Happy Trails Parade

Cedar Park Basketball - 12-27-11

12-27-11 - All the Scholten's. Gienger's, Crabtree's and friends were in the stands as the "Eagle's" took on the Nooksack Valley Pioneers. The first halve was close all the way and at halve-time Nooksack lead by a score of 26-24. Nooksack was the hotter of the two teams, our only positive was that Nooksack wasn't getting as many shots.

The second halve started with Nooksack really starting out hot and think they only missed two shots in the third quarter. We were behind by about 13 points when we started the 4th quarters and all us fans were saying they have to start a fast run. Well, the boys must of listened as we tightened up and defense, move court press and started hitting the 3's, Evan hit a couple and Scottie our point guard hit some and before we know it the score is like 54-53 and Cedar Park is ahead. Then to finish out the game we made some free throws and final score is 58-53. "GO EAGLES" . They needed this win really bad and now are waiting for the EAGLES FROM FERNDALE TO SHOW UP.

Tonight at 7:30 we play Ferndale.

Cedar Park Christian School !

This is our grandson Evan #32. He is a very nice
young man and stands 6'6" tall and is turning into
a great basketball player.

We have been going in Circles!!

12-23-11 - Well christmas is just around the corner. We have been busy since arriving home on the 10th. There has been yard work to do and still not done completely. Then had to put up lights on the outside of house and yard. Then Ione had to but up inside decorations, including the christmas tree. All those things are done and we have all the presents under the tree, Ione is busy today baking, cooking food for our first get togehter which is tomorrow morning.

Our two daughters and family will be arriving for a brunch. After our tummies are full it will be time to open gifts. Wow! We are so blessed to be able to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus on Christmas Day.

Arrived Home 12-10-11

12-10-11 - We flew from Phoenix, AZ to Bellingham, WA. The first leg was good until we got a hundred miles south of Seattle and the fog settled in or should I say it was below us as we flew north. It was a strange situation aas we could see the mt. tops sticking out of the fog.

Then as we cirlcced Seattle and came in for a landing, thought the fog would lift as we got closer to the grund, wrong as we came to the runway the fog was only a few ft off the ground. We had never seen flog so thick. Had a two hour laayover and couldn't even see planes leaving just the noise. Then in about an hour it starting leaving and when we boarded our plane for Bellingham, had a great trip with sun and a beautiful view as we follewed the shore line north. Made it to Bellingham without a hitch.

Flying off tomorrow!!

12-08-11 - Well it was a good day here at Happy Trails with sunshine and a high of about 55 degrees. We finished doing our packing and also our Neighbor Janet showed up with her friend, Arlene. She hasn't bee here for two and a halve years due to some health issues.

We leave at 5 AM with the Sun City Express and head to Sky Harbor to catch our flight with Alaska Air. Hopefully will be a good flight and will be arriving in Bellingham about 12:30 tomorrow.

Wow! It sure is cold!

12-06-11 - We are counting down and will be flying out of Phoenix on Friday the 9th of Dec. at 7:10 AM. We will have Sun City Express pick us up from the motor home and deliver us to the airport. Not used to getting up this early, but I guess we will manage

Have been getting some Christmas shopping done and will pack things in to take home. There will only be about 16 days left before Christmas when we arrive home. So there will be lots of things to do, decorating the house, outside lights, shrub pruning, etc. Then there will also be lots of basketball to watch.

Have been getting lots of snow in Flagstaff which is about 100 miles north of here. Our temps have really dropped and high today was only about 55 degrees. Well I guess we have to remember today is Dec. 6th and it is winter.

Cedar Park Christian School Basketball has started!!

12-02-11 - Well our Grandson Evan's Cedar Park School team is going and did OK their 1st two games. They played Life Christian Academy from Tacoma, WA on Thursday night 11-01-11. They played well enough to win but ended up losing in two OT's by a score of 65-63. Evan scored a total of 18 points in this game and also got lots of rebounds, blocked shots, etc.

Then last night the 2nd they play Granite Falls High School at Cedar Park and we come away with a win 47-37. Evan scored 6 points in this game, but got 4 blocks, 9 rebounds to go with his points.

So since football is finally over and the Lynden Lions are State Champs in 2A will move on to basketball. So now we will be flying home to watch Evan's basketball games for the month of Dec. and a few in January. Wow! When you are retired never a dull moment.

Championship Football Game 2A - Lynden & Archbishop Murphy!

Dec. 3, 2011 - We have had a really hard game so far and we are in the second quarter. We did get a field goal in the 1st quarter and were ahead 3-0. Then in the 2nd quarter they scored and now lead the game 7-3 and have about 4 minutes to halve time. Halve time score 7-3 MTM.

