September Mud Bowl

We just puttered around the house today until it was time for Vera's dental appointment.  After we were done there, I made a stop at Harbor Freight for a couple of things.  I ran into Jerry from the CVRCF radio control club in HF and had a nice visit with him.  We were headed from there to Jack in the Box when we noticed the engine temperature was way high!  I shut it off at one traffic light and almost did not get it started again!  We pulled into a station and I bought some anti-freeze to fill the overflow tank with and we waited for it to cool down.  While we were there I noticed the radiator was cool but the motor was hot, it looked like a stuck thermostat to me.  When it cooled a little, we started for an auto parts store, on the way it opened up so I headed home.  It ran way cooler than normal all the way home, so now the thermostat was stuck open.  We swapped rigs and ran down to get a new thermostat, pick up the mail and get a present for James' party tonight.  I decided not to change it today, so we got the cameras and stuff loaded into the van and headed for the game James was playing in this afternoon at Mark Morris.  We wanted to get there early and get a good parking spot to watch the game from if it rained.

They were playing Prairie today, and things got kind of muddy as the game went on.  James played quarterback the whole game and did a good job.

They won the game and were one happy bunch of kids afterwards.  It only rained for about 5 minutes just before half time, so I was able to take lots of pictures and video.

Being quarterback, James did not get quite as muddy as the other kids, this is his clean side!

After the game we went to Papa Pete's to celebrate James' 16th birthday.  Funny thing, I just counted and if I got it right, there were 16 family and friends there for James!