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The Redskins did it, they won their 1st preseason game last night. We had a great time!!! We have had our season tickets for 5 years now and we always have a wonderful time. Rusty does all the cooking for tailgating and I get to sit and watch. Everyone is out there having a good time, cooking out, throwing footballs, playing games and just enjoying themselves.

This is our annual "Oh my God, I can't believe they finally got here" picture. Every year I take the same picture of Rusty with his tickets.

This is my nephew Brett, the one in the back, and his friend Justin. They ride with us when they go to the games. Rusty and I have 4 season tickets and we sell 2 of them to his brother every year. Really those 2 are his tickets since he's paid for them every year that we've gotten them, they just come in my name. He plays in a band and isn't able to come to every game so his sons take turns using them. Brett won't be making many games this year though, he will be attending VCU and he moves in this Saturday. He is such a good kid. He works (for the longest time he worked 2 jobs), he attends college and is just an all around good kid. Every parent wants someone like him for their daughter.
Rusty is such a good cook.

Brett, Rusty and Justin.
Brett, Me and Justin.
Way to go skins, let keep it up!!!

IT'S TIME FOR REDSKINS FOOTBALL!!!

This is Rusty at the last game of the season last year, crutches and all. He had just had knee surgery, again, but he insisted on going anyway.

Ashleigh loves sports just as much as her Dad.

The first game is today and we can't wait. The game is at 7:00, we will be meeting my nephew and his friend at 2:00 in Manassas, they are riding with us, and we will waiting for the parking lot to open at 3:00 so we can tailgate. It is so much fun! This is our 5th year with our season tickets and it's still as much fun as the first year.

GO SKINS!

I didn't put a title to this post because there are so many things to talk about I wasn't sure what to title it. We celebrated Blake's 10th birthday the weekend of the 26th. We had 1 party on Saturday for family and then a second party on Sunday for his friends. Blake had a great time and received way too many presents,

And too much money.

Blake got a new Nintendo DS, his other one got broke.

And who were the stupid people who bought this child Rock Band? Oh, I guess that would be his parents. Oh, that would be us. How stupid are we? We now have 2 Rock Bands in our house, Wayne has one for XBox 360 and now Blake has one for Wii. He loves it, plays it all the time.

We took him to a place in Winchester called "Fun Expedition" for his party with his friends. I'm not stupid (well if you don't count that Rock Band gift), I wasn't having all those little boys at my house to clean up after. They have a great program for birthdays and it was worth every penny. The kids had a great time, we had a great party hostess who took care of everything, all I had to do was sit back and watch them have fun. Well, and play some 3D putt putt and lazer tag. That was so much fun. Blake invited 9 (the party was for 10 kids) and 7 showed up. My friend Sharon brought 2 of her boys and stayed with me. Another friend of ours Wayne brought his son and he stuck around to play also.

They raced each other.

While the adults were playing 3D golf. The kids did find us eventually, darn it, we need to find a better hiding place next time.

Wayne with his hole in one. Sharon and I are sure he cheated, we're not sure how, but we know he did. ha ha

The boys had a great time playing golf.

Dance, Dance Revolution. Have you ever seen anyone on this thing? I think I got dizzy just watching them.

We got all the kids together and took them in to play lazer tag. That was great! It is 2 stories so everyone is running all over shooting each other.

They also have a rock wall that all the kids took a chance on. Did I? Uh, no.

FOOTBALL HAS STARTED!!

If you've been reading my blog for long you know sports is a big part of our life and football is the biggest. We have been having practice for 2 weeks now and we have some great kids playing this year. Rusty is the head coach of one of our 2 junior teams and he also helps with the senior team and the freshman teams. This means practice Mon - Thurs and Sat mornings. Home? When do we see home? In the off season, ha ha. I think we have a house so the cat and dog have somewhere to live. I am the team mom for the 2 junior teams and I help out Sharon (our league secretary, she was in the birthday pictures) with whatever she needs.

This is Sharon's son, Josh catching the ball. I love the way the sun is setting over the mountains in the background.

Blake practicing with the sled. See the seat and cup holder? The coach sits on that and makes the kids push him around the field. This was during the first week of practice, they didn't have to wear their pants during that first week. I guess to get them used to wearing the shoulder pads and helmet with overwelming the new players all at once. That's alot of equipment to get used to.

I have to tell you a funny story about midget football. Wayne, the one in the birthday pictures, and his wife own an athletic store here in town. Wayne decided he wanted to put together a football camp this year for the kids. He started calling around to companies to find out about sponsors, donations, etc. He called Nike and talked to a lady about the process of donations from Nike. He told her he was with Strasburg Midget Football. The conversation went like this:

Wayne: I am with Strasburg Midget Football.

Nike lady: Did you say midget football?

Wayne: Yes.

Nike lady: Oh my gosh, that is so great. My Mom is a midget. It think that is so great.

Wayne had the hardest time not laughing before he got off the phone. bwahahahha

Sometimes you just have to shake your head and not say anything at all.

Have a great night!