Tiger Basketball over - now track begins!!

Well, the season finally came to an end. Our Everton Tigers had a great season. The varsity team finished 20-8 and took 2nd in districts. Alex got to play some on the varsity team - he started on JV but they lost players one by one until he was the only one left. Unfortunately he didn't get a lot of play time, but he did learn from the experience. Hopefully he will get more play time next year if he continues to play.

Now we are starting the track and field season. Alex is competing in discus this year - his coach is hoping he will run some, but he doesn't seem too interested in that. We will see. They have ten meets - he and Renan missed the first one because we didn't get back from Chicago in time (that's another story). They will start with their first meet on the 30th. I'll post more as we get results.

Not sure at this point about baseball. We don't think there will be enough for Alex's level, but that is still kind of up in the air.

Everton Tigers hit the web

Friday night, February 6th a local TV station, KY3 came to visit our school to tape our basketball game against Bradleyville. A portion of that video was posted on a website KY3 hosts call http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/. Here is a link to the video, http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/Story.php?StoryID=117.
Alex is the one in white with a white t-shirt on. He got to play several minutes on the varsity team that night. It was a great game.

There was also a great article written by a gentleman at http://www.ozarkssports.com/ about our game vs. Chadwick (http://www.ozarkssports.net/in-the-gym/). He really caught the great spirit of small towns during basketball season. There is nothing like basketball night in Everton. Go Tigers!!

Basketball is here

Well, it's basketball season in Everton - the town comes alive. Our team is doing pretty good this season. Alex started off on the JV team, but unfortunately we lost two players for various reason so Alex and the other JV players may get play time with varsity. The girls are also playing - Alex's girlfriend Mandi is playing for the girls. We are proud of how good they are doing.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Hi everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year. We had a quiet day together - the best kind. We definately miss our family during this time of year. We did get to talk to everyone, which was nice. I've attached a copy of our family picture. The guys are halfway through their Christmas break. Counting down and enjoying their time off.

Howdy everyone

Hi there. It's been awhile since I've posted anything so I thought I would take a minute to catch everyone up.

We are all doing good. School is back in full swing. Alex and Renan are both doing good in school. They are both gearing up for basketball. Practice starts November 10th. We should have both a JV and Varsity team with full schedules. Alex hurt is ankle in gym yesterday and it is pretty swollen so of course he'll "have" to take it easy for chores this weekend!

Ski is keeping busy with budget and stuff at T-Mobile. He is doing great there and continues to enjoy his job.

I'm still at 911, and also substitute teaching. I can't believe its my fourth year now! I really enjoy both.

That's it for now. Take care everyone. More to come....

A Day On The Links

Yesterday we decided, since Ski had a day off, to go play golf. We asked Renan if he played golf - he said yes. However, on the way to the course, while discussing what we were going to do, we discovered that when we asked Renan if he played golf, he thought we were talking about miniature golf! Well, needless to say we found out this was Renan's first attempt at "real" golf. He was a good sport and tried his hardest to knock that little ball up and down the course for nine holes. We had lots of fun and he took the teasing gracefully. Ski and Alex battled as usual for bragging rights. We hope we can get Renan back on the course again sometime - maybe we'll even throw some miniature golf his way! P.S. On photo above, Alex was not miserable, he just hates getting his picture taken!

Renan is here!

Well, Renan (pronounced Henan, soft e) arrived this past Saturday. We met him in Springfield when one of the AFS volunteers brought him down. He has immediately fit into our family. The dogs have really taken to him, which is a definate plus! As you can see from the picture, Alex had him out playing catch the next day after he got here. Yesterday (August 18th) Renan started school here as a senior. Everyone has been great helping him out, talking with him and making sure he gets where he needs to go. The senior class has been very helpful with him, which I really appreciate. I substituted at school yesterday and he seemed pretty comfortable there. I'll post more pictures as we get them. Welcome Renan!!