Michael's Team Photo

Michael's flag football season has wrapped up. He really came on strong towards the end of the season and is already looking forward to playing next year. Thanks to the coaches...they did a great job. Sorry for the picture quality...it's a picture of a picture.

Flag Football is here!

Future Griz defensive end


It's not that cold.

Michael's football season has started and is keeping us quite busy. He has practice Tuesday and Wednesday and games Thursday and Saturday. He's on defense the first half of the season and is doing pretty good. Last game he grabbed the ball carrier's flag twice. Enjoy the pictures, I have a couple videos up too.

On to Fall........

This time of year any night could bring a freeze and an end to the summer flowers. So in a week or so, or whenever everything is dead you can come back here and enjoy the flowers.

Hopefully this weekend I'm going to get the shed shingled. Slowly but surely.......

Michael vs. The Kitchen......

Whoops Into the oven
The happy baker

Michael had to bake a cake for a school project, and it was his first time cooking. The house isn't burned to the ground and he still has all his fingers so I guess it could be classified as a success. Actually aside from the egg he did very good and the cake wasn't too bad either. He had fun and earned some extra credit to boot.

On a side note Dawn's Aunt Yolly died last Monday after a long battle with cancer. She was famous in the family for her Filipino cooking. She will be missed.

Sunday Night Under The Lights

We decided to take in the Voyagers playoff game Sunday night. I had forgotten how much fun a baseball game is. Dinner consisted of dollar hot dogs, dollar beers and tons of peanuts. What a nice night and to top it off the Voyagers beat Missoula 3-1. I think we're going to have to do this more often.

My New Shed

I'm finally going to have a place to keep my 4 wheeler. They were cleaning up the bone yard at the heart tower and gave these away. With a little work it's going to be a great shed. I've already added 8 feet to the floor off the back. With football every weekend it's going to be tough to get done before the snow flies but I'm going to give it a shot.

Garden and Cat vs. Rabbit

This is the garden I built for our deck. It has tomatoes underneath that are growing quite well now. Up top are onions peppers and various herbs.
Friends?
Maybe not.

Actually the cat was just yawning. She sat up there for about an hour watching the rabbit play in the yard. Don't forget to check out our new blog, http://thegrizzone.blogspot.com/ . I'll be updating it every week.

Memorial Falls

The hike up

The lower falls

The upper falls

Dam building

This morning we woke up and decided to take a drive to Memorial Falls just out of Neihart. The falls are nice and the hike isn't too bad. It's pretty short but steep in places. Michael spotted some wild raspberries so we had a few of them. After the falls we drove in towards Hughesville and found a nice spot to have lunch. Michael and I worked on a dam for awhile then the kids played in the creek.

Rabbit

Here is our rabbit. She doesn't really have a name so we just call her rabbit. Dawn saved her from being eaten by a coworker a few years ago. She's super friendly and just likes to hang out in the backyard and dig.

SPLASH!

Michael and I found a pool in the shed today. I have no idea where it came from. We set it up, filled it with water and had a good time. Dawn came out in a hurry when she saw me getting the ladder out. Like I would do anything to hurt myself. We did chicken out on the top tho. The water was a bit on the chilly side for me, but Michael didn't mind it.

A few more random vacation pictures

At the Kennedy Space Center with Endeavour on the pad.
Looking into the Atlantic off grand Turk.

Dinner at Tchop Tchop.

Dinner at the Emerald supper club on the ship.

Climbing the falls in Jamaica.

Strawberry Shortcake at Narcoossee's

Dawn and Mom at the Royal Pacific

This is my final installment of pictures from our last trip. We had a great time. In fact such a good time that we've already booked our next cruise. Right now our plan is to take a seven day cruise on the Liberty then rent a car and drive to Key west for a couple days. The cruise goes to Halfmoon Cay, Grand Turk, St. Thomas and San Juan with 2 days at sea. Anyone that wants to come along is welcome so start saving.