More Football Fun (and other exciting news)

They've done it again.

The LC varsity football boys took on the significantly larger and storied
Vancouver College (high school) team, and did it again.
They won. Convincingly.

I think we can say that the Week One loss to Sehome
is officially a thing of the past. :)

What a fun, exciting, clean game it was!
Just a lot of good, hard play.
You gotta love that kind of game.
(And, oh did Cami and I ever love it!)

A duo of Cami's good friends,
Daniel (quarterback) and Jacob (receiver)
connected for 3 touchdowns.
THREE!
Daniel had over 200 yards passing and
Jacob had about 140 yards receiving,
plus a bunch of tackles on defense.

I honestly don't know how that kid (Jacob) was still
standing at the end of the game.
Since both teams attempted to convert
several fourth downs,
Jacob didn't come off the field for a LONG TIME.
When you're a receiver, running 15 or 20 yard routes
almost every offensive play (then having to run back),
shuttling play calls in from the sidelines sometimes,
then covering receivers on defense,
THAT'S A LOT OF RUNNING!
And then being able to stay focused enough to catch passes,
pursue ball carriers, and make good tackles...
let's just say I'm very impressed.
To see Jacob enjoy success by
making some huge catches,
racking up TD's,
and basically being a beast on defense...
well, it just couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Obviously "happen" isn't really accurate terminology.
Jacob and Daniel and all of Cami's friends work hard
to MAKE this stuff happen.
And they're GOOD KIDS, too.
Cami, and our family, have been blessed by these good friends of hers.

As if all this scintillating football wasn't enough,
more excitement came our way during the game
(no, not the Vancouver College guy whose dislocated ankle
made his foot stick out at a 3 o'clock angle to his leg).

My nephew Dillon came by with his girlfriend Tiffany,
who was sporting an oh-so-shiny new piece of jewelry
on her left ring finger!!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!

Apparently, there's a long and involved story
regarding the engagement proceedings that we have yet to hear.
All we know so far is that it involves some "sad moments",
some "funny moments",
and an injury to Tiff!
This should be good. :)
A wedding next summer sounds like so much fun,
but the best part is that our beloved Dillon has found himself
such a lovely girl.
WELCOME to the fam, TIFF!

All the excitement of the night was capped off
with about 2 dozen high schoolers descending on our house
after the game.
I LOVE these kids. They're fun and "clean",
AND they're nice to me! :)
I couldn't care less if they eat all our Cocoa Puffs and
fill the house with noise far past my bedtime.
It's a delight to play hostess to them.

Needless to say,
a lot of adrenaline had to dissipate
before I was ready to nod off around 2 AM.
Then my infernal body clock (and, yes, I did intend to say "infernal", not "internal")
didn't seem to acknowledge that the calendar says "Saturday",
so I was awake bright and early.

Thankfully, it's a rainy, grey, perfect-for-reading-and-being-lazy day.
The glow from last night, however,
will be keeping me plenty warm
for a good long while. :)