls go by "Big Momma" and "Baby Girl". Let's see.....maybe I could have been "Daddy's Linebacker" or "Baby Sister". Not really, I would have rather climbed in a hole for the rest of my life than played football at the awkward age of 13. My dream was to be the cheerleader, although it never came true. I think that is why the Lord gave me all boys.....so I wouldn't just make my daughter be one because I wanted to.....she probably would have wanted to play football. I do have to admit, I would much rather be watching football than cheer leading competitions. I mean, in football, if Jake gets upset with one of his buddies, he just plows over him, calls him a few names, texts them for forgiveness, and they are over it. If I had a cheerleader for a daughter and she got into it with her cohort, she would probably have a myspace dedicated to blasting , humiliating, and with ugly pics made up by the cohort she is feuding with. Thank you Lord, thank you!!!!I

Jamesen starts Boy Scouts tonight and has his first Cross Country meet tomorrow. The running is definitely doing him good. I am so proud of his dedication. Now the talking in class is another story. Christian too. Man, that gift of gab really gets us in trouble.

Mom did get to take in the Ole Miss / Wake Forest game in between runs to the Movie Theater to take Jake. I had promised him that he could go Saturday night. He decided on Saturday afternoon because his "friend" Emi could only go during the day.Wow, that says a lot for him to miss Ole Miss on TV. He also ended up spending the night out, only to stay up all night playing video games and watching Freddy Krueger which he dubbed "lame". We picked him up after church just in time for him to shower and head to the tutor. After a dip in the pool with Jason, Christian and Jamesen, we got ourselves ready for another busy week. And yes, the wiener dog spends a lot of time with his head on that pillow. He's not spoiled or anything. Quite pathetic huh?

Boomsday / Labor Day '08

OK!!! As one can tell, that last weekend wore me out so I haven't been able to catch up. Not really....It has just been crazy hectic. I hosted a "Girl's Night" this past Friday and it was all about yard work, and house cleaning this week.....along with food prep and the rest of the normal daily routines. Let's see, Labor Day weekend was quite uneventful for the most part. Well, I say that.....now that I think about it, Jamesen did wake up at 4:30 am throwing up and again at 6:30, then the big D the rest of the day into Sunday. Poor guy, must have caught something at school. Jake had his first official game Saturday morning. They beat Bearden 12-0....he scored a touchdown (pass) and a safety. He is having a fun season and loving every minute of it. Well, maybe every minute....I do hear a lot of complaining come practice time. I think once the cool weather gets here it won't be so bad.

Christian and Amberly

Jake taking in the view

Sunday we went to the annual Boomsday Celebration. It is on Labor Day weekend each year. It is in downtown Knoxville on Neyland Drive on the River. Food vendors, activities, inflateables,etc. then in the evening, they put on a HUGE fireworks display off one of the bridges. It is the Nations largest Labor Day weekend fireworks display. Because Tennessee RV loans Motor Homes to the officials, we get tickets to go on the VIP River Boat. It drives us right up to the bridge with a front row seat to the fireworks display. It is quite the fireworks show. We met Roger, Amberly, Casey, Robbie, Charlie, Gail,Cindy, Larry down there and had a good time.

I do have to admit, if it is in the 90's next year, we probably will not attend. We lived here 3 years before even attending our first Boomsday. I would rather stay home than fight the crowd. Being able to see it via the River Boat makes all the difference in the world. It was just almost unbearable HOT!

After a french fry stop at McDonalds we got home around midnight. Thank goodness we had Labor Day to sleep in and recoop before the school week started again!