Things do not look good at halve time as we just haven't done anything in the offensive department. We have only had the ball for a very short time. ATM has over 160 yards and we are like a -6 yards total offense. So we have to do something in the second halve to stop them from getting plays. They had over 30 plays and we only had 11. So have to change this if possible in the second halve. Back later.

We came out in the 3rd quarter and they kick to us and we drop the kick and they recover. So we think OK we have to change this and finally our defense does awesome and our offense is moving the ball.

You won't believe how this game came to an end. We were down 14-10 when only a couple of minutes to go. We had to do a safety and give the other team 2 points, so now we are down 16-10. Then we do an onside kick and recover the ball. Then we drive down with only 1:40 to go in the game and score. So now it is tried 16-16 and then our kicker makes the PAT and we win 17-16. "LYNDEN LIONS ARE THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONS" The announcers said this was one of the best High School games ever and in any classification. We listed to the whole game via http://www.winnnw.com/ and they did an awesome job since we were in our motor home here at Happy Trails in Surprise, AZ listening to the game on our laptop computer.. GO LIONS!

Quarter-Final Football - Lynden/W.F.West

11-26-11 - The Lynden Lions Football Team had a great league season and ended up with a record of 10-0. They have been in playoffs for the last two weeks. They have rolled over two opponents and are now 12-0.

Their game today is at the Tacoma Dome, so no rain or wind to content with so should be good. They are scheduled to start at 10 AM so hope all the team are morning people and can do well. They will be playing WF West High School, Chelalis, WA team that has only lost two games and are 10-2.

Well, one quarter in the book and Lynden is not playing well with 4 penalties and can't do anything right. WF West has the ball to start the second quarter on the Lynden 19 yd line. So they have to really suck it up and hold them from scoring.

We prevailed and won the game. It wasn't pretty but our defense held and we won the game with a final score of 17-7. We just made so many mistakes and our defense won the game for the Green & Gold. But then halving to play 10 o'clock in the morning isn't the best for either team.
"GO LIONS AND WE ARE ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEXT SATURDAY"

Thanksgiving Day!

11-24-11 - Wow! What a great Thanksgiving here in the Valley of the Sun. Didn't have any sun but was about in the middle 60's. We had a room full of people that were all hungry for turkey. Did the park provide or what, as the turkey, potatoes, dressing & gravy was excellent. We had a total of 56 tables with 8 people on each table. No one came away hungry and had a great time for talk, etc.

Then this afternoon we got in four pickleball matches. Ione played with her partner she is going to play with in the Classic, starting Jan 23rd and I played with his wife. The games were all close and ended up each winning two games.

So now it is time to make some phone calls to family back at home. They had a great day to meet at Pam & Brett's for Thanksgiving. So hopefully everyone had a lot of great food and played games, etc.

Two More Days until Thanksgiving!

11-22-11 - Well, we are still enjoying some pretty good weather here in the Valley of the Sun. The temps have been in the mid 70's.

We are looking forward to eating a great Turkey dinner with about 400 other Happy Trails residents. There will be about 50 tables in our ballroom, with 8 people seated at each table. The park where we live furnishes, turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy & cranberry sauce. Then the 4 couples at each table add in, sweet potatoes, salad, dessert & rolls. So we are getting excited and ready for our Thanksgiving dinner with friends.

Still playing pickleball and did do a tournament last Saturday but didn't do that well with my partners. Oh Well, don't want to win all the Gold Medals.

Birthday for Ron!!

11-11-11 - Well, we have been at Happy trails for just about two weeks. Just had my birthday yesterday. It was low key and just went to out dinner with a couple of friends of ours. It was a fun evening and a fun time. The weather has been on the cool side for the last week or so. We aren't complaining too much but would like some warmer weather. I think we are about a week away of warmer weather so will just have to wait.

Have been playing lots of pickleball and doing pretty well. So will just keep pickleball on our list. It's been fun playing with friends. We have been keeping busy getting our lot in shape.

We have been listening to a 2A State playoff in Lacy, WA with Lynden against North Thurston and it has been a good game. We are now down 26-23 and just starting the 4th Quarter. We have to just keep moving the ball to take the lead. Looks like it will go down to the wire. final report coming later.

We made it!!

11-02-11 - We arrived at Happy Trails about 5:30 Oct 30th. We did a good final leg down after spending the night at St. George, UT with the Dueck's - Rod & Barb. They fixed us a nice dinner and a soft bed to sleep in the 29th. Then the morning of the 30th played about 5 games of pickleball before heading down the road to Happy Trails.

The weather was excellent for our trip down from WA. with not a drop of rain the whole way. So can't ask for anything better then that. We had washed the motor home before leaving home and the only thing we had to clean when we arrived was bugs of the frontend and windshield. So all and all an excellent trip down.

