Bringing Barney Home

Ray and Raymond drove out to Huntsville Friday night to pick up the puppy. He was five weeks on Thursday. They got to see the momma (the yellow lab) and daddy (the black lab) at the breeder's house. These are some pictures from Friday night, as well as Barney's first bath here at home.

Puppy Shopping!

Tonight we went to PetSmart to get some supplies for the our new doggie. We bought a crate, a pad for the floor of the crate, feed and water bowls, a collar and leash, and some doggie shampoo (he kind of smelled bad when we were holding him last night!) About 30 minutes after we got home, Raymond asked if he would fit in the crate. Ray laughed, because he said he knew Raymond would try to get in it! He climbed in, and even put the dog collar on! He then put his crackers in the food bowl! What a goof ball!

Puppy Finding!

We drove 86 miles to Huntsville tonight to look at the litter of puppies we found online. We knew we wanted a black male, and the breeder had 3 black males, along with 3 black females and 3 chocolate males. The chocolates are already spoken for. The breeder brought out all six of the black puppies so we could see them. So cute! We held all of the males and played with them for a bit before deciding on the one we wanted. They are only 4 weeks old, so we will have to wait at least a week, possibly two, before we can bring him home. These are a couple of pics we took of our new puppy, Barney!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2009!

We drove over to Ruth's Chris Resturant for dinner, and then over to the Elk's Lodge to meet Ray's grandparents. The lodge has recently been renovated, after being battered by Hurrican Ike back in September. This was the first time I had been over there since the work was finished, and it looks really nice. We stayed until almost midnight before driving home. New Year's Day, we spent hanging out at the house, and went to Micheal's for some scrapbook supplies.

Hope your day was happy!

Puppy Finding!

We found a breeder that has a litter of black and chocolates that were just born on Dec. 18th, so they are barely two weeks old. He said we can come and look at them when they are 4 weeks, so we plan on driving over there the weekend of Jan 17th. The breeder has three black males, so he has us down for one. We Just have to decide when we get out there which one we want, depending on what he has at the time.

Yeah!

Puppy Wishing!

We have finally decided to get a puppy! Raymond has really been wanting a black lab, so we are starting to look! There are a number of breeders around the area, a few have recent litters, so I am going to make a few phone calls and see what is available.

Snow Day in Houston!

It snowed here in Clear Lake, and many places around the Houston Area on Wednesday, December 10th! We got to see the flakes actually falling, and it stuck to the grass and bushes until the next day! It snowed for several hours. Raymond was extremely excited and of course, made a mini-snowman. Thankfully, the impact to the city was minimal, and didn't cause too much trouble, although I did see on the new there were a number of minor traffic accidents around town.

Football EOY party

The team had their end of year party and trophy handout at a local resturant this week. The boys played some video games and everyone had dinner. Coach Whitlock handed out the trophies and said something about each kid.

Play offs

The Falcons lost today in the first round of the play offs to the Deer Park Tigers. They tried hard, but just couldn't get much going. The team was pretty dejected, as the season is over for the Falcons.

The Sr. Falcons and the Sophmore Falcons also lost their first round games today, (the Freshman team did not make the playoffs), so the entire Clear Lake Falcon League is finished for the year.

Team party will be a few weeks. Raymond is somewhat glad the season is done, as he was getting pretty tired. He is a mess of bruises.

Play-in Game

We played Pasenda today, because they lost to Beaumont on Tuesday, and we won 26-12. Because we beat Beaumont during the season, the Falcons are seeded 3rd, while the Bulls are seeded 4th. So we play the 2nd seed on Saturday at 2pm.

The game was out in Deer Park at 6:30, I had to have Raymond there at 5:15 and we didn't get home until nearly 10pm since we went to eat after. It was a long day.

Raymond's 11th Birthday Part II

We had Ray, Ginnie, Butch and some of Raymond's friends over for cake and ice cream this afternoon. The kids played the Wii, painted with the art set Ginnie brought for Raymond, and played Apples to Apples in the den while we watched football. Raymond ended up with about 60 bucks and 50 dollars in gift cards to Toys R US. Butch gave him an aquarium for his baby red eared slider. It was a good day.

Play-in Games Tie breakers

During the regular season we beat Beaumont, Beaumont beat Pasenda, and Pasenda beat us, so that is why there is a need for the play-in games. They can't use the regular seaon results because of the way we all ended in the head to heads.

Here's how it will go -
Pasenda and Beaumont play on Tuesday. Whoever wins is in, but the seeding depends on who wins on Thursday. We will play the loser on Thursday. Winner is in playoffs, loser is done.

Week 12 Game 10 vs Alvin Yellowjackets

This was another game that was supposed to be played earlier in the season, but was postponed due to the storm. If the Falcons, get the win, they are automatically in the playoffs, but if it is a lose, and depending on it Pasenda wins or loses, there may be a tie breaker game played.

At the end of the forth quarter, the score was tied, and because the game had playoff implications, it went to OT. FIVE OTs later, Alvin won. Our boys scored in the third OT period, and Alvin scored as well. Scored again in the 5th OT, but the Falcons missed the extra point, and Alvin scored and made their extra point. Ugh. It was a hard fought game.

So - there will be 2 play-in games because three teams are tied for the 3rd and 4th seed spots. We will find out Sunday when we play and depending on when, we might not know until after Tuesday who we play.

Week 11 Game 9 at LaPorte Cowboys

This game was not orginally on our schedules, but it was put here to make up for the game against the Galveston Hurricanes, that we were supposed to play, ironically, the day after Hurrican Ike hit Galveston and Houston (9/13). Unfortunately, the Galveston team was not able to regroup after the storm, so the league assigned anyone that was supposed to play them to play another non-confernce team.

So, we played the Cowboys of LaPorte and lost.

Week 10 game 8 at Pasenda Bears

Lost this away game, the parents at this game were obnoxious! We moved during half time beause of the woman behind us~she wouldn't shut up!

Week 9 Game 7 Deer Park Rams

This wasw a Sunday make up game from earlier in the season. Won this one 22-7! With this win, the boys are in the playoffs, but we won't know until the end of the season where they will be seeded. Whoo-hoo!

Week 9 Game 6 VS LaMarque Tigers

Win number 5! 12-0 against the LaMarque Tigers.

Week 8 Game 5 VS LaPorte Texans

Butt kicking...ugh, 0-27 against the LaPorte Texans. It was a rough game for the boys, their worst beat yet.

Week 7, Game 4 VS Beaumont Bulls

Another Shutout! 14-0!

Week 6 but Game 3 VS League City Cougars

This should have been game 6, but due to the storm, everything is off schedule. The Falcons won 12-0! Yeah.