Adam #35

Defensive Captain for his team.

Adam is playing hard this season and his stats certainly show it. We're pretty proud of him.

Here he is rushing in for the tackle.

He's lead blocking.

Sitting on the sidelines with a shoulder injury after Saturdays game. It was a muddy field and a hard game against Wittenburgh. They have the #3 defense for their conference. So needless to say, our defense was on the field a lot of the game.

Adam leading his team in the school fight song after a win.

One of the coaches from another team said that they specifically set their plays around Adam because they saw his stats and heard what he had done to the other teams Quarterback. Adam is leading his team in sacks and tackles. We are very proud of his accomplishments. It will be a sad time for us when he graduates. We've been watching him play since he was 8 years old. We're definitely proud of our boy/man. He's a team captain, and he's a leader in the school where he is the head of FCA. He prays on and off of the football field and in the locker room. He's visiting friends in the hospital when they are having surgeries. He's got a ministers heart. It will be interesting to see where God leads Adam in the future.

Friends

Ashley drove up to Indiana to see her brother play some football last weekend. I was glad she went since he got injured in the second half and had to go to the hospital for x-rays. Usually we have to wait a long time before we hear any news but because Ashley was there we had up to the minute updates. His knee has a deep bone bruise and he hopes to be back on the field next week. Ashley had a great time cheering the Quakers on, but they lost big time. Some of the fans said she should be there for every game and some just shook their heads. Whatever..... we are a football family and we cheer loud for our boy. We don't quit just because they're losing that's when we get louder. She got to take Adam and some of his friends out for dinner and they got to just hang out. They had fun just being themselves.

The boys are growing

Layton has started eating his rice cereal, banana's, pears and this is sweet potato. He loved it. He ate the whole jar, grinning the whole time. If you notice his hand is on my helping to get the food in. He likes to be in charge. The first time I gave him the cereal it was everywhere. I've never had a kid that was that messy, but he kept grabbing the spoon. He's 5 months now and 17 lbs and 26" long. He's in the 75th percentile for weight and the 90th percentile for height.

Here is the 3 month old. Mr. Evan Joseph. I call him Mr. serious. He's always so thoughtful. Doesn't smile a ton for me. But he hasn't been over as much as mr. Layton so I'm sure he'll get to know me and smile eventually. I'm trying not to take it personally. He looks just like his daddy. The child "farts" all the time. I call him a dirty rotten farter. : ) And he is so stinkin' solid. Holding him is like holding a bowling ball. What a precious, precious little boy. He loves to watch football with his daddy. Kelly said Aaron tried to watch the hockey game with him the other night and he cried until Aaron changed to a football game. Smart boy. I'm sure he's missing his grandma Vanda. I know Kelly is.

Here's a picture of the two little ones together. Layton is mr. happy all the time and Evan is mr. I'm thinking if I like you or not. It's just too cute to have them together. There were together yesterday and they were talking to each other. What fun.

Evan went with his mommy to her small group gathering on Sunday. Here he is loving life in Kelly Turner's arms. I'm sure he got all the loving one little boy ever needed. The ladies just love to hold him and spoil him rotten.

OK, I'm so jealous. I never get this look from Evan. This is from Karey Erickson. I just love it. What a handsome little guy!! This is exactly how Aaron looked when he was a baby. It's like de ja vous for me.