Monthly Archives: October 2010

We went to the Sam Houston state game last saturday. We took the kids and they had alot of fun. I got tickets way down in front and we were in the endzone. I haven’t been to a game in a long time but I think I will go more often. We saw Tommy Grisham and his dad there and Brad got his picture taken with them as you can see. We also saw Adam Clanton , he is Natalie White’s husband. He works on channel two and does the sports. It was good to see him , he is a nice guy and I have been twittering with him. I hope someday my kids will want to go to SHSU or SFA. It was a great place and I would love to send my money there for them to go.

Deer season has started. Last weekend was youth weekend. I normally let Mady shoot first since she is the oldest. I had a new stand built this year big enough for all three of us. Dale gave me some chairs so now there are three chairs in a 4 X 8 box. It fits us nicely. Anyway, we saw some deer saturday night but Mady couldn’t get a close enough shot. Then sunday morning was the same. It was Halloween so Mady wanted to come home and trick or treat. Brad wanted to stay and hunt sunday night. he said he just knew a deer would come out. So Mady rode home with Stephen and me and Brad stayed and sure enough a big doe came out right in front of us at 118 yards away. Brad was watching “Talledega Nights” on the ipod so I pulled his head phones off and handed him the gun. He sat on my lap for a sec, then stood up and steadied the gun. He said he was ready and I pulled back the safety. He made a great shot, she ran about 10 yards and fell. He was so excited and talked the whole time when we went to get her. We cleaned the deer and even made it home in time for him to do a little trick or treating. He did fall asleep on the way home and woke up in northshore crying because it was late and he wasn’t gonna get to trick or treat but it all worked out. I will go back this weekend and hunt. It should be a good weekend and relaxing with my friends. I really enjoy taking them hunting. I never got to do stuff like that with my dad so I think I am getting as much out fo this or more than they are LOL. I just want us to make some good memories and them look back on good times spent out in the woods.

Brad lost his playoff football game. We played the Falcons and they were similar to us but they had a huge running back that we ended up not being able to stop. We kept the game close but had a touchdown called back which I thought was ridiculous. It was kinda sad because Brad cried because we lost. I did like that he made it important and showed emotion. Looking forward to seeing him mature and grow in football the next couple of years. I did tell him I was sorry he didn’t play as much defense. I will give him more chances on defense next year. Overall it was a good year and we ended up 7-3. They sing a song that Andy Miller leads them in after each victory. It is pretty cool and the kids love it. The video I believe is at the bottom. Brad is the one jumping up and down through it.

Mady’s team played DPJH for the zone championship in volleyball and won. It was a great match all the girls on both sides are great friends. It went three games and was close all three. Mady played pretty good but I can tell she gets kinda jittery and doesn’t want to make a mistake. But it was so exciting seeing your child’s team win and seeing her jump around and get excited about it. She is really enjoying 7th grade. She is becoming good friends with Christine Holden who lives around the corner. I am beginning to watch her build these life long friendships that I have been talking about.
Dan Lounsbury is a huge raider fan and I said I would mention how important the chiefs vs raiders game is this weekend. So there I did it. the Texans lost to the colts on MNF and it was horrible and I am not talking about that today.

I have started making wine. Wenke and Chad Grant make it and so I went and bought a kit and am trying it. the first batch is done on December 1st. I will take some pics and post them about the process on a seperate blog in the next couple days. Can’t wait to taste it.

I am done for now, ya’ll stay safe out there!!

WOW!!! It seems like it has been months since I last posted. I have been super busy and the hay fever this year has knocked me on my butt. Where do I start? The kids have been busy and Madyson has won a few volleyball games. She played very good last night against laporte. She is serving more she just needs to build up her strength. The last couple weeks there has been about 10 7th graders in our cul de sac and they play kick ball and ride their bikes. She also been using her phone more texting all the time and she seems to have a group of girls in the neighborhood that she is becoming close to such as Eden Dombrowa and Christine Holden. She is friends with Dalton a boy who moved in a couple doors down as well. They all seem to be having a good time and building what seems to be long lasting friendships. She even posted on her facebook a picture and said me and my two bff’s and it was Dalton and Eden. It makes me happy to see her socializing and having a good time. Seems like she is becoming a teenagers way too fast. I miss the little girl and boy in this picture.

Brad has been doing a good job in football and we are coming down to the end of the season. We played south houston last saturday and it was a blow out so we got to move some kids around and play some different positions. Brad caught two extra point conversion. The second was supposed to be to Mason Vaughn but Garrett Pinnault didn’t get it over Brad’s head. He is getting really tall and becoming a pretty good athlete. I have tried to play him on defense more but I want to be fair to the rest of the boys. I just hate seeing him upset and down with me because I don’t put him in on defense every series. It just kills me. I will plan things next year better. He has fun though and really started building relationships with some good guys.

