my baby and more

i went back over to the Sexton's and visited my little Koa some more. man oh man, does he like those horses! after that, i came home (naturally) just in time to meet hannah. she had a rose, a card, and an oreo ice cream cake. did i mention, earlier today, while i was still at sexton's, hannah Giacalone came over with a cake and a card? and mom made a cake.... i had plenty to eat!

my little baby is so cute! he is calm in the aspect that he doesnt jump all over you, but if i sit down, he will try to get in my lap! and, if i lay dawn, he snuggles up next to me with his head in the crook of my arm or on my stomach!!! too cute!!! he can jun and jog and play though for quite some time, and jumps all over any bugs he sees! he is so brave.... that is how the man who sold him to us described him, brave and fearless! that is what his name means as well, oddly enough! he was trying to get at the horses, but thankfully he has an electric fence! speaking of which, tomorrow before swimming i get to go help train him to not go over it, and soon we start reagular obediance training as well! he is so cute and perfect, i still can not believe he is all mine!!!!

bday

he knows his mommy!!!

isnt he a handsome dog?

taking a run already???

me and my puppy

I GOT A GERMAN SHEPHERD!!!! it is a boy, about 3 months, brown, with a slightly darker saddle looking patch on top. he is calm, but really brave, and can be playful. only problem, i have no idea what to name him!!! look at my side bar and please vote, or comment for me! i already spent a good 3 hours just hanging out with him! since we do not have a big yard at all, and my brother is allergic to dogs, he will stay at grandmother's house, who has 5 acres for him to run around on. My parents put in an invisible fence to keep him safe. now that trey can drive, i have a driver to get me over there any time i want!

tournament

today, i played in my last game ever as a viper!!!!

in the first game, we lost 2-1. that was on friday, at 7:15. we should have won, the reffing was terrible. on one of their goals, they tripped our goalie, kicked it out of her hands, and scored. illeagal times 100! on the other one, the ref called a corner when it was obviously a goal kick. they scored off a set play from there. that team was really physical too, and we all took a few good hits. my hardest was probably getting sandwiched between there stopper and defending mid. ouch. i scored our only goal, off a beautiful shot by lauren grillo. the girls got skillz. she missed just to the outside of the far post, and i managed to get there in the nick of time to finish for her.

in our game today, the team had to forfeit becuase of illegeal players. if not, we would have lost. we only had 11 in both games, and 2 with injuries. a pulled hammy and a bad ankle. the ankle girl couldnt run, so we had to stick her in goal. she wasnt a goalie. lauren had our only goal off a breakaway. she beat a few girls, and finished with a chip shot over the rushing goalie. upper 90. that was my last game ever as a viper, and it was slightly disapointing. only 15 minutes at forward, and i had one cross that should have been finished, no shots. then, a half at mid. mostly defensive. the rest i played at left D.

this game felt almost like high school. beautiful passes, huge legs on girls, that could knock you head off, reffs strict about offsides, and loose about elbows, jursey pulling, pushing, lide tackling from behind, the works. sadly, the ref didnt like me too much again. a girl twice my size started pushing me around, and pulling my shorts, trying to get the ball. the whole time, their players had beat us up, and we had gotten no calls. so, i fought back. i wasnt gonna let her do that to me! the ref came over, and by that time we were both on the ground, in pain, and geting up as fast as we could to do it again. he started yelling, not at her (she flagrently pushed me first) but at me! he said, "hey, you look like your on a UFC fight show! if you dont knock it off now, im gonna card you and send you to the bench! now, you done, or should i just card you up now?" i said i would stop, and he gave us a drop ball, becuase he knew as well as me that she started it. she got to it first, and hit me in the stomach pretty had. i recovered, and cleared it. still though, i have a bad opinion of that ref, although i am suprised he didnt card me then and there!

