EHS JV Football Team Rocks!!!

Woo-hoo!!! Congrats to the East High JV football team on winning their very first game of the season!!! They played SC Heelan and won 36-8!!! Zach played a very good game, even running in a 27-yard touchdown!!! What a great way to start off the year!!! Great job, Zach!!! Keep it up!!!

Here is a copy of the stats from the paper:

A Letter from the School...

Got home from work last night and headed straight to the kitchen counter... that's where CJ usually piles the mail when he brings it in from the mailbox when he gets off work. I start going through the pile, separating the "junk mail" from the actual bills, etc. On this particular time, I come across a letter from the School District addressed to "The Parent/Guardian of Brianna Brown"... and in those few seconds before I got the letter open, I went through so many thoughts and emotions.

My first thought was that it was not time to get a report card already for the year!! Next, I started to feel dread! (Not sure if this had anything to do with a friend's story about a recent "not-very-good" visit with her son's teacher!!) I started wondering what happened that Brianna didn't tell me about... then thinking about how both of our kids know better than to get in this kind of trouble... this thought actually calmed me down a little bit and I thought I might as well just open the letter and see what it was all about...

Well, those few seconds of all those feelings and emotions were for nothing!! The letter was actually a good one!! Turns out Brianna has been selected and put in the TAG Program!! TAG stands for the Talented and Gifted mentoring program that meets weekly with certain students to provide further challenge in the areas of math and reading!! Wow, we were really amazed! And so proud of our little Brianna!! She is quite happy, also!!! Way to go, Brianna!!! Keep up the amazing work!! We love you!!

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!!!!