Jasen- in the middle with his hand down
Jasen, waiting for the kickoff
Tristan- second from the right handing the ball offFootball~ Bone Crushers vs Wolves
Today the boys' team played the Wolves. The Wolves are still a pretty young team, and so our team played with mostly our young new players. Jasen got a lot of play time today. During one kickoff return, the ball landed right in front of Jasen and rolled into his foot. He reached down and grabbed it, and then got tackled. It was so awesome to see my little Jasen get the ball! I wish I had been able to get a photo of it. Tristan also got quite a bit of play time today. He even ran the ball in for a 2 point conversion! It was his first time ever scoring points! The Bone Crushers won 24-12, and it was a really great game for both of my boys!
Jasen, waiting for the kickoff
Tristan- second from the right handing the ball off
Jasen, waiting for the kickoff Tristan- second from the right handing the ball offUFL Game
So there is a new up and coming pro football league called the UFL- United Football League. They have a team here in Vegas, and last night 4 local peewee teams were chosen to scrimmage during the pregame. Our very own Bone Crushers were one of the chosen teams! We got to play out at Sam Boyd Stadium, and they were all so excited! Our team played really well, and won their scrimmage. After they were done playing, the entire team sat together to watch the UFL game. The boys had a lot of fun, and it was a lot of fun to see them play on the big field!
Jasen, second from the right
Tristan, number 53
My boys after the game, numbers 53 and 4
The team coming onto the field
Jasen, second from the right
Tristan, number 53
My boys after the game, numbers 53 and 4 
Football~ Bone Crushers vs. Jaguars
The boy's first football game of the season was today. They played the Jaguars, and we were a little nervous before hand. They played this team last season twice and lost both times. We were also a little nervous for Jasen today, since it was his first game ever. Tristan played the majority of the game. He got several good tackles, and even ran the ball for about 4 yards. Jasen also played for several plays and he did pretty well. He had a couple good blocks. I think it's a little harder for him, since he's so short, but he did really well. That kid has a lot of heart and he never gives up. And the Bone Crushers won their first game! The final score was 26-12. I am so proud of both my kids, and also the rest of the team. We have a very young team this season, mostly 5 and 6 year olds. But they have been working their butts off at practice, and it showed today.
Team captains- Jasen's number 4
Tristan number 53
Jasen number 4
Tristan- second from the left, running the ball
Jasen- in the middle
Team captains- Jasen's number 4
Tristan number 53
Jasen number 4
Tristan- second from the left, running the ball
Jasen- in the middleServices
This post is somewhat long and detailed, and probably boring to everyone else, but I wanted to write it all down for my own sake.
We made the trip up to Idaho last weekend for my grandma's services. We left Vegas in true Gouker fashion- at 3am, and after stopping for breakfast in Provo, got to Burley around 1pm. The trip up was non-eventful, that is until right after we crossed into Idaho, when it began raining- which then turned into snow. Great. It's snowing, and I am wearing flip flops. Anyway, we got there, checked into the hotel, and promptly went swimming. It was so nice to relax in the hot tub and let the boys burn off some of their pent up energy for a while. The rest of my family- my parents, my sister and her family, my aunt and uncle, and 3 cousins with their wives and families- got to town a few hours later, and we all went out to dinner together. That evening, Sunday, was my grandma's viewing at the funeral home. It was open house style, with a lot of extended family there. One of my cousins had also made a slide show using pictures of my grandma, and that was really neat to see, as I hadn't seen most of the pictures of her as a young lady. I'll tell you what, my grandma was a dish back in the day!! After the viewing, most of us all went swimming again. It was nice to just sit around and visit with everyone. Monday morning, all of us at the hotel had breakfast together, and then started getting ready for the next service. My grandmother was buried in Pocatello, and so we all checked out of the hotel around 11:30 to drive there. We got there around 12:30 and my parents, sister, niece and us went and had a small lunch before the graveside service. Due to the weather being so cold and rainy, they decided not to do a service at the graveside, and instead only did the dedication. My grandma's brother, Roy, said the opening prayer, and my Uncle Mike gave the dedicatory prayer in LDS style, which had me bawling. After that was done, everyone headed over to the luncheon. There, my great aunt Gladys (my grandma's sister) did my grandma's life sketch. Her brother Wally sang a beautiful song called "That Wonderful Mother of Mine," which had the whole room in tears. My uncle Kevin and his daughter and grandkids also sang some songs as well. My sister and I both lost it when he played "You are my Sunshine," as that is the song my mom sang to us, and I have sung to each one of my boys. They refer to it as "their" song. After the luncheon and memories were done, we headed home around 3:30, and got home to Vegas right about midnight Monday night. It was a very short trip, but it was really nice to be able to go. The services were both tasteful and very respectful, and that makes me very happy. I am very grateful that we were able to go as a family.
My dad and his siblings
We made the trip up to Idaho last weekend for my grandma's services. We left Vegas in true Gouker fashion- at 3am, and after stopping for breakfast in Provo, got to Burley around 1pm. The trip up was non-eventful, that is until right after we crossed into Idaho, when it began raining- which then turned into snow. Great. It's snowing, and I am wearing flip flops. Anyway, we got there, checked into the hotel, and promptly went swimming. It was so nice to relax in the hot tub and let the boys burn off some of their pent up energy for a while. The rest of my family- my parents, my sister and her family, my aunt and uncle, and 3 cousins with their wives and families- got to town a few hours later, and we all went out to dinner together. That evening, Sunday, was my grandma's viewing at the funeral home. It was open house style, with a lot of extended family there. One of my cousins had also made a slide show using pictures of my grandma, and that was really neat to see, as I hadn't seen most of the pictures of her as a young lady. I'll tell you what, my grandma was a dish back in the day!! After the viewing, most of us all went swimming again. It was nice to just sit around and visit with everyone. Monday morning, all of us at the hotel had breakfast together, and then started getting ready for the next service. My grandmother was buried in Pocatello, and so we all checked out of the hotel around 11:30 to drive there. We got there around 12:30 and my parents, sister, niece and us went and had a small lunch before the graveside service. Due to the weather being so cold and rainy, they decided not to do a service at the graveside, and instead only did the dedication. My grandma's brother, Roy, said the opening prayer, and my Uncle Mike gave the dedicatory prayer in LDS style, which had me bawling. After that was done, everyone headed over to the luncheon. There, my great aunt Gladys (my grandma's sister) did my grandma's life sketch. Her brother Wally sang a beautiful song called "That Wonderful Mother of Mine," which had the whole room in tears. My uncle Kevin and his daughter and grandkids also sang some songs as well. My sister and I both lost it when he played "You are my Sunshine," as that is the song my mom sang to us, and I have sung to each one of my boys. They refer to it as "their" song. After the luncheon and memories were done, we headed home around 3:30, and got home to Vegas right about midnight Monday night. It was a very short trip, but it was really nice to be able to go. The services were both tasteful and very respectful, and that makes me very happy. I am very grateful that we were able to go as a family.
My dad and his siblingsL-R: Aileen, Mark (my dad), Maxine, Stephen, Kevin
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