Video Clips from Armenia

Sister Fager sent a some video clips from Armenia, these 2 were my favorites.

Catching a Chicken

Armenian Baking

FALL TIME

Fall has been absolutely beautiful here. Pictured is the 2-year old red maple in our front yard.

Monday for FHE we carved our traditional jack-0-lanterns. We tried a u-pick place, but the pumpkins were green and moldy, so we headed to Albertsons and bought pumpkins for $4.99 each. Vance and I teamed up on a witch pumpkin, Richard and Jenn carved. David and Ben did their own creation.

Jenn and Richard helped with a church trunk or treat and dressed up as tigers (costumes Richard's mom made). David helped decorate the trunk and dressed up as "Monte the Tiger Tamer" and made a whimpy whip to keep the tigers under control. We had more trick or treaters than normal, perhaps it was because of the mild weather. It has been a beautiful fall.

State Tournament

We had a fun four days in Boise watching Ben play soccer. We stayed with my parents and it is always wonderful to be with them. They are always so gracious to put up with our comings and goings. I don't think soccer is their favorite sport, but I thought it was nice they came inspite of their aches and pain

The first game was against Timberline. It was the first time IF had faced an organized attack and the first time playing on turf rather than grass. Turf creates a faster game and a bouncier ball. They beat us 2-0, but I think if we played them a second time we would win. However the first round loss put us in the Consolation bracket. The boys were disappointed and bothered by their second loss of the season.

The second game, an elimination game was against Eagle. IF came out and scored a quick goal and that deflated Eagle. We beat them 2-0. It was their best game of the season. Interestingly Eagle beat Timberline twice during the regular season.

The consolation championship was against Coeurd'Alene, the other team we lost too in the season. It was a hard fought battle, but IF won 2-1. Northern Idaho teams have a tendency to be very physical and that proved true in this game.

Two of Ben's jobs as right defender is to throw the ball in from the sideline when the ball is bumped out and to take the kicks the clears the ball into the offensive half.



David was the got some nice actions pictures of the games. It is really quite hard to get good shots. Here he is with his coat of many colors. It was a bit cool for the 9:30 games, but warmed up beautifully by the end of the game

It was most fun having Jenn and Richard with us to enjoy the games. They were most supportive and excited for the games.

GOING TO STATE!

Ben's soccer team qualified for the State Tournament in Boise this next week. It is a double treat for us since mom and dad live there and we can see them. The tigers ended up 14-1-2 for the regular season. The final qualifying game was one of the most intense games I've experienced in quite a while. They finally beat Skyline 1-0 by scoring a much needed goal with only 10 minutes left.

Clearing the ball.

Incoming header

Throwing the ball in bounds.

The defense was not going to let the ball get behind them, all three are trying to get the header.

Getting tangled up.

Cool jackets!

Accapella Choir Concert Last Night...

...was fabulous, both the boys and girls sections were split into 4 singing parts each; now I have to figure out how to tranfer the video to the computer so you can enjoy it too, but meanwhile isn't Ben handsome in his tux!