Garrett and Grant trying on their new hats for our ski trip to Perfect North!
P.S...Went on line last night for "ski tips" for our trip this week...Tip #1 - Wear Snow/Water resistant pants - very important, your 1st day will acquaint your butt to the snow! Oh Great! What if my butt doesn't want to get acquainted! hehe!
The boys were kind enough to wait until 7:30 this morning (only because I said "Do Not wake me up before 7:30!") by jumping on our bed and singing to me some song they made up and thought was absolutely hilarious!
We have in our family a couple of true believers and a couple who are fiercely determined to protect the spirit of Christmas, so Christmas morning continues to be filled with the excitement of hurrying in to see what Santa has brought. I, still not being the best functioning morning person, only managed to snap a few "shaky" pictures before the stockings were dumped out on the floor and the paper began to fly!
Santa was good to us all again this year, as was our generous family and friends. The toys are definitely getting more expensive the older they get! I even got a new Blackberry which Carter and Scott have taken turns helping me figure out how to use. "Santa" brought us a piano - a gift which Clint said the noise from would be just about enough to put Scott over the edge! - and he brought me and the boys a totally cool skiing trip over New Year's eve with some of our friends! (Keep your fingers crossed we all make it back in one piece or we will be in big trouble!) Hopefully I will be able to get some great pictures from that adventure. Christmas wouldn't be complete without picking up our special friend Chuck Ross and bringing him home for lunch. I never get tired of hearing him tell me how I am the best cook in Nashville! hehe! This year we even took him with us to the movies - or "the show" as he calls it! Sharing Christmas with Chuck helps us appreciate how truly blessed we are.
Wishing you all Merry Everything and Happy Always!
Found this picture from last year while doing a rare bit of housecleaning! I couldn't get any of the boys to agree to go anywhere near sitting on Santa's lap this year, so I thought I would post this one! I think next year, sitting on Santa's lap for a picture is going to be mandatory for all four of them! Maybe that would make a cute Christmas card...think they'll go for it?!
At least that's what the refs said! Personally, I'm not buying it! Scott and the Bisons traveled to Tucson to play the University of Arizona on Monday. It was a game that took 45 minutes to play, but less than one-tenth of a second determined which team would leave the arena with a win in the record column. Lipscomb played their best game of the season against an Arizona squad picked to finish fourth in the Pac-10 conference. A three pointer at the buzzer in overtime gave Arizona the 83-82 win against Lipscomb. You look at the picture and decide...did he get the ball off in time? (p.s. the answer is NO!)
Apparently that wasn't the only call Scott was unhappy about!
Scott and Harry and Karen Cain before the game - sweet parents of our good friends the Rohms!
Well sure, we should be doing flips on the trampoline...it's been weeks since our last visit to the emergency room! Would someone please explain the meaning of the word "dangerous" to this child!
Besides all the excitement of the Christmas season, we can't get enough basketball around here! In last week alone, all my "players" managed to keep me entertained with a game EVERY single night and three on Saturday! Recovered from his injuries, Clint is now back in action and I attempted to take some pictures at a couple of his games. I'm still working on capturing action shots in the gym...thinking maybe Santa needs to give me some photography lessons for Christmas! Hint, Hint!
Clint (#11) and the Lipscomb Middle School...
And Scott and the Bisons explode for 105-68 win over Oakland City!
Pictures from some of Carter's games coming soon! (I will show you a picture of Carter with his new "friend"! SSHHH...! Don't tell him!)
Garrett's fall team finished up with a winning record a couple weeks ago. Now he and Grant will both be ready to begin their winter season in January! Hope there is enough space on my calendar to write every ones game schedules!
Right before Thanksgiving, Scott and the Bisons traveled to Columbus, Ohio to play #17 ranked Ohio State! The Lipscomb University Bisons gave Ohio State a strong challenge for a majority of the game Tuesday night before falling 84-64.
