Grandpa Chambers turns 90!

The whole gang got together for a big celebration on Sunday. Nyle's Grandpa Chambers turned 90! It was so fun to be with everyone...he has a lot of posterity! James Suckow put together a video of all his old photos. It was awesome! So neat to see how life has changed over the last 90 years. What a sweet man with a great life to look back on so far.

Dan & Lisa's family

Rick & Dianne's family

Curt & Vonnie

Tyler, Tanner & Alex (their cousin)

My boys with Grandpa

The whole gang...dogs and all!
The birthday cake and all of the candles Grandpa had to blow out!

Licking all the candles clean. My kids are here to help!

Lots of Football pictures

Our good friend, Jim Anderson, came to the football game on Tuesday night and took some great action shots. Some are not the best, but you can really see the action happening.

Tyler and Matthew
Tanner, the quarterback


The parents praying! Nasty shot of me, but oh well. They all are these days!

Our little runner, Cade

Cade again. Tyler in the background.

Tanner...he just released the ball!

Tyler on Defense...your player needs help buddy!

Get him, Tyler!

Tanner

Blurry action shot! Looks like Tanner is getting tackled.

Take a knee coach time!

In the huddle

I think our coaches face looks like this because the refs called another bad call! They really stunk! We lost last nights game just because of their calls, and lack of calls.

Offensive Line

Well, the season is over and our team didn't do the best, but they learned a lot! They had improved dramatically from their first game to their last! It was great fun to watch them, but I really did get nervous for them. I can't imagine how I will be in HS. Many years to come of this fun sport! Hopefully next year they will win some more games!

My favorite girl!

Last night Sydney got a chance to cheer at halftime of the HS football game. She did awesome! It was a really cute dance number that she rocked on. The pictures turned out terrible, but here are a few cute ones.

The one right below is not during halftime...but, the cheerleaders let them cheer with them later too. Syd is the third from the left.

Syd with her friend Sammy. Can you tell that they are looking at the cheerleaders like they are amazing?
Her cheeks said, "We Rock." Nyle asked her, "Who rocks?" She responded with..."Me?" The look on her face was priceless!
This is my favorite girl and her sense of style. She came outside in this outfit and Nyle and I almost died laughing. Luckily, she has a good sense of humor and she didn't cry (we are such great parents)! If you can't tell what she has on, it is my tank top (as a dress) with leggings, a little polka-dot sweater and a shiny belt to match her shiny shoes. The socks just complete the outfit! I am now trying to convince her that she doesn't want to wear this to the boy's football game. We'll see if I'm successful. Wish me luck! No matter what, I love this sweet, freckly faced girl! She does rock!

Updates

So, we finally have dad back! Here he is on the house he built (photo courtesy of John:). It's so nice to not send him on his way every Sunday.

Besides that, the boys had a football game last night and did awesome! We finally won a game! Not only that, but Tyler made 2 incredible interceptions and Tanner made a touchdown and a couple great passes. It was the funnest, most exciting night in my parental life! They were so tickled. I would have a picture, but it was dark by the time we left the game. I just wish you could have seen Tyler's face when he caught that ball! He was so happy and acted like he couldn't even believe it himself. Too cute! It was definitely what he needed. I am now calling him the "interceptor." He just grins every time!

2 years later...

I finished something I started! I have had this quilt top done for almost 2 years now. When I made it we were still in the shop apartment and Toby was walking all over the squares (how times have changed!). Julia was here this weekend and we picked all the fabric out for her "boy" quilt. That got me thinking about quilting again! I have been intimidated to quilt it because it was so big, but it turned out to be really easy. I finished it in a few hours. Now we have a fall/winter quilt to cozy up with! It makes me happy, even if it is pretty simple!

Fun Hair & Football

So, I found a cool hairdo online and decided to try it on Syd...isn't it cool? It was really pretty easy too!

We also had football on Saturday. We lost, but they had some good plays. The boys were really frustrated. Their team is one of the only teams that is doing pass plays, rather than hand-offs, so I guess the learning curve is a little longer. We'll see.
Tanner getting ready to pass the ball...the passes were right on, but the receivers were not always ready. They are all still learning.
Tyler running for the boy with the ball. Tyler is number 10 (of course, that was Nyle's #).
Tanner getting ready to hand off the ball, or faking it...I don't remember how this play turned out. It was fun to watch again, but sad that they lost. Maybe next week!
When I got my pictures off my camera, I found that Sydney was having a little photoshoot on the sidelines. So, here you have a couple shots of her friends. Silly Sydney!

Going Crazy!

Ok, so Nyle is out of town a lot lately. I have been going a little crazy. Last night I watched 2 movies: Ms. Pettigrew lives for a day (I think that's the title) and Made of Honor. I loved Made of Honor! I just want to eat Patrick Dempsey up because he's so cute (remember, my hubby is out of town so I have more hormones than normal?!). It really was a good movie though. A cute chick flick that Nyle probably would have sighed through, but I smiled through! The song at the end...Stolen by Dashboard Confessional is awesome!
Then, I got to scratching my head. One of Sydney's best friends had lice last week. Yikes!!! It is a total mind thing. We've all been checked, I've washed everything in the house, vacuumed, etc. But, my mind was telling me that I could have it. I didn't have anyone to really look in my scalp, so I just took precautions. This is at 11:00 at night. I smeared my hair with mayonaise (mom's idea), and put a grocery bag over my head with a big rubber band around it. I looked hot!!! I stripped my bed and shoved everything in the washer. After that, I washed my hair and climbed into clean sheets. My mind felt better.
You would think I'd be tired now, wouldn't you? Well, when I'm home alone, my brain is very imaginitive. I had to read for about 30 minutes just to wind down!!! I'm a mess.
Come HOME NYLE!!!! I'm lost without you!