Snapshots from the scrimmage....Game on Thursday

Tanner & Dalton next to each other

Dalton throwing a moneyball

2012 Captains

Tanner at the bottom of the pile bringing the reciever down!

UPDATE

2012 Raider Team

Bro Hand me the ball!



Alumni Scrimmage Tabor in Grey

Wow what a difference a new computer makes.  Pretty odd that my parents and our computer crashes on the same night we have a little thunderstorm!  So well let's get caught up on what the boys are doing..........Football has started.....Darin still coaching the line.  Dalton is over 6 foot now and getting some press about the upcoming season.  Tanner is looking to have a great season and applied for Kansas State and will major in milling science.  Tabor has had a rough August!  At his physical he found out he as juvenile arthritis in both knees.  And one week later he had to have his jaw dislocated to remove his wisdom teeth.   Well but the good news is college starts on Monday and is all moved in to his new house with his chosen roommate's(yeah for the 2nd yr).  He will be able to come home some weekends to help do some stats during the game.  As for myself I pray everyday that they all just stay healthy and I will blink and it will be Thanksgiving!

The Twins @Kansas City

We did a road trip to Kansas City to watch the Twins!  What a great ball park......put it on your bucket list.  And yes it was HOT but the weather seems to be an old topic!  A great get a way for the family!

Happy 4th of July!

Sometimes we all forget why we have a holiday.........have a safe and healthy holiday.

Hello from Uncle John

Here are a couple of photos of me dropping a box of goodies Darin sent. I gave the bulk of the items to Company D stationed at Combat Outpost (COP) Tagaz. They are truly on the edge of the empire. The photo ‘Getting the boys ready’ was a hell of a lot harder than it needed to be. I told them to line up for a photo and they milled around like a herd of cattle, so I made it easy for them; ‘You three over there and you three on this side.’ The next photo is me calling them a bunch of chuckle heads and the 1stSgt laughing. I gave him two boxes of protein bars to pass out as he saw fit. I will give him a couple more boxes once the rest arrive. The last photo is the finished set up. The plastic bag in the top center of the table contains about a third of the jerky.

The rest of the boxes were divided up amongst the JUMP Platoon (they are responsible for the personal security and transportation of the Battalion Commander and myself around the battle field), Quick Reaction Force (QRF) (they are our base security react force and on call for all assigned tasks), Guard Force (responsible for the security of the FOB) and the engineer detachment. I dropped all of the hygiene supplies and movies off with the chaplain. The chaplain and chaplain’s assistant are good with seeing the Marines and sailors and dropping off hygiene gear as needed.

The men of 3d LAR Battalion are doing well. The one good thing about be stationed at 29 Palms is that we were already acclimatized to the heat. Afghanistan is a lot like 29 Palms except it is greener here with the river. The Wolfpack has adapted well to their environment and continues to teach, coach and mentor the Afghan security forces in our area. We have already un-partnered several location and are preparing to un-partner several other locations. When we un-partner a position, the Marines pull back to the COPs and provide over watch while the Afghan security forces patrol the area. Talking to the Marines, the Battalion Commander and myself tell the Marines to continue to train themselves out of a job.

Darin, thank you again for the care packages. Pass on to all who contributed my many thanks and gratitude. None of what was sent has gone to waste.

Best wishes to all, have a safe and happy 4^th of July,

John

Where did June GO?

Wow where did the month go? Well here is the short version.......Sunday Nights we had passing league, three camps, one week at boys state in Marshall. Lifting 5 days a week. And yes the boys were at football camp in Duluth during the flood. Hard to believe Tabor will be a sophomore in college, Tanner will be a senior and Dalton is going to be a sophomore this fall! With the boys getting older my desire to spend four nights a week in gym watching sports my kids were not in......it was time for a change. So a great opportunity came to me back in the business world. Kinda nice to be getting paid by a private company for a regular day job and not a public school pay rate. Looking forward to July.....spending time at the lake and drivers training with Dalton.

Happy Birthday Tanner!

Today Tanner turned 17!  Tanner has just completed his Jr year in high school and thanks to college in the classroom he has completed Econ, Bio and college English!  Tanner has a busy summer planned, next Sunday he travels to Marshall for Boys State.  A couple of camps for Football and Wrestling and boom the month of June is gone.  Tanner will be working behind the plate for several youth baseball games and has another job working at the car wash.