First Touchdown!

Brady running in for the touchdown!

Brady and Keyan on the right

Today was the first flag football game. Brady was really excited. He was counting down the days until it was time to play. He was a little disappointed that he didn't get to play on Keyan's (his cousin's) team, but his team is really fun and the coach is energetic. All in all a good game. I don't know who was more excited when he made a touchdown, Rye or Brady.

He got the bronze!

Rye with current world heavyweight champ Byamba from Mongolia

Bronze Medal Fight

Rye in the arena. It is was held where the Lakers use to play.




This last weekend, Rye and I went to Los Angeles so Rye could compete in the 2008 US SUMO OPEN. Lucky for me he doesn't compete in the heavyweights. He can just barely make the middleweight class. That is not to say he is fat, but there was some fasting involved so he could make weight at 253Lb. (And some running around the arena) He got to compete against some of the best guys in the world. He started wrestling about four years ago when a guy from work, who is the US heavyweight champion, asked him to come and participate in a tournament that he was putting on. I guess he was bored, because we went and for three years in a row Rye won the gold medal against the other middleweights. So once again Casey (the heavyweight) beg Rye to go to the Open. We thought maybe we would get a vacation so we decided we would go. FYI-Not really a vacation and we saw way to much crack. Rye had to wrestle in 8 matches and he won the Bronze. The really cool thing is that he was the only competitor to beat the Mongolian that won the gold. Ahhh... if only the bracketing could have been a little different. Then I would be married to the silver or gold medalist.

Fishing

Rafe trying to reel in the fish so he could touch it again!

Dad and Kiya with her fish


Brady holding his fishing pole

Well with summer starting to look like it was over, Grampa Mac and Grandma Mac decided that we needed to go fishing. Brady hinted to Grandpa a little too. So we decided to head up to the fish hatchery to catch some fish. (We're not stupid! No lake for us. Just guaranteed catching!) The kids had a great time. Rafe just liked to touch the wiggly fishes and then throw them back in the water. Kiya was super excited. Brady never quit. He just kept fishing and fishing and fishing. Mom enjoyed the picnic lunch. Dad got a migraine and then the fun was over for everyone. We were super quiet on the way home so he could sleep. Also we didn't want to get puked on.

More fun at the lake

Can you believe it? After ten days at Alturas Lake we took one week off and returned for our second week of camping. So here are the pictures of us the second week. We had a really good time with my side of the family. Rhett and Russ give all the boat rides the kids could ask for!

Brady

Kent

Russ That water is cold!

Daisha

Kami

Robert and Ryker

Rafe in a hole

Alyssa

Tajen

Mom

Dad

Rye

Dray, Keyan, Kent

Brea

Ryker

Rhett

Rafe

Rafe

Keyan

Kiya

Rye

Rhett

Russ

Here's the big boys wakeboarding.

Fun at the Lake

For the last ten days we have been vacationing at Alturas Lake. I think everyone had a good time, except for the mosquitos. Kiya said, "That they liked her bum!". Buttcrack is a terrible thing to show when you don't have repellant on it. We all had a good time. The next couple of posts show some of the fun we had.

For the last two years one of my sister Jenni's friends from work has come up to Alturas for a couple of days and he takes whoever he can get, to go on a hike with him. Last year Brady and Rye went, but it was a long hike and Rye ended up carrying Brady most of the way home because he was so tired. This year we told Chris that he had to do a shorter distance for the kids. (Okay the adults too!) So this year we went to 4th of July lake. It was about 2 1/2 miles there and back. Rye and I were debating on who we were going to take with us. Then we decided that it was a family vacation so everyone goes no matter who we have to carry. We were worried about our little Rafe going so far, but to our amazement he made it there and most of the way back all by himself.