SHS @ Autzen Stadium

SHS is Sutter High School, the high school that both myself and my sister graduated from and now my brother is a Junior there. My brother decided this year that he wanted to play football (basically his first time ever) and as soon as we looked at the schedule and saw that his football team (from nor cal) was coming to Eugene (a little over 2 hours away from us) we knew we would be there. The game was last weekend on Saturday the 28th and they played an Oregon team from Klamath Falls HS. 

We met my mom, dad, and sister on Friday night for dinner in Eugene and all stayed in the same hotel room. Fun Right!?! Well it would have been except for the fact that my dad snores like a freight train and kept us all from sleeping most of the night. 

Saturday we lounged around and then got to Autzen stadium (which is the home of the Oregon Ducks) where the big game was! It was so cool getting to go inside the stadium, but it was sooo empty!! Both teams sat on one side divided by a row up the middle but it was cool because the sound is so great in the stadium it still sounded as if it was full!!

After the game we met up with my brother and had lunch at Red Robin (yum) then walked the mall (YAY) and we said goodbye to come back home. 

My sister and I were cheerleaders so we are posing like the old days with our Poms!It was fun remembering the cheers as the cheerleaders did them and cheering away from the stands!!

Had to get a pic together!!

#12 is my brother Logan! Since this is his first year playing ever he is second string cornerback so we knew we wouldn't get to see him play, but it was fun cheering him on anyways.

Wait...is that #12 on the field? IT IS!!!!! Sutter was beating the other team by so much that I got to watch my brother play around 6 plays and he rocked!! (I won't tell you the ball never came his way). Doesn't he look ready for action though?

 

Final Score!! "You wish you were a husky, Woof Woof"

Back in the Swing of things...

With the close of Summer comes a new schedule for the two of us. Carter is slipping back into routine and my work schedule is getting a bit hectic but hopefully it will calm down soon.

Part of this new routine is trying to maintain a clean, organized home while sometimes working late days and being pooped upon return home. Luckily I have a husband who is completely understanding and pitches in around the apartment in the areas needed. I also have to work on picking up after myself daily to contain the mess (something I've always struggled with, right mom!?!). I don't know how career woman who are also moms do it so I'm giving them a big round of applause and lots of praise right now because I'm tired and we don't even have kids!!

Another part of this new schedule is both of us resuming working out. Carter has resumed an at home workout routine and I'm resuming Zumba on Tuesday and Thursday nights. As much as we both dislike working out we realize the importance, me especially since I have a sometimes stressful job it is nice to work some of it out and off!!

If you still don't know what Zumba is, here is a video taken from Coos Cardio Party where I Zumba at.

Click here to see Zumba Video!!!! 

OCD Much

So Carter does most of our laundry as his way to help out around the house. One day I came home from work and found this...

This picture doesn't exactly accurately portray the piles but do you see what's funny about it? Carter stacked each pile so they were all the same height, and then since I had 3 pairs of socks he had to put one  pair of socks on each pile. I came in to put my clothes away and it cracked me up!! The funny thing about Carter is that he is only OCD about certain things such as the sheets and comforter lining up, his junk corner has to be just right, all his hangers have to be the same type, and his closet in general has a particular order. There are a few other things he is particular about but I can't think of them at the moment. 

Minute to Win It- YG Style

On Wednesday night Carter put together a youth group event based after the NBC t.v show "Minute to Win It". It was the most attended youth event of the Summer a long time. 14 Teens participated in this hour long event that was made up of a multitude of events where each teen kept track of how long it took them to do the event and then added up all their times to compare times for the prizes!


Breakfast Scramble
Assemble the front of a cereal box that has been cut into 16 even pieces.

BACKFLIP

1) Pencils are placed on playing surface in increments of 2, with all erasers facing the same direction.

2) When the clock starts, player picks up first set of 2 pencils and places them on the back of his/her hand.

3) Player must flip pencils into the air, then catch them together. Player adds two more pencils with each turn, building to a final set of 12.

4) Player cannot add the next set of 2 pencils until the previous set has been caught.

5) To complete the game, player must catch sets of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and finally 12 pencils in succession within the 60-second time limit.

Elephant March 

Knock over bottles with a baseball hanging from panty hose worn on the head.

Face the Cookie

Using only the face, move cookies from the forehead to the mouth.

Carter finished the night by tying in the sense of urgency the teens had to complete the task in a minute to the sense of urgency we need to feel as Christians. Carter shared that we need to have a sense of urgency to tell others about God and let as many people know about him as possible because we don't know when he will be returning. Short and sweet....