THANKFUL THANKSGIVING THURSDAY

FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS

We hope you have a very blessed Holiday Season!

CHIEFS' PRIDE!

It was a cold and wet day...very ominous...

The Captains getting ready for the coin toss...

The team's faithful supporters...


They splished, they splashed and they WON! WOO HOO! Our team is off to the playoffs! The first playoff game is this Saturday at 1:00 at Alemany HS! Wish us luck...if we win this game, we have another playoff game and then hopefully to the CHAMPIONSHIPS!

He started out dry and clean as a whistle!

He came out of the battle, dirty & muddy, ewww...gross. It has been a very exciting football season for Noah's team. It would be so cool if they took it all the way and won the championship! Wish us luck!

HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY, NOAH!

Noah Kealohilani Ranck turns 11 today!!!

N - Noble
O - Optimistic
A - Athletic
H - Happy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOAH!

In a Nutshell...

After a pretty trying week, we had a pretty good weekend. Even though today it all seems like a bit of blur. Of course, Friday was Halloween and we were not home for our trick or treaters, we were at Bryce's football game. They lost against Taft (BOOOO!). The first half the team was doing pretty good. Then came the second half and they got stomped on! Oh! Well, Taft is #1 in the City so far. Let's hope their homecoming game this Friday is much better.
Fortunately, Noah's game wasn't until 6 p.m., so we had plenty of down time. So, our Saturday started off with cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning! It feels so nice to have a clean and tidy house. I feel like I accomplished a lot...I even made a pot of stew for us to enjoy after Noah's game. It had been raining all day so their field was pretty muddy and slippery! Fortunately, the rain stopped when it came time for Noah's team to play. The boys had fun getting all dirty! Anyway, Noah's team made it to the play-offs! We're so excited...We'll be getting more information within the next couple of days. Way to go Chiefs!
We also turned our clocks back one hour...giving us one extra hour of sleep. We all like that!
Sunday, Brent's mom (who is here from Norway), sister and niece drove down from the desert to go to church and visit with us for a bit afterwards. Later, we headed over to my parents' house for dinner. We enjoyed a delicious meal with them, Aunt M and our Sistah, Carolyn (Michelle's BFF).
Today, Brent & I are celebrating our 18th Wedding Anniversary! Wow, 18 years! That's amazing! Happy Anniversary, Brent!

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. We've been through quite a bit, in these 18 years. Our marriage has not been perfect by any means. All I can say is that we've come along way and I'm looking forward to the years ahead.
Tomorrow is Noah's 11th Birthday! Not sure what we're doing yet, it's up to Noah.
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE and HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Fat Free Sunday...Yeah, Right!

Yesterday, in between grocery shopping, laundry and house work, Bryce said he was hungry, but he didn't know what he wanted to eat so I started throwing out all these suggestions...tuna, rice & hot dogs ~ nope, chili dogs ~ nope, sandwich ~ nope...then I thought even more, how about a bacon dog...mmm, that sounds good, he said...with grilled onions? Okay, I said, that sounded interesting (i have never cooked or even eaten a bacon dog). Anyway, I made 3 of them, Bryce ate two. Of course I had to sample the last one (I couldn't let it go to waste). Wow, was it good! I cannot make a habit of eating those, no way, jose! Very, very, fattening. To add to that, I baked brownies from scratch (first time ever)! It was so easy peasy...I thought I was going to have to sift flour, melt chocloate squares, etc. No way, it was a cinch and they turned out very good! Definitely better than the box type brownies. They were fudgy, moist and just plain delicious. I'll share the recipe in another post.

Hello Moto

Early this morning Noah & Dad went to ride their motorcycles up at Gorman. They said they had a blast! I caught them loading up the truck for their morning session.





While they were out riding, Bryce and Zack were in dream land and I went to eat breakfast with Ganka & Ama. The rest of the day we have spent gearing up for the week ahead. I went grocery shopping did some laundry, baked some homemade brownies and cooked dinner. Have a good week!

Ya Win Some & Ya Lose Some or Sometimes Tie...

Well last night we went to Bryce's football game against Cleveland HS. The evening was pretty exciting as it was Youth Night for two of the local middle school bands and drill team, as well as Noah's youth football team. The middle school bands played with the high school band, the drill teams joined the high school drill team. The youth football team ~Noah's team~ the Chatsworth Chiefs hung out with the Varsity team. Each player(s) were paired with a varsity player and they got to carry their helmets, throw the ball around w/ them, watch the j.v. game and cheer on their partner...well, this night was especially exciting for Noah because he was paired up with his big bro, Bryce. He had been looking forward to that since last year. They spent most of the evening together until the game started, then Noah had to go with his club and sit with them to watch the game! The Chancellors were suppose to win but ended up losing to the Cavaliers (boo). The score was 14-7 :?(

This morning, Brent & Zack headed to the beach for some Dad & Zack water time They made it just in time for Noah's noon game against the San Fernando Braves. It was a very good game. The score was 0-0. Today was also the Chiefs' Homecoming day and Noah was one of the Princes!

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It was a very hot day today...it felt like it was 100 degrees. I'm sure it was in the upper 90's (whew). Hope you all are having a good weekend!