Deer Farm

Monday, we went to the Deer Farm that we went to a few years ago. We needed to kill some time before lunch and practice. There were many hungry deer. They can be as pushy as goats and willing to munch on clothing too! They're cuter though. There were other animals there too but I'm not posting all the pictures. I'll let you imagine a talking cockatiel,bison,peacocks,mini horses,camel,llamas,reindeer, and plenty of squirells.

Flagstaff Trip-Cardinals Training Camp

Larry Fitzgerald signing the kids' jerseys. Although it has already wiped off of Joshua's jersey since he signed on the number. It doesn't really matter as his signature on Joshua's jersey was just a couple scribbles. Hannah's actually says "Larry".

Todd Heap signing before practice.

Todd is happy about this picture with the Coach since he was one of the coaches for the Steelers in the past.

Tetherball! Remember that?

Our trip to Flagstaff to watch the Cardinals practice was Sunday & yesterday. I had not given much thought to rain. There was a lot of it. The Sunday practice got moved inside & the public was not allowed to view it:( Big bummer since the whole trip depends on the Monday practice going on outside. We learned the best spot to stand for autographs though.

Monday morning the weather was sunny and beautiful until we got to NAU for practice. We got there a couple hours early to stake out a spot as advised and there were already a few people there. We did get a spot near the gate but the sprinkles turned into heavy rain for most of those 2 hours. Since there was no lightning, practice would be outside. We got a couple autographs before practice but most of the guys ignored the fans to get on the field. We took turns saving that spot and watching the actual practice. The closer it got to the end of practice the more fans filtered down to the fences. We got quite a few signatures on the kids' jerseys and a couple former Steelers (Coach & player) on Joshua's hat. We got the one we came for-Larry Fitzgerald. We were pretty lucky as everyone was pushing in for him to sign something but he only signed for less than 5 minutes.

Coach Whisenhunt was the last to come down the hill and signed for just about everyone and posed for pictures. He was very gracious. He talked to people and seemed to appreciate the fans.

We got home last night around 8:45 pm. We got some school in today but Joshua seems to be not feeling well. There may be a sick day for him tomorrow.

Junior Bible Quiz class AND theater both start on Friday for Hannah. She's excited. Not much else planned in the coming weeks or even month or two.