We went to the Texans game and we beat the chiefs in one of the most exciting games in awhile. The roof was open , hay fever was killing me but it was still awesome. Andre Johnson caught a TD pass in the final minute in the endzone right below us. It was crazy we were down most of the game. We are struggling on defense but hopefully Kubiak can shore that up.

We have practice tonight then TIFI night at the high school game. Maybe I will post more about all the tweeting I have been doing. It is pretty cool!!

How stinking bad were the Texans on sunday? Oh gosh they just totally got beat up by the giants. Me and Tressa went to game and met Bull , Summer and Mamaw. We didn’t tailgate because of my hay fever acting up but we did stop by Eric Filkin’s and the Red Wagon Tailgaters. Him and Randall sit next to us. We have sat next to them the last 6 years. They are from Cypress area. The funny thing is we only see them at the 8 home games all year and at those games it is like we are best friends. It’s pretty cool. Here is a picture of me and Tressa with Eric at their Tailgate. I did eat a little there before we went inside. They won tailgaters of the year last year and here is a picture of all of them at that winning day last year. We always have a good time with them. We also sit by some guys who dress up like the Wendy’s character from Wendy’s hamburger place. They do a funny thing with their hands everytime we get a first down. We didn’t have alot to celebrate that day except the footlong hotdog Tressa brought back from the concession stand for me to eat.

Heck we didn’t have much to celebrate the whole weekend. Brad lost his football game. That is the second loss in a row. I am not as upset with the loss as how bad we fell apart. We played a good Galveston team and when we got down alot of the kids kinda quit. The only bright spot was that Brad was a captain that day and they had Casey Hampton do the coin flip. He is the nose guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Brad got to go out and shake his hand and meet him. I will attach a pic of the actual coin toss on my next posting.

Mady didn’t have much going on this weekend she is busy being a social butterfly and hanging out with her friends riding bikes all weekend and running around the neighborhood. She has been staying at home alone some lately and being a bigtimer. We need to get her back going with golf so she will be ready when the spring season starts.
I have to get a wisdom tooth pulled today, not wanting to do that at all. I am about to take a sleeping pill and go in and have this guy cut on my mouth…..and I am paying him to do that. But hopefully I will get it over with and wont have many problems. I may be out of commission for a couple days. I told Ms. Kouba I needed to get this done before deer season, of course she rolled her eyes at that.

BTW I am really looking forward to deer season and getting up to the lease a bunch. I even bought me new soles for my work boots !!haha!

Wish me luck today….i would rather eat a crap sandwich than get this tooth pulled.

I haven’t posted in forever it seems. I went ahead and changed my title. Audie Johnson who is my son’s future coach said “Marc’s Thoughts” was to girlie so I went with “The Milliorn Report”. Anyway, The Texans won a big game againest Oakland we did it with basically a JV team. Andre Johnson was out and we still didn’t have Cushing or Duane Brown. That Arian Foster is turning into a stud. We play the giants next week at home. They will be big and physical. In honor of Steve Corry I says “let’s bring the wood Texans!!”
Brad lost his first football game of the season. It was to the space raiders and we lost in quadrupyle overtime. It was a real heartbreaker. He has been doing a good job at tight end. I want to try and get him on defense a little more. He is real aggressive and keeps asking me during the game. I am trying to keep it as equal as I can with all the kids playing alot. Our record now is 5-1 and now we have to go down and play the galveston hurricanes. They are very athletic and will be a big challenge. I really think he is growing up way to fast. How about this picture to the left of Brad knocking this guy down? He says the funniest things and is turning into a real nice young man. I think there are a couple girls in the neighborhood that like him but he will not admit he likes girls right now. He loves watching football with me and we try and cheer for opposite teams just so we can go at it and he likes to rub it in when he wins. He still likes to hug and kiss on me so I appreciate that. I hear it won’t be long and that will be over.
Mady’s volleyball team had a tough game the other day. They played Pearland east and lost. She has really become an almost teenager and I hate it. She is sooo mature and thinks dad is a moron. It is ok though I know she really doesn’t. She has become more social and I can see her really maturing and that makes me happy and sad. It makes me proud to see her grow up and make good choices and become more independent but it makes me sad to see her not need me near as much as she used to.

We have had a slight cool front and it has gotten me so ready for deer season. I have alot of hunts planned and want to spend alot of time relaxing and just getting away. I want to plan a hog hunt with a rancher from the “Craig Wilson Whitetail ” outfitters. We can stay in a lodge and hunt hogs in the afternoon. Maybe some time after deer season. I have never put together a hunt like that and either Tinker or someone has so I want to do something like that this year. But I really just want to go relax and see some game out of my new stand.
I am gonna try and post more later and sooner since I havent posted too much lately.
Let me see………who likes the dentist? I have to go and get a wisdom tooth pulled soon, and I dont think I know one person who likes to even go in a dentist office.
Have a great day!