The first couple of days of opening deer hunting are in the books! It was so cold and windy this year the deer were not out in the open at all. By dusk on Sunday we had 6 deer hanging and 2 bucks needed to fill. This year the season go until November 16Th so we have another week to get those 30 point bucks. This year Grandpa was paying cash money for bucks shot and 1st deer shot. Tanner got the first shot with putting a hole in a does ear. He couldn't of done that in a million tries. Dalton got his buck shooting one in the left but check. Tabor had to be a big show off again getting 2 does. We did get to enjoy a lot of mother natures beauty Tamara should have left the gun and carried the camera. We found a tree on the 40 that had more pheasants in it than our apple tree had apples. That was a sight to see them all fly out!

We celebrated Khloe's baptism on Sunday at St.Edwards in Minneota,MN. She slept during the whole mass. Khloe wore the same baptismal dress that Tamara and Auntie Cherrie wore at baptism some 39 years ago. The boyz seem to enjoy holding her and they are always messing with all that long black hair. We are pretty sure Tabor can do a good Khloe impersonation with the lips what do you think?

Oh man we are 0-2 for our favorite teams this weekend. We took QB1 with us to the Xcel Center on Saturday night to watch our Mavericks against the Gophers. They say things happen in groups of 3 so this could only mean that the Vikes are going to loose.

All good things must come to an end and so did our 08 season of football

The Raiders found it very hard to make something happen with the passing game. This young Raider team found themselves needing a freshmen to QB the team for the last two weeks of the season. They stepped up to the challenge but came up short in the end. 0-18 The Elliott's had an amazing season! I don't know who had the best time.......I got to take photo's on the sideline for every game........Tanner and Dalton helped with water and ball boy duties at every game..........Darin has such a passion for coaching these kids for the past 12 weeks and then there was Tabor.......It was amazing to watch the transformation Bubba had over the past 3 months. He was a team leader in tackles on JV, he gave 100% every game, he earned a starting spot on the varsity offensive line for game 4 of the season and never gave it back and he developed this sweet cut block! The boys had to handle a tough loss but as a parent you were so proud to see your son's be a part of that RAIDER BROTHERHOOD. We want to thank our family members who traveled many miles to see the team play 5 out of 10 games. It meant a lot to the kids and many community members commented to us how we have a supportive family. No rest for the Elliott family deer hunting season starts next Saturday and goes for 2 weeks. Then on the 21st we jump into Basketball and Wrestling.

Raiders advance to the Section Championship game after a tough fought 7 - 6 victory over the rival Cleveland Clippers. It was a defensive game as both teams had trouble moving the ball with any consistency. It was a 45 yard pass play that got Nicollet out in the lead in the 2nd half and the defense was able to stop the 2 point conversion on Cleveland's score to seal the victory. As you can see Tabor had his hands full blocking Cleveland's biggest player. We missed a few opportunities to put this one out of reach early in the 2nd half, but were able to buckle down on defense to hold on. Jason, Angie and Collin came down to give Tabor a raucous cheering section and if you ask Collin he will tell you Tabor's not so tough cause he tackled him several times before the game. And then gave him a high five that just about tipped him over. Friday we are off to Alden/Conger to get pay back for the double overtime loss we had 3 weeks ago. Winner will advance to the state quarterfinals game held at SMSU in Marshall MN. We are hoping for a very Happy Halloween.

Boyz will be boyz..... we are missing 2 others that were at Dalton's birthday party Friday after school. We went Rock -N-Roll bowling for a couple of hours then headed back home for some ice cream cake. Big day on Saturday Dalton turns 12 and Bubba has a playoff game.

Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole... Elliott Boyz were in attendance as the Mavericks of Mankato State put a whoopin on UND. With 3 short handed goals (one was an empty netter when UND was skating 6 on 3 late in the 3rd) the final score was 5 - 1. Also got a chance to visit with the Kividt's who were down from Campbell all dressed up in their green and white. Mrs. Kividt was all 3 boyz 2nd grade teacher and Mr. Kividt was the business and computer teacher. There youngest Michael was down at SWSU in Marshall for a campus visit. Tabor and a buddy have the tickets for tomorrow night and it should be a good one. Game got a little chippy at the end and I would imagine there will be a few hard penalties to start out Sat's game. There was no Football tonight as it is MEA weekend and we will host a 2nd round play-off game next Sat night as we earned the #2 seed and a bye for 1st round action on Tues. Win 2 game and go to State. The 2 teams we will play, 1 we beat in week #1 and the other we lost to in double OT by 2, so should be fun if we can put a couple of good ones together.