There is always next year

Saturday was disappointing for the Jordan Marching band. Their field show performance was good but did not compare to the polish and flair of the performances of the larger bands in competition. They did win second place in the parade competition and they received a rating of "superior" on the performance of their field show but received no place awards. This is not something this band is use to. The sad part is that they were only 2 band members over the limit to compete in class 4A. Instead they competed in class 5A. The scores they received would have, I am pretty sure, have placed them in the top two of the 4A competition. After all was said and done, the band director was pleased with the performance. And the kids can be proud of their performance and efforts. Just wait till next year!

Michelle's soccer game ended in a tie, again, Saturday morning. It was an 8:30 AM game. We started out pretty slow and fell behind 2 - 0 in the first half. Their goals we results of sluggish play and mental mistakes early. We woke up 10 - 15 minutes into the game and stated to play our usual game. In the second half Michelle volunteered to play goal keeper. She had several impressive saves. I don't think I have seen another goal keeper in the league with as good a technique and awareness in the goal as Michelle had Saturday. She shut the other team out in the second half and we put together 2 picture perfect goals to tie the game up.

After the game Michelle and I played a round of Disk golf. The park were we play soccer also has a nice Disc Golf course. The holes are a little longer than we are use too. We had a good time and got some extra exercise in.

Sunday Michelle's Girl Scout troop did a nature hike through Duke Forrest. They collected leaves for a craft project; They made placemats for the Meals On Wheels by arranging the colorful leaves and sandwiching them between 2 pieces of clear contact paper. They also worked on their photography badge. They took pictures of each other, the leaves and trees, mushrooms etc. It was a nice relaxing event.

Sunday evening Michelle made a costume for me to wear when she and I went trick or treating later on. She said I was a fuddy duddy and I needed to dress up. So she whipped up a Halloween apron out of scrap cloth. We added a BBQ spatula, tongs and an oven mitt to complete the ensemble. So I went out as the "BBQ Boss".

The boys did not do the trick or treating thing this year. Though Kyle did go a friends house. I can't say for sure no 'tricking' went on. Tyler stayed home and did home work.