The weather has been really nice the last three days since getting here. But change is on the way as we had a strong wind today which is going to bring us cooler weather starting on Friday. Will have to keep things buttoned down in the yard so wind doesn't blow things away.

Day Three on the road!

10-27-11 - Well, we left Darby, MT on Hwy 93 this morning and south the road was very curvy and had a 7,100 ft. pass to go over and all the way down the south we only averaged about 40 miles per hour on the curvy part and that was just about 4 hours of slow going. The weather has been really good except the nights are cold. All the way through ID & MT on Hwy 93 was very interesting and looks of nice things to do. A lot of this area is ranching and seen lots of animals, Cows & Horses. With me being an old farm boy was a fun area to go through.


Then after getting off Hwy 93 we came down on Hwy 20 and then Hwy 26 and hooked into I-15 which is freeway and our speed picked up and did well the rest of the day. We are spending the night at Wal Mart in Bringham City, UT which is about 20 miles north of Salt Lake. We picked up groceries and should keep us going for a few days. The motor home has been doing really good.

So now tomorrow we will be heading to St. George, UT to see our friends, Rod & Barb Dueck. So maybe we will get there early enough to play some pickleball.

We are on the Road!

10-25-11 - Well we have the motor home packed and ready to hit the road. We pulled out of our place at about 9:10 AM on the 25th. We had a very good day of driving from Lynden/Seattle and then over hwy I-90 and ended up at Medical Lake near Spokane. A total of 365 miles for our first day on the road, not bad. Spent the night at Silver Lake Bible Camp and took a couple of dear friends out to Mexican Food and had a fun evening.

We had a very cool evening as we weren't plugged in and it was cool this morning when we got up. Our friends said it got down to 23 degrees last night. So we had frost on the grass and everything was white and also the fog coming off Silver Lake was beautiful. This morning I had a chance to take some pictures of the camp as they are always improving things. Terry Andrews the manager does an excellent job of keeping things up to date.

Jessie Beisheuvel!

This was our granddaughter getting ready to
serve against Whatcom Community
College. Their team is doing a great job and
are in Second Place in their league

Bellevue/Whatcom Volleyball!

10-23-11 - This was our last chance to see our Granddaughter Jessica play volleyball with her Bellevue Team. They played a good Whatcom team and won in three games on their own floor. Jessie played a very solid game and the rest of the team also did very well.

They have only lost one game in league and are in solid second place. I think this coming week they play Shoreline the only team that has beaten them in league. Bellevue did beat them in 5 games in the tournament a few weeks ago. So I think now they can beat them again, also because Jessie is healthy and playing well.

Then next step is to hit the road for AZ on Tuesday morning the 25th.

So what do Grandpa's know!!

Oct. 22, 2011 - The rain and cold have not been nice around here and we are ready to head south.

Jessie our volleyball player has completely healed her jammed left shoulder. Then the mono thing is still around. But praise the Lord she has been cleared to play and has been starting the last three matches. Her team has been doing just great and we have had a chance to see all three matches and they have won them all. Then her little sister Jada had a soccer game this morning, when we left the house in was raining, cats & dogs. But after the first few minuets of the game the rain stopped and the sun came out partly. They played a tough team and ended up trying the game at 2-2. So they are doing great with only one tie and one loss for the season. They have won all the other games.

We will be heading to Seattle in an hour or so since our WSU Cougs are playing Oregon State at CenturyLink Field. So we are praying for no rain for the game which starts at 7:30. But our Huskies from Seattle get the game at 4 PM and you figure since it is in CA. We just don't get any respect with the Westside folks.

So we will be on the road Tuesday Oct. 25th and will be getting to Happy Trails about the 29th of this month. So are so ready for having some sunshine and warmth in our lives. It must be the age or something but just don't like wet and cold anymore.

Busy September!!

9-29-11 - We have been busy watching, soccer games on Saturday's, since Jada our youngest granddaughter is just about 10 yrs. old. So that has been fun and also watched some girls volleyball. Earlier in Sept. watched Jessie our granddaughter who is at Bellevue College play until she jammed her left shoulder. She had been off for about two weeks and was just about to start playing when she came down with Mono. So that means no playing for a month. So that meant that we probably won't get a chance to see her play anymore this year.

Soo, if that is the case, we will be heading to AZ as soon as we can get packed and have all our ducks in a row. Which also meant having to rent one of our apartment units. Just got a call last Saturday a lady was moving. So have been busy with that hopefully have it rented before our departure date of Oct. 17th.

Always some to keep these grand parents busy. Finishing up yard work, repairing some stuff, etc. There is light in the tunnel and our weather has been pretty good, with some sun and temps into the 70's for some of the days. But the way the leafs have been coming off the trees I think that fall is right around the corner. Time is getting short before we hit the trail.