GO DESPERADOS!!
Mason Graham #33
Center and Middle Linebacker

Playing Center (he's the one in front of the quarterback with is bum in the air)
Look for #33 that's our Mason-Man!

Yes, we have our own cheerleaders! The girls naturally want to be cheerleaders now. Do you have any idea how expensive cheerleading is!?!? Good Grief!

We were lucky to get to play @ Cougar Stadium.(The Colony High School Stadium.) We usually play at the very expensive 5 Star sports complex The Colony built a few years ago. But, this year there has been big drama involving the seeding of the fields, and unusually hot weather during prime growing time or something like that. I don't get it all, I certainly have no talent for growing anything. Long story short the league had to scramble to find practice and game fields for everyone changing the whole season's schedule etc. Drama!

Papa Larry came to watch the game!

Kaylee wearing Papa Larry's hat.

Here's Gracie upset with me because I fussed at her about running up and down the stairs.

We won! Good Game Boys!!

Mason was excited to get the #33 which was his dad's number when he played. Mason's step brother A.C. is on his team and Mark is one of the coaches. His step-mom is the team mom. The Desperados have a really neat website for anyone who may want to check it out. http://www.tcdesperados.com/.

Yes, us Texans take our football very seriously. Sometimes too seriously. But, we a good group of supportive coaches who seem to prefer encouragement over yelling and belittling.

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OUR WEEKEND VISITOR



This is Tiger. Around 7am last Saturday morning Duke started going crazy barking and practically breaking the window in Mason's room trying to get at something. The girls went to investigate. They found a kitten in the tree out front. They carefully coaxed her down and after I made sure she was nice, proceeded to pet her. This silly cat practically jumped into Kaylee's arms. Aww.. sweet kitty. You can imagine the first thing out of their mouths,"OH MOMMY!! She's so cute can we PLEASE keep her!?!!" Followed by all the promises to take great care of him feeding and cleaning etc. Umm one problem girls. Mommy is REALLY allergic to cats. Yes, she's cute and sweet. Well, from what I can tell through my watery itchy eyes. Ok girls, I think she must belong to someone. Let's go inside, lock up Duke so he doesn't break the window, and leave her alone, she'll go home. HA! Silly cat stayed driving Duke nuts. Finally I told the girls to put the cat in the backyard so the dog couldn't see her and we would take her to the SPCA. That worked for awhile until Duke accidentally got out. I was inside enjoying a lazy Saturday morning only to be interrupted by screaming, barking, growling and hissing. Nice. I ran outside to see the girls crying hysterically and screaming for me to get the cat. Duke had the cat backed into a corner. He was growling and snapping at her , she was in full arch, hissing, and swiping her claws at him. No bueno. I yelled at Duke to stop but, as he is a dog and doesn't care much for cats, he ignored me. Crap. So, I did the only thing I could do. I shoved Duke back with my foot and grabbed the cat. The cat went nuts clawing it's was onto by back and wrapping itself around my neck. Double crap. I finally got the cat inside and locked Duke out. I immediately started sneezing, got watery itchy eyes and started to welt up everywhere this stinkin cat touched me. Cute.The girls took the cat into the garage and played baby with it while I headed for the medicine cabinet for some allergy meds. Soon, it was time to go to Mason's game. So, we locked the dog up in Mason's room and left the cat in the garage. I couldn't risk her getting into the front yard and Duke breaking a window trying to get to her. By the time we got back the SPCA (which doubles as The Colony's pound) was closed. The girls were very excited that they would get to spend the whole weekend with the cat. So we spent the rest of the weekend shuffling the animals around for potty breaks so neither would see each other. Nice. Finally on Monday the kids and I took her to the SPCA. The kids watched as they took her and put her into a cage next to the BIGGEST rabbit I have ever seen in my life. This rabbit put all the Cadbury bunnies to shame. It was the mutant albino bunny on steroids. I kid you not when I tell you it was almost as big as our dog. The girls eyes sparkled "Awww Mommy look! He's soo CUTE! Can we?" Don't even go there girls.