Dreygon & Zook

You all had been asking about the dragons, so here ya go! If you could just understand what they are thinking... Close up is of Dreygon, thinking, "You're lucky you're on the other side of the glass buddy, trying to blind me with that flash thing!" The second picture is Zook in timeout, I think? We really don't know what he did, but it must have been bad 'cause he stayed there for quite a while. They have to both be over a foot long and Dreygon is the biggest. We can tell them apart because of their size and that Zook has a shorter and rounded off tail, he lost a part of it before he arrived with us. Guess these guys don't grow new tails?

Their really cool though, they don't bite (usually), you can hold them just about anytime you like, and they eat everything. Oh and they eat A LOT!!! They especially like crickets, they even catch them out of mid-air! It's fun to watch them chase them around and eat them. Reminds me of the old "Monster Movies" where the monster runs around eating all of the people.

You all should have one or two of these, they call them the "puppy-dogs" of the lizard world because they are so passive. Oh by the way, just remember to clean your hands before you handle them, if you have had something to eat and the smell is on your hands... well, then your hands smell like food... "YUM"...

That dirty little dog

We have these plans to make a flower/butterfly garden. So we clear an area where there was alot of underbrush. We decide to go out and mark how big we want it and the size and all, so we decide to take Pris out with us. So here we are looking around and deciding what to do, I look down and there WAS my nice clean dog, rolling in the dirt. I had to give her 2 baths to even get her clean. Just so you all know, she is brown, black and WHITE, not gray. :)

Inside the Aquarium

Trey looks a little thirsty.:)

In some of the aquariums they had big bubbles where you could climb up in them and get pictures, they were pretty cool. Trey was a little to tall for the one and when he climbed in and stood up, he bumped his head.

This one is of the boys just hanging out.

Outside the Tennessee Aquarium

This was such a fun trip. The boys had a blast and Rich and I had fun watching them. While Rich was talking with work, the boys played.

Where we stayed in Chattanooga

The house we stayed in wasn't bad at all (upper left one in the pics). It was on the Tennessee River and we had a beautiful view. Rich went out in the mornings to call the turkeys and you could hear them call back from across the river. The boys went fishing for all of one hour and then had enough. (It was a cold morning).

Soccer Team

Here are a few pictures of Trey and soccer. The first one is against a Brooksville team in the Semi-finals. The second one is of his team after the finals with their trophies.

Goal Scoring Machine

Well, I must tell you that I have been a very STRESSED out mom today. Today was the semi-finals and finals for Trey's soccer. He has learned SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much this year and has improved so much this year. Even though he played last year, he was always stuck in goal and never got to play the field. When he did he was told to "kick the ball to so-and-so" never do anything else with it.

This year, Trey started out at mid-field, didn't do all that great, but we were proud that he was out there. The season started with 2 exhibition games against the 2 other under 14 First Hernando youth teams. Mind you our team had the 2 games the others only played one. Well we won both.

In all, they played 12 season games, 2 more exhibition games, 3 tournament games (last weekend) and a semi-final and final game today. Their record was 20 and 1. They lost their final game. I felt so bad for the team. They played so hard and they were so upset when the lost. (I couldn't blame them, I couldn't sleep last night, and couldn't sit still during the games.) Mom and Dad said, "Now you know how we felt and we had to go through 3 of you all playing.:)

Anyways, back to the goal scoring machine. Trey had improved so much, that they moved him to wing the past 7 games. The first time he scored a goal, he was kinda by himself. The coaches just kept screaming at him, "Shoot, shoot", but no not Trey, he looks around sees that no one is close, dribbles a little closer, fakes out the keeper and scores a point. Yes, I went ballistic. So from there on out, Coach called him "G" for Goal Scoring Machine. The funny thing is that he was calling Trey that and we didn't know, and then Rich started calling him that. Well, he scored a total of 3 points and 3 assists for the rest of the season. 2 of these goals and 2 of the assists were in the playoffs.

The coaches have deemed him the Most Improved Player of the Team. They just couldn't believe how far he has come. So now we are just trying to keep him going and in shape for next season. We hope to get a net built for him in the backyard, so he can keep practicing.

I will post some pictures later. I only got one of him today, I just couldn't stand still long enough to get pictures. Just wanted to let everyone know how he did and that we are so proud of what he has accomplished this season.

Trey wants everyone to know that his number was 3, he scored 3 goals, and had 3 assists. (He finally likes the number 3)