Wrestling has started

Dustin and William are both going out for wrestling. Dustin will wrestle at 171 and William 189. Their first matches start in December.They have matches on Tuesday and Thursday's and tournaments on Friday and Saturday. Wrestling is a very busy time of year. Jim has Thanksgiving off this year and Laura and Craig are driving up on Saturday and staying until the next Saturday. I hope to be able to see them while they are here. Trissa is due the day before Thanksgiving and I will be flying to Denver as soon as she is in labor.

Othello Playoff Game

Jim and I traveled to Othello. We dropped William off at James and made it to Othello by 1:15. Game time was 2:00. We started out with Dustin getting some good yardage against their huge defensive line. But they through an interseption and our defence took over. Our number 44 was back so Dustin did not play defence this game. Dustin made two of the three touchdowns. They lost 21 to 28. Their football season is over. Dustin starts wrestling practice today.

Dustin after an 8yd run.

 

Dustin after a touchdown.

 

Dustin on a kickoff return tackle.

 

Colville Football Team going to Playoffs

Saturday, Colville is going to Othello for a 2:00 pm playoff game. This picture was on the front page of the Colville paper sports section. The heading read:
"Unbelievable - again"


Dustin Divis emerges from the fog and rain after touchdown.

Veteran's Day

The Boy's had the day off of school so I asked Jim to take the day off. He will have to work four 10hr days this week to make it up but we had fun yesterday. We moved all of our things out of our bedroom and put them in William's room. We moved William into Dustin's room. The boys were a big help in transporting the dry wall from the loft and new addition. They also help in holding up the dry wall and measuring.

Nov. 6th Colville vs Deer Park ANOTHER TIE

It snowed most of today. It was drizzling most of the game and very foggy. Deer Park made two touchdowns in the first quarter. It was 0-14 at the half. Dustin started playing Defense at the half because the other player got hurt. Dustin sacked the quarter back twice and tackle many for a loss of yardage. They finally made a touchdown in the fourth quarter. They finally gave the ball to Dustin in the fourth quarter and even passed him the ball. With 4.4 seconds left in the game they passed Dustin the ball and he ran in for a touchdown. They made the extra point and tied the score 14-14. Deer Park started on offense and Colville stopped them. Colville got the ball and Dustin made most of the yardage to the goal line and made the winning goal. Tonight's games determined who goes to the play offs. If Cheney won they would go but if they lost the winner of Colville vs Deer Park would go. West Valley beat Cheney 14-0 and Colville beat Deer Park so Colville is going to the play offs. Pullman is 1st in league with Colville 2nd. We were ranked 5th in the league at the beginning of the season. We even beat Pullman, remember. It was a very exciting minute and a half of the 4th quarter as Colville was on the 50 yard line with just over a minute to play. After returning home (The game was in Colville) it took us a long time to finally relax enough to go to sleep.

Defense


Touchdown run


Coming Through


After winning touchdown

I've Been Tagged

My sister-in-law Laurie tagged me. I was grateful when Hillary and Audra did not tag me. I enjoyed reading all about them but don't know what to write about myself.

1. I want to learn how to write and speak German. I wanted to take German in High School but my mom said I should take Spanish. She said I would be able to use that language more. I ended up taking Spanish because it was an easy class and I wanted to get straight "A’s".
2. I did get straight "A’s" in my freshman, sophomore, and senior year. I got a "B" in Chemistry one quarter my junior year. I graduated with a 3.98 and was 5th in my class. All I did was homework. Yes, I was a nerd.
3. I am famous for my rolls. I learned how to make rolls early in High School but they didn't become famous until we moved to Washington.
4. I am taking piano lessons. I took piano a couple of years in grade school and got through part of the 2nd grade Thompson series. I have been taking lessons now over two years and I am just finishing the 2nd grade Thompson book. I have had one recital, which was a disaster. I get really nervous and my hands sweat and my mind doesn’t work so when someone took a picture while I was playing my piece, my mind went blank and I could play it anymore. I messed up on every piece after that. I even had them all memorized. So my goal is to be able to play the hymns so when Jim and I go on a mission I can play the piano if they need me to. After my fiasco at playing in public I don’t know why I keep trying to learn if I won’t be able to play in public.
5. I love making keepsakes with pictures. I have made several slide shows with music and now I am into making books. I have only made one but plan on doing more. I am not a photographer I just like working with pictures that others take. I take the time to Blog because you can make a book out of it when you are done.
6. I enjoy traveling the world. I like to see the history and culture of the different places I go.
7. I collect magnets. It is fun to get magnet at the different places I visit. Leslie made me a metal Memories framed board. It is now the home of all my magnets and displayed in my hall.

I now tag Julie Wehrli, Rachael Anderson, Annette Divis, Malinda May, Trissa Divis, Julie Fitzsimmons, Erika Thompson

33-6 Colville vs Riverside October 31st

Dustin started on Offence and Defence. He played well with a few good runs and two touchdowns. He is enjoying having more playing time during the games. Colville got a little sloppy and almost let Riverside get ahead but they held them when it was crucial and had the biggest score difference of the season. They played on Halloween night and the field was plagued by fog. It had rained during the day but during the game it was nice. The field was wet and slippery.

Dustin making a tackle.

 

Dustin with the ball. He ended up dragging about 5 defenders before they finally got him down.