my summer's story

here is the story of my summer.... swim. workout. lay exhausted for a few hours and carb load. go to an amazingly physical soccer practice (or two later on) and get pushed, shoved, grabbed and kicked. run for punishment bacuase someone was late. get lined up in the goal while the upper classman have about 10 minutes to try and knock our heads off. if you duck, or dont head it, get screamed at. get bruises, and feel amazingly sore. get called freshman, or freshey in a nasty tone by people who happen to be older than you when they tell you to pick up their trash, put the goals up or down, carry the ball or penny bag, or even their soccer bag. after just one week, i already have alot of imsight into my new life. even people that i was friends with in the past now just order me around, and make fun of us. oh well, hopefully it will wear off soon! until then..... ugh.

btw, i will make a post on monday or wednesday saying exactly what we did at workouts and practice, ect. just so you can feel my pain. and try doing it all a few times a week and seeing how you feel!

bday

since i was booked all week, and have a tournament this weekend, we celebrated my birthday with the fam on memorial day. we had langfors, cruzes, us, grammy and grandpa on both sides, and the sextons. as you can tell, it was tons of fun! we went to a pancake breakfast/memorial day service thingey first. vetrens spoke, and after we ate. then, we set up the slip and slide... around 11. at about 2 we stopped for a late lunch cookout style. then, we got back on the slip and slide til probably 5:30 or 6! mixed in there somewhere is presents and cake for me! many thanks to all! after that, we went to langfords lake property and did smores. it started storming, so we rushed to cruzes. around 9:30 or 10, i went to get my physical done by becker, and he brought me home so i could get some sleep before the big day.

as you can tell by the pics, we had tons of fun! and the commentary for each.... 1. lydia had a thing for holding the hose.... but sometimes she forgot about holding it on the slide!

2. me carter and jared all sliding. the fun part was surfing down.... but sliding worked too.

3. we also would all go in a row and try to hold each others ankles. slightly painful, but fun! just dont let trey go last!!!

4. we had races.... and carter got a head start! i think we were about to start surfing down and see who could go the farthest.

5. this was a very fun game.... someone would slide down as fast as they could, and someone would sit in the middle of the slide waiting. the slider would grab the sitter on the way down, and sling them in front of them.

and look at those arms.... weights are paying off! haha

ouch

man..... farraguts workouts sure are intense! i didn't even have practice yesterday, it was reschedualed for today, 4:30 - 6:30. the weights and swimming alone were enough to throw my body out of wack! and the trip to the pool with friends..... but of course, i'm not sure just how sore i really am, becuase i am covered in little bruises and scrapes from the slip and slide! :)

so today, trey is supposedly driving me to swimming at 9:30 - 11:00. i will leave early for strength and conditioning, and then hang out till practice.

to touch a little on what kind of stuff we did at strength and conditioning, bench press with dumbbells, pull-ups on the ropes, push-up plusses, and more. we also did about 30 minutes of speed drills on the ladders, and jump ropeing. right after that, we did lunges clutching weights to our chests. then, we did the things where you crouch down with your hands and butt touching the floor, then jump as high as you can. and repeat about 10 jor 12 times. then, more lunges. more jumps. then, squats. then, laps around the huge football weight room doing walking lunges. i know we did tons more after that, but i was kind of in the zone, so i dont really remember.... as for abs, we did bicycles, tons of crunches, lifting our feet up straight and doing a crunch to reach them, cross crunches, i could go on. we have to do this tuesday wednesday thursday of this week, though normally the tuesday will be monday. fun, fun, fun!

all good

wow, crazy day! around 2, or 2:30, not exactly sure when, mom called me and trey downstairs, to tell us Lori was in an accident, they thought she was okay, but they were going down to make sure. Scott was already at the hospital with lydia because she has been having breathing problems. she has been hospitalized since yesterday around noon. so, he could not go to get her. in the end, my parents discovered that she was fine, and traded "posts" with Scott so he could go home with lori. they are still there, but should be home shortly. i am glad it all turned out okay.... that could have been really bad!

btw, Lydia is there 2nd youngest child. she is what, 2, maybe 2 and a half ? but she seems much older! in picture, which is the day of our make-up for the make-up easter egg hunt at Grammy's, she is bottom middle. in the other one, she is kissing Grandpa Barber