Friday, November 20, 2009

Danny's Accident

I'm sure that anyone who actually follows this blog has actually already heard about Danny's accident but just in case, I decided to post it in one more place. He and his friend Broc were heading home at about 2:30 wednesday morning (they'd been out tuesday nite) and Broc was driving. He understeered into a turn coming off the off ramp of the Hwy and ended up rolling the car down an embankment. Both are very lucky considering how much worse it could've been.



http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/797776.html



Broc ended up with 3 broken ribs and a punctured lung but wasn't hospitalized since his lung didn't deflate. He was treated and released. He may also have a broken arm but they weren't able to tell from the xray yesterday.


Danny however, is still in the hospital - Hopefully to be released tomorrow. He ended up with 3 broken ribs, a punctured lung, broken sternum, broken scapula (I think shoulder blade), and 3 broken toes in his right foot, not to mention a concussion and many cuts and bruises. He's in a lot of pain but is overall extremely lucky. Both guys were in their seatbelts, proving once again, that seatbelts can save your life, SO WEAR THEM. :) If they hadn't had them on, they might not be here today.


So keep them in your thoughts and prayers and if you don't have a way to get ahold of him and would like to talk to him, email me or comment here and I will email you with a phone#. I will be heading over to see him today and will hopefully have more information after the weekend.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Indoor Soccer

There is nothing like jumping back into indoor soccer to find out just how out of shape you are! I started indoor two weeks ago. The shocking part is... SCOTT is also playing indoor soccer. He'd never played before but Glassman Inc has so many men and women who play or have played soccer in the past, they decided to put together a team. I'd actually hesitated to play until he said he was playing. Once he told me he was playing I knew there was no way I could stand on the side lines and watch! Overall we've ended up with 3 couples playing and lots of other glassman employees and of course... Ben, Scott's best friend and my other husband.

The first game was a shock to all of our systems. In the first minute of play Scott managed to shoulder a girl right in the cheek. His fault, but not... he ran around one guy and she was right in front of the guy and he didn't see her in time. But about one minute after that, I managed to trip a girl and get a foul called on me. So, within 2 minutes, both Waring's had a foul called on them. I think they were ready to kick us off the field. :) But after that it smoothed out and Scott even got a goal!! However, the drive home was the 3 of us (Ben was with us) all complaining of the different aches we were already feeling. Game one was a reality check and I realized I needed to start running if I wanted to survive the season. Scott also has more sympthy for my aches and pains after a first game back than he did before - since I'm still pretty sure Ben and Scott complained more in 2 hours than I do the entire week after a game. :)

I spent most of last week running on our treadmill that had been gathering a nice layer of dust in the garage. Between my Ipod and movies on the DVD player out there I've managed to get up to 4 miles in 50 minutes. I should've gone the additional 10 minutes yesterday to make it an even hour but I needed to get in and feed the family dinner. Not to mention, the DVD was at a good spot and I wanted to save the action to motivate me for tonight's run.

If I wasn't trying so hard to catch my breath during the short breaks I get during the games, I'd take some pictures. Maybe by game 5 I'll manage a couple of the Monkey running around. Yes, I told Scott he looks like a monkey running. He's SO tall and skinny and his arms are so gosh darn long that I laughed the first game and pointed out that his elbows are out when he runs. He is already keeping them down and I must say, I am JEALOUS at how natural he is at sports! He jumped right in with no problems. It's almost like me trying to jump into basketball. I know the concept, have played it for fun (eon's ago) but if you were to put me out on the court and give me a ball, I'm not sure I could dribble it down the court muchless make a basket! He had a goal in 2 minutes and no problems with passing, trapping or dribbling!

So if you are in Tacoma in the next month on a sunday, let me know. Our games are fun to watch. Not to mention there is a bar upstairs in the soccer center so you can have a beer while laughing at us. As long as it's an afternoon game... so far we've only had morning games and the bar hasn't been open yet. Bummer!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Corn mazes, Zombies and Transformers



While I love the halloween season, I'm glad it's over for the year. Braden wanted to be Bumblebee - a transformer. Kelsey was undecided so eventually I convinced her to just be a soccer player. That wasn't good enough, she wanted to be a dead soccer player. So... she became a zombie soccer player with a cleat protruding from her chest.

Braden loved his Bumblebee Costume. He wore atleast the mask almost every day from the time I bought it until Halloween. Here are a few pictures from the various halloween events they went to over the season.



Busy Month

I don't even know where to begin. It was such a busy month of October and November is already in full swing.

Kelsey is just winding up her soccer and volley ball seasons. Two sports in one season are just not advisable. She had Practices monday, tuesday and friday with multiple games on saturdays. Unfortunately she only made it to half of the volley ball games due to conflicting soccer games. She did very well in both sports. She's really beginning to show signs of being an excellent defender in soccer. She could be a good forward too since she has great passing skills and the ability to shoot if she got close enough, but she won't dribble. Doesn't quite have that confidence yet.

Today was the most miserable soccer game I can remember watching. unbelievably windy, rainy and cold. Kelsey was so cold by the end that as she warmed up her hands hurt bad enough to make her cry. Although.... it doesn't always take much to make her cry.