 

Dustin coming onto the picture on the left.

 

Ready to make the tackle.

 

Making the tackle.

 

Dustin finding a whole and going for it.

 

After the touchdown.

 

Trissa comes to visit

Trissa flew to Spokane late Sunday night. James went to the airport and picked her up. She got to sleep in James Micheal's room. He woke her up early by turning on the light( it was still dark outside). She ask him to turn the light off because she was still tired. He said no I am not tired, read me a story. She read him several stories and told him she was tired and pulled the blanket up over her head. He hit the bed post and said "wake up that is a bell". He would not let her go back to sleep. She told him to go get his mom up but he said "no, she will get mad".
Jodi came and picked up Trissa, Audra, James Micheal and Makayla and took them to Newman Lake for Trissa's babyshower. The party started at 1:00pm. Grandma drove Tabby, Sophie and I to the shower. We had a fun time and returned home around 5:00pm. We had leftover lasagne for dinner and then had family night. We played Cranium for our activity and ate Grandma's apple pie for dessert. Trissa and I stayed up talking until 1:00 in the morning. Tuesday we had fun talking, making cookies and dinner together. We packed all of her gifts into two suitcases. We were both tired so got to bed before 10:00. Trissa and I left for the airport at 7:30am and arrived just after 9:00. We checked her bags and then talked until she had to go through security at 10:30.
I went to Leslie's after leaving the airport. Leslie cut my hair and then we went to the store for some last minute ingredients for Rip's birthday dinner. We got the bread mixed and set aside to rise and the meat in the oven before racing off to get Tori from the airport. She flew home for her dad's birthday. It is a surprise to everyone but her mom. We went out to lunch and then I headed home. I quickly got the last minute things ready for the Youth Halloween party and headed for the church. Things did not run smoothly but with a lot of help we did get it done and cleaned up. I am exhausted and ready for bed.

I made a jungle diaper cake for Trissa. She is decorating the baby's room with a jungle theme.


Autumn leaf sugar cookies


Checking Trissa's bags

Apple picking and Cider making

Saturday we picked apples from the Shannon's across the street and Grandma's tree in the backyard. After picking and washing the apples we got the cider press out and started making cider. We made at least 17 gallons of cider. We had the missionaries over for dinner and invited Grandma and Grandpa too. I processed 17 quarts of cider before going to bed. Monday morning I processed what we hadn't drank and got 7 more quarts.

William picking apples


Jim picking apples


Jim after his ladder started to fall. He held onto the tree until the boys helped steady the ladder and he carefully came down.


Making cider


It was a beautiful day and the bees enjoyed the cider.

Colville vs Clarkston Homecoming Friday Oct 24

This week has been a lot of fun for William. He has dressed up each day this week. He helped make the junior float and got to ride in the parade. He was nominated for homecoming prince along with 2 of his good friends. He was in the assembly Friday afternoon before the parade. At halftime he escorted one of the princess' onto the track in front of the whole crowd.




Dustin's team got off to a very slow start. They were 0-14 at the half. One of Colville's linebackers got hurt so Dustin went in on defense for the second half. Clarkston did not score again before the end of the fourth quarter. Colville scored twice in the fourth quarter and so ended with a tie. Clarkston won the toss and made a touchdown. Colville got the ball and Dustin made a touchdown. Now in double overtime Colville wins the toss and Dustin makes a touchdown. Clarkston gets its turn and Colville holds them barely. Colville wins 28-21.

October 9 Lahaina on Maui

We had to ride the tenders from the ship to the shore. We were on the first tender and we had to wait a long time before we moved away from the ship. The waters were rough as we waited tied to the ship. We were glad when they finally took off. We rented a van and went to the beach. Barbara's cousin met us and took us to one beach and then we went to a wildlife preserve. We saw a lot of cool fish at the second beach. This was our favorite port because of all the fish we saw and the chance to do a lot of snorkeling.

This is a Indian Banyan tree. It is all one tree. The branches send down roots and they grow into the ground to help hold the tree up. This is the second largest banyan tree in the world. This Banyan Tree was first planted in April, 1873, and marked the 50th Anniversary of Christian missionary work in Lahaina. The tree was imported from India was only 8 feet tall. It now stands over 60 feet high, has 12 major trunks in addition to a huge core. It stretches over a 200-foot area and shades 2/3 of an acre.


At the first beach.


Jim just returning from his snorkeling adventure, ready to go to another beach.


Second beach. It was really rocky but once you got to the water there were fish everywhere.


We all posed for a picture with the ship in the background.


Boarding the tender.

October 8 Honolulu on Oahu

We started out the day on a cruise tour of Pearl Harbor. We visited the Arizona Memorial and toured the Missouri. We returned to the ship around 3:00pm. We ate and then took a shuttle to Hilo Hattie's and then a shuttle to Waikiki Beach. We had planned on hiking Diamond Head but we thought it was too hot and we would have to rent a van.

Looking across the water to the memorial and Missouri


We took this boat to the memorial.


Memorial


Missouri


On deck of the Missouri.


Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background.

October 7th Nawiliwili, Kaua'i

Breakfast before we disembark in Kaua'i.


Walking to the beach


View of the ship from the beach.


Jim getting ready to snorkel.


Brian getting into the Helicopter


Jacki waiting to board the helicopter


Jacki in the helicopter


Movie of some pictures taken from the Helicopter