The girls are ready to hit the shopping mall.

Some more Tsali pictures!

Tsali Mountain biking Trip

I finally got some pictures from the Tsali trip. This is the first posting of yours truly about to navigate a creek crossing. The first day consisted of us meeting and travelling up to Western N. Carolina. We planned on an afternoon ride, which turned into a night ride. We got a late start and it was a slow go with some of the other riders. So the last half of the ride was literally in the dark. Even though we were in the middle of a National Forest without even the light of the moon it still was pretty fun. The next day consisted of a couple of rides and some awesome downhills. The rain came Sunday and it was so messy on the final ride. I went through two shirts and one is still stained with mud. Thanks to AT for the great trip!

Fireballs

The soccer season has come to a close. The Fireballs closed out the season Saturday with a victory that set our record at 6-2. Not to bad for a first time coach. The climax of the season was the make-up game against our previous coach from last spring. They had us beat with experience and ability but our Fireballs worked together to pull out a 3-2 vitctory despite a yelling episode from the opposing coach and a very wet field. W had at least 5 awesome goal saves. Last Saturday was the last game, which we had it well in hand from the beginning. To finish off the season we let all five kids play at the same time for the last 5 minutes. We wrapped up the time with a team party and handed out the trophies at a local restaurant.

Next up is Upward Basketball. Practice starts next month with games starting in January.

Happy Halloween

Young Annikan and Snow White made the rounds on Halloween. Everyone had a good time and a lot of candy was eaten by all. Yet we are still plagued by another snake incident. W almost stepped on it when he was getting out of the road to let a car pass. I saw a black snake about 2 feet long right behind W's feet. G alerted the house owner. The snake was black and had a narrow head. Since we are all now snake experts, we calmly stated that it was not poisonous and they swept it into a metal bucket and let the snake go out in the woods behind their house.

Quote of the night came courtesy of W. After leaving one particular house (and not far enough away from the front door) W stated, "Man, it was a mess in there!" - B