We are the mundane
After seeing everyone else’s Halloween photos, I figured I had better sign up for this blog thing and show off some of my own.
And by the way, no that was not my alcoholic beverage in the first picture. It was being consumed by an individual of a legal drinking age.
P.S. – Uncle Larry, I’m hoping that your Nittany Lions win out and go to the Fiesta Bowl. I’m trying to convince my Dad that we should make our second straight trip to Tempe on New Year’s if they do.
Greetings. Here in Utah the soccer playoffs have begun. The Judge Memorial Bulldogs face a difficult task of returning to the State Championship game. Last year we were runner-ups to Park City (who are currently ranked number 12 in the country). We were State Champs in 2002 and 2003. Park City are the heavy favorites this year, they are led by a midfielder who is on the U-19 national team.
This year has been rougher than the last few. Three starters have gone down with season ending ACL injuries. Our second leading scorer broke her arm last week, and her doctor’s say she’s done for the year. Natalie has been plattooned at center mid, forward or outside mid…and it’s been difficult for her to win a starting spot despite the injuries. The head coach has started a youth movement, the freshman and sophomores are in many cases as good or better than the upper classmen. Last night Nats played about half the game…where her great passing skills were on display in our first round victory (5 to 1 over Millard). But this weekend we travel five hours to St. George for our quarterfinal matchup against an unbeated Dixie squad. Two more wins and we make it to the finals, which would mean a likely rematch with the hated Park City team.
We’ll keep you posted.
Day One in Munchen. At that time Larry, one was proud to wear a Utah Football shirt.
Earlier at the Paris Airport, just after the NBA finals.
This site is begging for blogs…of the non-PSU kind. But who has time to keep up with UncleLar.
So how bout some other sporting info. Take FC Bayern…the most popular and successful football team in Germany. They won the Bundisliga title in ’05. Bundisliga is German for “Bigger than the Big 10”. We visited the training facility. Oliver Kahn is their keeper…he’s known as “King Kahn” and will attempt to lead the Germans to a World Cup victory in the homeland next year. For more information you can visit this english language wikipedia website at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayern_Munich
Tomorrow, our visit to Auschwitz.
Alles Gute zum Geburstag, Gary.
rock on,
Kenny