The kids got full swing into their Fall sports this weekend. Riley's travel soccer team squared off against the Herndon Hawks and tied them 3-3. Riley kicked a fantastic left footed goal to tie the game up 2-2 in the 2nd half!
Thanks to Kristin Kahn for capturing the photos!
Jolie started playing Lacrosse this weekend, look how cute she looks!
Addison has been practicing hard for his first Tackle Football Game! Practices have been every night from 6pm-8pm. On Saturday he had his first chance to play in a real game!
Addison plays Center. Here are some video clips of the game. The Reston Seahawks won 7-0!
Today is a very special day in the Viener household. Riley, born on Saint Patrick's Day 2000, turned 9 today! Sara and I thought we would send him off to school in style today, here are some videos:
Riley's Birthday Interview:
Riley's Special Breakfast:
Happy Birthday Riley!
We learned today that Washington Family Magazine has rated Addison's Bob's Game Blog site, runner-up for the 2008 Annual Reader's Choices Best Internet Site for Kids! As you can imagine, Addison is very excited!!!
Addison started his game blog in January of 2007, and has had over 100,000 page views!
It's a great site to find a few family friendly games to play!
Check it out at www.bobsgameblog.com
Mark Nelson, my cousin, has setup his own high-end custom design carpet company. Mark Nelson Designs helps interior designers find the custom designed carpets that their high-end customers are looking for. Mark has been in the business over 15 years and has now branched out on his own. If you know any interior designers looking for high-end custom carpets, Mark is your guy!
Addison has always had a love of art and enjoys creating things. Here are some of his latest creations on display at the Outsider Folk Art Gallery in Reading Pennsylvania: (click on the pictures to enlarge)
The Folk Art Gallery is located at the Goggle Works in Reading Pennsylvania and is run by Addison's Grandparents, Sue & George Viener. Addison has sold several pieces in the past at the Outsider Folk Art Gallery.
I posted the video of the Bird that was driving me crazy, after getting shot at by a few tennis balls every time he came to visit, I think the Bird has decided to bother someone else. But, not that the Bird is gone, we now have a new problem, apparently some squirrels have decided to make a home in our attic.
Our pest control company recommended a local company, who came out, eyeballed the nest and decided it was going to cost us $4,000 to remove the squirrels and fix up our roof-line to insure that it wouldn't happen again.
Well, I wasn't so thrilled about the thought of paying $4k to remove some squirrels, so I went on to Angie's List, a service where you can find just about any service person and see unbiased ratings from others who have used the service. On Angie's List I found a company that was well recommended who is removing the Squirrels for $375. To be fair, they did recommend some other fixes to the roof, some needed now, and others as more future prevention. The other company only gave me one option, $4k.
So now there are squirrel traps on my roof and in my attic. They leave them open (un set) for a few days to let the squirrels get comfortable getting food from them for a few days, and then set them to catch them. I was able to get some pictures today, enjoy! (click on one to see it close-up).
