Football and It's Benefits . . .

As one of MUS's 8th grade running backs, he was given a hand off and headed right through the middle making over 10 yards before being taken down by boys 100lbs his better. As Logan was slammed to the ground his left hand unfortunately got between his face mask and the ground. Snap. The old thumb gave way. He also gave his helmet the ultimate test as his head tried to keep going after his helmet stopped at the ground. Ugh.. Getting your bell rung I think they call it.
Good thing it was the 3rd Quarter of the last game of the season. This will give him 6 weeks to rest up for Indoor Lacrosse.
 

Football has it's benefits no doubt. And those benefits go to the player and a host of others.  In particular, the medical profession as we experienced last night.... 

Yes we made a visit to the EMERGENCY ROOM

As you can see, the Brave Grid Iron Champion made the best of a challenging situation. 


He SURVIVED.... Now on to the Orthopedic Professionals. 


Another benefactor of the great game of football. Sports  medicine.

Their moto:  Play as hard as you can, we'll always be there to Glue you back together . . . For a Oh yeah... He broke his thumb. Nice clean break. 
Quite the wrapping for a broken thumb.  Too bad it couldn't have gone all the way over his mouth. . . :-)

And there were no Drugs to get this face out of him.....Amazing what humors these fellas isn't it...... 

Here he is with the official cast and collection of signatures.

You know, this blog thing has a mind of its own. It doesn't look anything like I layed it out.. Oh well.  It's FREE.

Cool October Weekend

The weather has turned really cool here in Collierville. Nice. We headed to the Memphis Zoo again today to check our all the neat things.  A new exhibit opened only a few days ago. The Tetons with Grizzley Bears and All.  Since we're not big readers here are a bunch of photos. Enjoy.

 

 

 

Fundraising for St Jude - TN Lacrosse Chapter

Logan is featured on the TN Lacrosse website for his efforts to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital.

A friend of Logan, Quinten Walker asked if he would join him in 1/2 Marathon to be run this December to raise money for St Jude Hospital here in Memphis. They've run a few times getting ready for the big race. Then Logan decided instead of just paying the $35 to run the race he'd see how much money he could raise for a great cause. Our friend pictured above and on Logan's fund raising website recently  received a bone marrow at Saint Jude Childrens Hospital.  To read more about Lindey's experience with leukemia check out her blog . http://www.lindseyatstjude.blogspot.com/

In any case, check out Logan's website at . And make a donation.

Name That Person !

Ok, here are a series of photos taken some years ago.

Can You identify each of the people in these pictures.

Isn't this great!

Our Temporary Home In West Tennessee

Logan's AREA. . .  This is the kitchen area as part of the 'living area' below.

We have been keeping our true location a secret here in west Tennessee because we live in a different ward than we are attending... You LDS followers know that's a No-No.... But we've now signed a contract on a new home in Collierville, within the boundaries of the ward (congregation) we have been attending. We have been living in Germantown, Tennessee since August.
This hasn't really been much of a secret around here but we were trying to keep a low profile.
Judy has been working ever so hard to find a home that would suit our needs and desires AND be in the right location. Just last week she announced that we're going to have to look elsewhere. So we attended the Germantown ward. There we met and formally introduced ourselves to the stake president who knew all about our dilemma.
Well, low and behold we agreed upon a price and closing date for our new home,Today.
(This is really boring isn't it?)
If you want to see a few pictures, just email me and I'll give you a link.
Anyhow here are a few of pictures of where we now live. NO, not the large house with the USA flag but in the cottage behind.
Beth and John Mullis have been wonderful 'landlords' helping us with stuff and just being nice friends. We're especially appreciative of their son's dog Bell who loves to play with Logan and Fred. She loves to play 'fetch'. I have never seen a dog with so much energy no matter what time of day.
We'll be here until the end of October then on to our new home... Of which is a picture of the back -  right there.....