Contusions A Plenty

A bike accident? Car accident? Fighting at school? Bad seat mate on the bus? Nope....football. Gee I wonder why so many mom's hate this sport! The small ones that are fading are from practice and the big ones that are nice and dark are from today's game. But hey..he did his job and the team earned another win! Go Eagles!!!!

Fall? Already?

To me football always means fall is coming and fast!

I am not sure I am ready for this.

Time just marches on!
So my boy, Chad is the center. For those of you who are

not football people, the center is the player that sets the plays

in motion. Well kinda, he passes the ball through his

legs to the quarterback. Chad says some QB's

are much less "touchy" then other. He hates this one

back up QB because in Chad's words "he touches my stuff

way too much". Not sure what to say to that.

Ok, here is the thing. I can never get a good picture of Chad

playing. He is in line with the offense, hidden behind

all the big boys. But in front of the QB. Well and as soon as

the ball moves the other team jumps at the QB, and inevitably

Chad because he is in front of the QB. So Chad has to

snap the ball then instantly block for the QB. He has bruises all over

his right forearm because he has to block with his left hand

and his right forearm. So here is the best picture so far this

year, see his right arm, with the pad? That's my son!!

Now all this is lovely..but when my husband,

who coaches, yells "WHO LOVES FOOTBALL?"

Chad is the loudest to respond..

"I DO!"

What better way to spend a Saturday morning really?

Fathers Day

One of my favorite things about Charlies family is watching "the boys" play together. They usually play football, Charlie and Shawn are the quarterbacks and they divide the boys up. It is always a lot of fun. Ivette coordinated this family gathering and it really was fun. No Drama! Always a good day when there is no drama. We had some Mexican food, very rare for the MacQueens. In the end it only made me miss home. I need some good grub!!

Touch football in the backyard.
Chad, Spencer, Trey and Jacob in the corner.
Bailey, Peyton and Mya bouncing on the trampoline.
Kathy kickin' it in the hammock.