Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween 2011

Happy Halloween

from Old Man Vern!



Friday, October 28, 2011

GEEETAR

I am sure I have mentioned in the past how in addition to football, Vern takes guitar lessons.  He doesn't apply himself to guitar as much as football or he would be further along in this endeavor.  I believe it is good to be exposed to both arts and sports so I make him do something artsy. He chose guitar and I pay for the lessons.  I recorded this early this summer and just never got around to getting it loaded. I thought it was time to show the world the next guitar virtuoso! Ok, maybe not...

You may need to turn up the sound.
My camera video sucks.

I Love the laugh at the end of this one.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Friendship Bowl

The season is over so the good teams get to have a playoff and the not so good teams get to have a friendship bowl.

Vern and his team were matched up with another 1-6 team and this was their Friendship Bowl.

I had high hopes that Vern's team would win since their only other win this year was a game I missed.  This game I was in Orlando and really hating missing it but when work calls you have to go or you don't have a job any more.

Here are some photos from the game.

The first shot is of Vern making a tackle.

Here we have Ann showing off. She ran around the track for some attention.
 Here is Vern on the sidelines. I guess he was here more this week than in other weeks.  One theory is that since he is not playing for this team next year, they sidelined him. I don't believe that.

Here is a shot of Vern running to make a tackle.

 And here we have a shot of some antique tractors. It was across from the field and I am sure hubby was using his zooooom lens. :-)



Things I was told: they had a score, got it taken away, and then scored again.

Vern only played defense this game. No one seems to know why but there are a lot of conspiracy theories out there!

It was a good game but we ended up losing.

Final score:


Well that wraps up this season. It has been fun. I am sad to see it end but glad all the running to practices are over. Time consuming for us!

Until next time,
DA MOM

Monday, October 17, 2011

Game 7 - end of the line

It was the last official game of the year. I didn't have a lot of high hopes of Vern's team winning. He told me the other team was undefeated and GOOD.

Well if nothing else we could get some good photos!  Here is a good shot of #55 - Vern.

Here is another great shot of him blocking two players!  Awesome, or maybe that is just DA MOM being proud.
The opposing team scored a couple touchdowns so we knew Vern was going to be right and this would not be a close game. Here the camera man was bored with the game so he looked up and saw this HUGE bird circling the field. I don't know if the bird was looking for down players or what? :-)

Vern is coming off the field here. I think he might have needed a band aid or something.

More non-football related photos. I really do like this picture of the flag though.
PIG PILE!!!!!!!!!
Vern on top.

I just had to include this photo. This little guy somehow managed to get the ball and run for a touchdown. I have no idea how he did it but it made me cry. He was THE HAPPIEST KID EVER. He was jumping around like he just won the lottery. I was so proud of him.  The other boys jumped around with him and gave him hugs. It was just fabulous excitement and sportsmanship. That right there is what the game is all about.

Finally we have the depressing final.  It almost hurts to look at the score.

Only one more post on football to go - the "Friendship Bowl".

Until then,
DA MOM

Monday, October 10, 2011

Game 6 - More of the same...

It was another beautiful fall day in the midwest. Good time for some football!  I only wish Vern's team would win a few...

We had to drive about an hour to get to the game. We left right after church, had a picnic lunch, and got lost in the itty bitty town trying to find the field.  The field was NOT by the school. It was located at a sports complex clear across town with no signs. Nice...

Well good thing we had a few extra minutes. We finally found it and got Vern suited up and ready to play.

This town announced the players. Here is Vern running out as he was announced.

I like to call him...untucked boy. No matter what this kid has his jersey untucked. All the other boys are neatly tucked into place except Vern... I guess I can pick him out easier on the field this way. :-)

Hubby was off watching the Kansas City Chiefs beat the ViQueens so John and Ann took pictures. I wanted to try taking some but they would have NOTHING to do with that. They took turns. Quarter 1 John, Quarter 2 Ann, and so forth.  All these photos are from the kids taking them. Not to bad I guess.  WHY this photo is in as my pick... I dont know. It is of the other other team running down to score.

Here we have Vern getting ready for the play. He is playing center again and always Johnny on the spot as far as lining up and getting the play ready to go. He truly loves the game.

Here we have the sad final. On a good note, they did score two touchdowns. Did I mention the weather was perfect?

Until the next game,
DA MOM.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Eifel Tower


I have mentioned before how creative Vern is. So here is another example of his creativeness. We are at his councelors and Vern digs out the Legos. He starts messing around with them trying different combinations of this and that. His brain is just chugging along. All of a sudden his brain has this huge explosion of creativity and the room fills with smoke and off he goes creating the masterpiece you see below! Ok, so the room did not fill with smoke but he sure was being creative!  He was very proud of his creation.

After a few minutes of admiring his creation it was time to depart. Before he could depart he had to dismantle his fabulous creation. Below in the video was how he took this creation apart.  He told us he was Godzilla.

For the living life of me I could NOT get this rotated a simple 90 degrees. I tried 3 different video players. On one I could make a $30 purchase and upgrade in order to rotate. I figured you all can rotate your head 90 degrees or your monitor and everything will be fine. It is STILL funny - even if sideways.

As a follow-up to this story, the next week Vern created an even taller tower with more reinforcement so that it did not tip over. He did not use the base in this version and it was taller than he was. GREAT JOB VERN.