Once again dad ran the chains, mom and I ran the clock, and Steve coached. Tyler tried out the wide receiver position in which he caught a long bomb throw from Yach. That got the ball down in the red zone where the next play Yach made a Touchdown. Tyler also played QB where he had some good passing and rushing yards. Then on defense he had some good tackles.

Last Saturday Tyler had a football game. As the score and the OT shows it was a nailbiter. We all had jobs this game. Dad was a part of the chain crew, Mom and I were the timekeepers, and Steve coached. After the game we headed to Sioux City to celebrate Gram C.'s 84th birthday. Tonight we're watching the show "Fieldtrip" that premieres St. Mary's. We also want to wish Rich a "Happy 31st Birthday" tomorrow. It is 31 isn't it???

As some of you may remember last spring Tyler's class won a free fieldtrip and school update from Dashboard productions. They are a small production company in Des Moines that will air its new program "Fieldtrip" on IPTV. Out of the 6 schools they filmed Tyler's school was the one school to get asked to be at there premiere. So yesterday we all loaded into 2 Windstar buses and headed to Drake University for the big show. They filmed, interviewed, and even fed us throughout the day. Tyler's big premiere show will be aired on IPTV September 26th at 6:30 p.m. For those of you who don't have that channel or can't watch it don't worry... They are selling St. Mary's the copyright and we're going to be selling DVD's and I plan on buying one to show all of you.

4 generation pic after celebrating an ISU vistory over IOWA

The score was not indicative of how the boys played. Tyler had lots of plays where he used the stiff arm to gain a first down on a sweep. He also had lots of good plays to get the ball down the field.

Tyler's #14 lining up on defense.

Grandpa's always been at a sporting event that Tyler and his team have come out on top. Today Tyler wasn't going to show grandpa anything different. Tyler's personal stats were one 20 yard touchdown pass, one fumble recovery, 3 QB sacks and a whole bunch of beautiful handoffs. Along with a whole team of good things we came out on top.

BTW, grandma was there too to cheer on the T-man.

Thursday night at 7:30 (under the lights) Tyler had his first football game of the season at Newell. Tyler played quarterback on offense and end on defense. He did a great job as qb handing and passing the ball off. On defense he had a few key plays where he ran down one of his good friends and tackled him to prevent a touchdown. Good job T-man.