Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is still my favorite holiday. I love being with my family and remembering how blessed I am. I am thankful for my family, friends, freedoms, education, church, health, sunshine, good running shoes, house and so much more.

Jay's Football Season

Jay's football season was a success. They went 8-0 in the regular season and won the championship. It was fun to watch his team and it was fun to watch Jay get better throughout the season.

The winning team: Brigg Wolfe, Bryant Goodman, Wilson Kerr, Jay Ricedorff, Jay Tingey, Carter Banks, Carson Campbell, Ashton Adcox and Travis Tingey.

Great bunch of boys.

 

Jack's football season

Jack had a pretty decent football season. His team went 7-1 in the regular season and then lost to the stinking Broncos in the playoffs. Jack is getting to be quite a good quarterback and really enjoys playing football. The games get intense and I had to keep reminding myself that this was only an 11 year old game.

Jack's team

Coaches: Ryan and Justin Wood

Players: Ezra McNaughton, Ike Farnsworth, Davis Banks, Jack, Cooper Arnett, Ethan Caldwell, Isaac Frame, Nolan Wood

Kate's Soccer

We had a fun time watching Kate play soccer this year. She didn't win any games but she had fun and made some new friends. And Kate got better and a little bit more aggressive as the season went on.

Kate after one game when they only had 4 players and it was 100 degrees. Love her red cheeks.

Kate and Lila Driggs

Girls Cruise

Girls Cruise

 

My annual girls cruise was an interesting trip. Only four of us made it, Me, Eileen Bartlett, Kierra Lewandowski and Amy Smith. But we laughed and had a good time. We went on a 7 day cruise that was supposed to go to Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize and Cozumel, Mexico but we had really rainy weather so Roatan was taken out. But we really enjoyed Belize and Cozumel. I am amazed at the clarity and warmth of the water each time I go to the Caribbean which is now twice.

          Belize was interesting. We got there and the water and town were gross. So we asked someone to take us to white sand and blue water so we got on a boat (Ecotoursbelize) and rode with about 10 other people to an island in the middle of nowhere and snorkeled. It was raining and cold outside but the water temperature was warm so we had a great time. I think the snorkeling would have been incredible but with the storm the water wasn't super clear. But we still saw a shark and some really cool sea life.

            Cozumel was the best, maybe because we had sun for the first time all week. We booked a catamaran (Cozumel Fury) through the cruise, that took us out snorkeling in the ocean and then to their private beach that had water trampolines and giant water slides and such. The slides and tramp were fun and we laughed so hard. Especially at Eileen who fell off the back of one of the slides.

          The cruise was fun mainly because of the great company and definitely not because of all the gay men on the cruise. Yes, we had booked on a gay cruise. Which just added to the laughter. What else can you do when you are on a gay cruise that is stuck in port an extra day? Laugh, and that is what we did. Already looking forward to next year.

 



Goodman Family Reunion

I love the Goodman Reunion. Every year we have it as close to my Grandpa's birthday in November. It is so fun to see my cousins that I grew up with and to see the next generation all playing together. I am blessed to have such a strong family unit.

 

Uncle Jim, Aunt Katrina, Uncle Steve and Dad



 

 

Halloween

Halloween

 

Halloween is still not one of my favorite holidays but I'm trying to like it for my kids. I was really happy when my kids decided to be something that was easy to come up with. We had a good night and I hope my kids had fun.

Jay: Banana, Kate: a Katie Kat or kitty cat, Jack: a rasta man

 

Kate at her school Halloween parade.