EHS Varsity Football

Last night, East High had the first Varsity Football game of the season!! We played against Des Moines Roosevelt and won the game 46-21!!! Go Black Raiders!!! Hope this is the start to a great football season!!

Zach is on the Junior Varsity football team and has his first game on Tuesday, September 1st against Sioux City Heelan. Last Tuesday, the head Varsity coach asked Zach if he would like to suit up for the Varsity game!!! There were no guarantees that he would get to actually play, but Zach was so excited just to be out there with them!! I am posting a couple pictures from last night.


Zach (#70) standing on the sidelines:


Zach's picture from the Varsity football program:

Hangin' with "Slider" and the Explorers

Recently, Brianna and her softball team got to go to a Sioux City Explorers game and go down to the dugout before the game to meet the players and get autographs! They also got to go out on the field with the players and even have their names called out along with the players' names!! Brianna ran out with the center fielder, as you will see in the pictures below! The whole evening was a lot of fun, especially since the Explorers won this game! And having a picture taken with Slider, the mascot, just made the evening complete!

Brianna and teammates waiting outside the dugout:

Brianna and teammates hanging out with Slider:

Brianna out in center field with #2 -- can't remember his name, though!!

Softball City Champs!!

They finally did it!! After getting third place two years ago, then second place last summer, Brianna's softball team finally won the city championship!!! Way to go, girls!!!

1st Day of School

YEA!!! School has finally started!! Here are some pics! Zach is starting 10th grade (and not enjoying having his picture taken!!) and Brianna is going into 4th grade! Where did my babies go??

This is a picture of Brianna with her best friend, Madi, outside of the school when they first arrived!

Finally... A Family Reunion!!!

It has been a long time coming, but we finally managed to have a family reunion on the Hoben side this year!!! (We did try to make it a Hoben/Boblit one, but most of the Boblit side live too far away...) It seemed that the only time we were seeing each other was at funerals, so we decided we needed to get together for a "happy" occasion!! Hopefully we will be doing these more often!!

A big "Thank You" to my cousin, Greg, for hosting this family party! He has a huge machine shed that is partially being converted into a home that is situated right on a lakefront. Perfect place for our gathering! There was plenty of space to set up tables and chairs and a huge backyard for the kids to play games. He even has his own little "beach" area and dock! People were fishing and going out on the lake in the boat!!

I also want to put a huge "THANK YOU" out to my cousins, Tammy and Michelle, for all their work and organizing this event for all of us!! They did a wonderful job!! My last "Thank You" goes to to my cousin, Kristie, for making all the foods that our grandma used to bring to these reunions way back when we used to have them... and for all the pictures that gave us that trip down memory lane!!

Here are some pictures of the families that attended! The last picture is of my mom riding on the back of Greg's motorcycle!! Great times!!!!

Pioneer Days

I forgot to blog about Brianna's pioneer adventure at the end of the school year. Her class went to the Adams Nature Preserve and spent the day attending the one-room school on the grounds out there! They had a blast! They got to dress like children dressed back in those days, and learned the games they played in the past! They even had to pack a lunch and it could only be foods that were around back then -- no Capri Suns or fruit snacks, etc.! -- and not even sandwich baggies or brown paper sacks! Only baskets or pails!! And a tin can to use as a cup!! I did get a picture of Brianna before she left for school that day:

All-Stars 2009... Softball

Brianna was elected to the All-Stars team again this year! They played on a cold and drizzly Thursday evening... but they won!!! Here is a photo of her team when they received their gold medals!!!