National Champions!

The Cougars won the National Championship game in Rome, GA 23 to 7 over Carroll College. This is the 2nd championship in the last 3 years. It was an awesome game to watch. It was a little soggy again this year, but was well worth sitting out in the rain. Jon and I are so proud of the team. Our quarterback and one of Jon's linebackers where the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game. It makes the sacrifices all year worth it! It was a long trip home on Sunday morning, especially for the team. There was a mix-up with the travel agent and the coaches didn't get the message that their flight changed from 8:45 am to 8:45 pm. After leaving the hotel at 5 am, sitting in the Atlanta airport for 13 hours, and a 5 hour bus ride home from Minneapolis- they finally made it back to Sioux Falls.

My mom and sister were very gracious and kept the boys while Jon and I made the trip south. My dad, Clay, Cousin Scott, John's dad and brother Mark all made the trip down as well. After spending 4 days in 60+ degree weather, it was hard to come back! I'll try to get some pictures posted within the next few days.

We are now at my parents in Iowa, enjoying some quality time with family. We are looking forward to seeing so many people over the next few days.

We wish you all the best this Holiday Season. Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Georgia Here We Come!

Jon and I are off to Georgia next week. The Cougars won their semi-final game 24 to 6 last Saturday. We now look for a re-match of last years National Championship game against Carroll College. They are a great team with tons of success, but we look forward to winning this time! :) Thanks to all of you for your help and support over this long, but exciting football season.

The boys will head to my parents and we will meet up with them the week of Christmas. Let me know if anyone will be in Eagle for the holidays. I would love to see you! Otherwise, keep emailing! I love hearing from you!

Amanda

New pictures of the boys and Updates

I thought I would add a few new pictures of the boys. I think they learn something new every day! They love to play Hide and Seek with Jon on weekends when he is home. Tyce also loves to put on Trev's Batman costume!

The Cougar's won their quarter final game and play in the semi-finals this weekend. We drew the #3 team, University of St. Francis out of Indiana. They are a very good team, so we will definately need to play our best to win! I'm really hoping for a trip to the National Championship game in Rome, Georgia.

I started class again last night, so I'm back to doing homework and trying to balance everything. I really enjoy this professor, so should be a great class.

We will be in Iowa over the Christmas holiday and are looking forward to spending some time with friends and family. I hope to meet baby Kennedy and catch up with everyone!

Many blessings to you all!

Football Update

The Cougars won their game this past weekend, 34-31, against Morningside College. This also means that USF again was the Conference Champion. We finished the regular season ranked 2nd in the Nation. 1st round playoffs start this weekend. We are lucky to host the first round at home against St. Ambrose University. We should continue to play at home if we win.

I have officially finished my first class. I am very relieved! I actually have a couple of weeks off until I start up again so am looking forward to that as well.

We don't plan to travl anywhere over Thanksgiving this year, as we hope to still be playing. We will be in Iowa over Christmas and hope to make it to Minnesota and Missouri around the holidays as well.

Hope everyone is doing well! Jon, the boys and I look forward to seeing many of you in the upcoming months!

Amanda

Halloween Pics

My parents, sister Melanie and niece Madelyn came to visit for Halloween. The boys were a lot of fun tick -or- treating this year. I think Trev had just as much fun handing out candy to kids that came to our house. I've attached a picture of the boy's in their batman costumes. (Trev wanted them to be Batman and Robin, but I couldn't find a Robin costume to fit Tyce.)

Tyce also got spoiled from Aunt Mel Mel. He loves to have her rub lotion on his feet. He makes me laugh! Trev just loves to be goofy for pictures. It's so hard to get one of them both smiling and looking at the camera!

Have a great weekend!
Love,
Jon, Amanda, Trevor and Tyce!

Life Update

Life is very busy for us in Sioux Falls. The boys are growing so fast and are always on the go. Trev turned 4 on Sept. 30th, although he acts like he is 16 sometimes. He loves Dinosaurs, Batman and playing outside. Tyce is growing so fast too. He is finally starting to grow up, not just out! I won't be able to call him Brutus for much longer I'm afraid. Haha He is talking like crazy, learning new words every day. He also loves to copy whatever his big brother is doing...Not always a good thing.

Jon is busy with football still. He is currently the Special Teams/Recruiting Coordinator and linebackers coach for the University of Sioux Falls. USF is ranked 2nd in the nation right now. The defense is #1 in the nation. Go Cougars! It's so nice to know his hard work pays off! We play for the conference championship this weekend, so lots of excitement and nervousness for us.

I'm also still working at USF as the Director of Admissions and Academic Advising. I have such awesome people that I work with! I also started USF's MBA program this fall. It has been a little challenging balancing it all, but has been a great experience so far. My last night of the first class is this Wednesday, so I'm excited for a little break. I forgot how hard and time consuming writing papers can be!

Speaking of papers, I'd better get to mine. Trying to utilize some lunch time for homework. I've attached some recent pictures of the boys.