Soccer Pictures

Above are the individual and team soccer photos for Shelby and Noah. They both enjoyed their teams, but Noah especially got worn out by the end of the season. They had practice for an hour every Monday night and then a 1-hour game on Friday or Saturday. For the 3-4 year old groups, that was too long for the kids and too long for the adults.

They received their photos and trophy at an end of year award ceremony. They had so many teams that they had to split up the ceremony into three different times and of course Shelby was on one day and Noah was on the next. So we had to sit through the same presentation twice. It all went good on Noah's day which was the first one, but for the next day when Shelby was awarded, Noah was complaining of a stomach ache.

After Shelby had received her award, we were skipping out early since we had already seen it all once before. As I'm walking him from our chairs trying not to draw to much attention to ourselves and just made it to the aisle, Noah threw up everywhere. It was pretty embarrassing for Noah and for us. Luckily there were plenty of people that came and helped, but it was a mess.

2008 Memphis Football Bowl Guide

Although we started the season 0-3 and lost three quarterbacks along the way, Memphis football still managed to win enough games to earn a bowl bid. The Tigers are going to play in the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. against South Florida on Saturday, December 20 at 4:30 (EST) on ESPN2.

It was a rush to get the bowl guide done, but we managed and the covers from the guide are above. I'll be travelling with the team leaving on Tuesday the 16th and will fly back after the game. It should be a lot of fun and their is several events planned for the week at the beach. The game will be played at Tropicana Field the home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays.

Hiking at Arkabutla Lake

The kids and I like to go hiking whenever we can and sometimes we're lucky enough to drag Tammy around. One of our favorite places to go is Arkabutla Lake, which is about 20 minutes from our home in Mississippi. There are a lot of good trails that we like to walk while we look for wild life.

One of reasons Tammy doesn't like to come is because of the fear of snakes. And it's funny that the only time we see them is when she's walking in front of the group and she about walks over them. On this trip, she almost ran into the snake below sun bathing in the middle of the trail.

Halloween 2008

For Halloween this year, Shelby wanted to be a vampire and Noah wanted to be a Thomas Train. However, when Shelby got her vampire teeth and makeup, Noah wanted some too. So we made him into a monster Thomas Train.

I was in charge of getting the costumes together and getting them ready on Halloween morning. Shelby could wear her costume to school, so of course Noah had too. I guess you can kind of tell they were put together by me by how freaky they look. I'm sure Tammy would have made them nice and adorable, but I was going for scary.

Later that night, Tammy took the kids to the ward's Trunk or Treat where they got a lot of candy and had a hay ride. I had to work that night and couldn't attend, but they all had a lot of fun.

2008 C-USA Volleyball Championship

We hosted the Conference USA Volleyball Championship last week, and I was thrilled to work all four days of the tournament. The photos above are taken in the fourth game of the first round after I had already been at the tournament for about 10 hours that day. Obviously, I was getting tired of volleyball. I produced the program for the tournament and served as the tournament's media relations director.

Noah's Soccer Games

We have Shelby and Noah both playing soccer this year in one of the local church's recreation leagues. This is Shelby's second year playing soccer and the first for Noah. Shelby has been doing a lot better this year, and Noah is pretty good when he is playing by himself. They both are still a little timid going after the ball when everybody else is fighting for it.

The video shows Noah in one of his games early in the season when he actually was trying to play. Since then he's lost interest for now and would rather sit on the side line. The season only has a couple weeks left, thank goodness. Practice every Monday for both of them and games on Friday and Saturday's have taken its toll on our already busy schedule.

High School Musical on Ice

I received free tickets from work a little while back to High School Musical on Ice at the FedExForum, and the kids loved it. We had really good seats down in the corner, and the show went through the story lines of HSM 1 and 2. Noah even got a hat like his favorite character Ryan that came with the cotton candy.

This past weekend we took the kids to see HSM 3 at the drive-in. We've going to the drive-in several times, but this was probably the best they've ever behaved. I was bored out of my mind at both the ice show and the new movie, but Tammy loved it.

2008-09 Memphis Basketball Media Guide

We just received a few of the men's basketball media guides in time for the Conference USA Media Day in Memphis on Thursday. The guide can be viewed online at http://gotigersgo.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/0809-mbb-mediaguide.html. The women's basketball guide is now online as well at http://gotigersgo.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/0809-wbb-mediaguide.html. I created a bunch of wallpaper for women's basketball from the covers and cutouts I had. They can be found at http://gotigersgo.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/mem-w-baskbl-wallpaper0809.html

2008-09 Women's Basketball Media Guide

Here is the women's basketball media guide covers for this year. We have a knew coach, so we tried to create an image of going in a new direction.

2007 Football Bowl Ring

It's been awhile since we've posted anything. Once the athletic calendar year started, it's been really hectic again. I've just finished the men's and women's basketball media guides, so now I have a little time to start getting caught up on our blog.

The football team receives a bowl ring every year it makes a bowl. This past year was the first time we've gone to a bowl since I've been the secondary media contact. The ring is huge. It takes up almost two fingers. Not bad considering we didn't even win the bowl game and it was the New Orleans Bowl against Florida Atlantic.