2009 Football banquet and season pics/summary

On December 6th, we went to Nolan and Ben's 2009 football banquet at the Holiday Inn.
The head coach and their Defensive coach both spoke very highly of both boys. Scott and I were so proud!!!!

Both Ben and Nolan were awarded Athletic Scholar patches for their high GPA's. They both were accepted to SJU and SCSU about 6 weeks ago.
The cake had all the seniors' names on it.

After the banquet, it's customary for all the players to stay and watch the highlight reel. We get a DVD of it also, but the fun is watching it with their buddies.




























It was hard to see the boys in their Jerseys for the last time. We have the best memories of them playing football...

Wrestling Season 2009-2010 started!

Ben is one of 3 captains this year. We have new coaches and the season is going great!!


Ben's girlfriend Katie came to his first match of the season when she was home from college. She is sitting with Nolan, Jasper and other friends.

Update on Nolan's knee and mom's arm

Nolan's knee surgery and recovery has gone great! He was finally able to take off the velcro brace and put his carbon brace back on. He's back at therapy and doing fantastic with everything!
I had a cast on my right arm for tendonitis from painting my laundry room. It doesn't hurt any more, it's just very sore. I will be back to blogging much more often now. My mom had surgery on her foot and she is healing nicely. We are all looking forward to her retirement party this weekend at the golf course club house.

Nolan's ACL surgery

He was anxious to get it over with!!




He was so tired in the recovery room! All we wanted to do was sleep, but he kept on talking. It was really nice for a change!!



This is his leg after the procedure.

Last Tech football game at Buffalo

 

Senior year football. TECH (24) vs. Moorhead (7) .

TECH beat Moorhead at Moohead last night. It was a great game. Nolan switched positions to linebacker and was announced and ran through the line of teammates. Ben almost made an interception, but it's a good thing he didn't because it was 4th down.























I mixed in some Clark field photos too...


Nolan and Ben even took time out with there friends and teammates for a couple of pictures!

Nolan's piebald deer on MEA weekend.

Nolan shot a 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' doe that is called a piebald. It reminds me of the ticking around Daisy's neck and throat fat.


















Before the weekend even started Ben and Katie needed a nap.















Our Iowa friend, Correy, was finally back to the lake this past weekend after being hospitalized many times this summer. He brought his new bloodhound rescue dog 'Otis'with him!!! Scott would love to have a bloodhound, I wonder what he thought of him. He is a great looking dog and it looks like Nathan really enjoyed him. It was a bitter sweet weekend as far as dogs go. They said goodbye to Max and hello to Otis.

Grandmas, Grandpas and friends at home TECH game senior year

Friday October 9th was Nathan's 14th birthday. After school, Nathan had practice, then walked to TECH to meet the whole family and partake in the Tiger Tailgate. It was great having my dad come to one of the boys' last football games. It meant so much to us. Too bad he had to sit next to 'superfan' because he is so loud!! Karen came to the game and gave Nathan his birthday gift in a Victoria's secret gift bag. He had such a great time digging through the tissue paper to get to his hat and cash. Although Tech lost it was a nice evening and didn't snow until the game was over.

Nathan's wisconsin buck; the day after his 14th birthday!

The 2009 Deer hunting season is going great! Nate shot a NICE buck! That RAGE blade really does some damage!!! A Full House... both lungs and the heart