SNAKE!!

The girls and I ran to Ellsworth today to go to the grocery store and wash the car. When we got back I noticed a piece of siding sticking out under the bathroom window and when I went to look at it I saw this SNAKE! He was huge! Scott was sleeping and I didn't want to wake him up. I called my mom and she said I should kill it. I wanted to but wasn't sure how. I got a spade out of the garage and attempted to hit it on the head. He pulled back and was up against the house. I waited a little bit to see if he'd move. I tried to poke him a little and he started to slither away. When he got away from the house a little ways I attempted to drop a cinderblock on him. He pulled back right before it landed. As he started slithering away again I just started hitting him as many times as I could with the spade. He started going in the leaves under the bush and I scooped him up and moved him back and hit him some more. He was still moving his tail so I hit him several more times. I put him on the cement and hit him again. I don't like snakes and wanted to make sure he was dead. I don't want snakes around my yard with the girls playing there. I don't know my snakes but a couple people said it was a bull snake. I know he wouldn't hurt anything but I still don't like them and he had to go!

Pee Wee Soccer

Chey has been playing soccer at the HRC for the last 6 weeks. She wasn't really sure what to do the first several weeks but got bettter. The first couple games she wouldn't even stay on the court the entire games. She didn't usually kick the ball because she said "the boys do it". Scott and I have been there, my mom and grandma came and all she usually did was run after the other kids. Brittany came to her last game yesterday and she kicked it like 4 or 5 times! Hopefully she'll do better next year. It was fun to watch her and the other kids (3-5 year olds) play soccer.

Cheryl cheering on Chey. She wanted to go play too!

A lot of times when the ball came to Chey she would back away from it!


Cheyenne following the other kids

She's at least running!

One of the "breaks" she took. Cheering on her teammates.

Ready to shake hands with the other team.

Here is a video of Chey kicking the ball during her last game. They are behind the goal (there are no boundary lines. You can't keep 3-5 year olds in the lines!) but she kicked it twice! She was pretty excited!

Cheyenne's team

Happy Halloween

Chey was an elephant and Cheryl was a monkey this year for Halloween. We had a Haunted Hall at the HRC and I had to work so Scott took the girls out for the night. They went with some friends to Lyons and to Chase. They each came home with a bag full of goodies!

One Year

Yesterday was my one year anniversary with the Hoisington Recreation Commission. I've been through a lot in this first year. Made several changes and learned a lot. I'm still learning every day. I feel like I've done a pretty good job with all the activities. We'll see what the board members say on Monday when we have our board meeting. I have been pretty excited about some bus trips that I planned. I planned one to the Chiefs vs. Broncos in December and filled the bus! We're also going to Castle Rock, CO to go shopping next weekend. I've planned some changes for the summer baseball and softball programs for this upcoming season so we'll see how that goes. Overall, it's been a pretty good year. We'll see what the next year brings!