It was a career night for several Lipscomb players as the Bisons opened Atlantic Sun Conference action with a 95-87 victory against the Mercer Bears Thursday evening... (As usual, you can click on the title to get to the entire article!) Let's Go, Bisons!
The Lipscomb University Bisons came from being down ten points a minute into the second half and held on to a three point lead with a minute left to defeat SIU Edwardsville 67-64 in Edwardsville, Ill! Click on the title above for all the exciting details!
We loved having all the Sanderson's at our house for Thanksgiving this year! Scott's Mom and Dad, and both his brothers and their families! And as always - loved having some of Scott's players get to join us too! Brandon, Zach, Adnon and Jordan...just feels like part of the family!
Somedays we forget To look around us Somedays we can't see The joy that surrounds us So caught up inside ourselves We take when we should give.
So for today we pray for What we know can be. And on this day we hope for What we still can't see. It's up to us to be the change And even though we all can still do more There's so much to be thankful for.
Obviously you can't have four boys without a "few" trips to the emergency room, and our visit to the farm this weekend ended sooner than expected as we headed back to the ER with Clint and his two friends! Know God was watching over them - as they were so very fortunate to escape with nothing more than bumps and bruises...and well, Clint's broken rib, and poor Gracen's broken wrist! After hearing from others about their 4-wheeler accidents, I know these three were very lucky! We learned valuable safety lessons...always wear your helmet!...Stay on the path!...and slow down! And I learned - don't try and swing your dirt bike around too fast or you'll go flying over the handle bars! :) Have to borrow a line from Martina's song..."Must have been wild angels, watching over you and me!"
The day wasn't all bad! Everyone did get to spend most of it enjoying the beautiful weather, playing in the woods and wading in the creek...hanging out with some wonderful friends. We even talked Scott into coming out of the gym for a little bit of fresh air! (Don't you just know, the day we get him out there is the day it ends with way more drama than he was up for!) I had tried to tell him it would be a fun, relaxing day! Guess he won't be falling for that one any more! :)
Even Bogie and Birdie got in on a little farm time!
Scott and the Lipscomb Bisons officially kick off their season this Saturday, November 14th at 7:00 in Allen Arena. Check out the article about the team in today's Tennessean. (Just click on the title above and it will take you to the website! Use the page back/arrow key to return.)
Please, Please, Please make time slow down! October seems to have disappeared before I could even blink, and now that I am actually trying to get it all on the blog, I can't believe how much goes on in four weeks! Today was the first day of what looks to be like an unbelievably beautiful fall week, and Garrett, Grant and I spent the afternoon enjoying every minute of it with our friends, the Arney's, on their farm. (Clint spent the weekend in Knoxville at the UT/South Carolina game with friends - Scott has disappeared into the wonderful world of Division I basketball - and Carter decided to play guitars with friends while he is still on limited activity due to his back.) I hated that I couldn't have all my boys with me, but I guess this is what happens as they all get older! Needless to say, we managed to have a blast and I continue to be amazed at the generosity of our friends who include us in their adventures. Thank you, Cammy and Tim!
Me and my precious friend, Ian!
Timmy, Garrett, Ian and Grant
The boys looking for firewood to start a major bonfire!
"A river runs through it..."
No day in the woods with Garrett and his friends is complete without a major "air-soft" war. Today was no exception! And this battle came complete with four-wheelers, woods and rock piles!
Me on my way to shoot a deer, and Tim convinced it was only gonna take one bullet! HA! Well, maybe it would have if we had seen one! I did, however, manage to kill a tree...says Garrett!
By the time I got back from tromping through the woods, these little yum-yums had already killed one! No fair!
Between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature called a boy.-- Author Unknown
Garrett and Grant
"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up." Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10
Carter and Clint
Roll Tide!
Carter goes Country!
Carter and Taylor Swift
Carter and LeAnn Womack
Welcome to the Great Outdoors
Clint the duckhunter!
Bogie and Birdie
In Memory of our friend...Barry Brewer
Sanderson Basketball - Mustangs, Bisons and the Crimson Tide
