HAPPY TURKEY WEEKEND EVERYBODY:)

Well what's been going on in the Storbeck household......hhhmmmmm:)

We are the Energizer Bunny Family i think - going, going, and more going.

Destiny is off her medication for her seizures so we have to watch for any signs of them. She made student of the month this year and is doing very well in school. She really loves it.

Brianna is doing well. She is the only one of the kids that didn't get sick the first quarter and she made perfect attendance, shortly after that she was off a couple of days with the flu. She went to eye doctor and he says she needs glasses, so we'll be taking care of that next. She's loving the weather, playing outside all the time and meeting new kids in the neighborhood.

Cierra is done with Cross-Country and finished very well. Mom & Dad are proud of her efforts. Cierra made Honor Roll in the first quarter, it's the first time and she is SSSSSSSOOOOOOO proud (so were Mom & Dad)!!! Cierra also is in the needs glasses category.

Deric is playing great hockey. Again he leads the team in scoring, he's a monster on ice. He also is a certified referee and ref-ed his first game last weekend (didn't like it as much as he though, we'll see where this goes). He's getting HUGE (155 pounds, I didn't weigh that until I came back from Military Basic Training at age 21). He'll turn 14 in December. Rough year health wise for DJ, he's had H1N1 flu and now has been home this week with Pneumonia.

Mom is doing well. Supposedly her job is going to be upgraded (heard that before) and she'll get a significant raise sometime in January (hopefully). She's still at the kitchen table for a couple of hours a night before dad gets home, doing homework with the girls. It must work, because their grades are showing it. Kelly celebrated her 44th birthday on November 23rd. We had Norman, Norm, Jimmy and Jeannie over and cooked out on the grill. The girls all made Mom their own special birthday cards, which made mom very happy!

Dad, well dad is dad. Still working (thank god) though classes are getting smaller with not a huge future in the airline industry, but things are looking better starting in April (double course). Still enjoying the weather and sipping a few cocktails now and then outside. Coaching this year has been the toughest ever. Parents bitching, kids quitting, kids crying (yes crying at the Bantam level), but yet for some ungodly reason I continue (I can't give up on the kids, that's what it's all about). The team is getting better and we are starting to compete better. As I told the parents in the beginning, it's going to be a marathon not a sprint and to be patient (I think they forgot this part of it). Oh well this is my last year of coaching, next year I'm going to sit back and actually enjoy watching DJ play.

The family is going to be in Wisconsin on Thursday evening January 7th for a hockey tournament that begins on Saturday, January 9th. We'll be flying back home on Tuesday morning, January 12th. Hopefully we'll get to see some of you either for a beer or at the hockey rink (OR BOTH!!). This will be the longest vacation we have had since we moved to Arizona (that sucks).

I think I've updated you on the family. The kids are getting bigger everyday. Hope to catch you in WI in January (what? Are we stupid or something? January??) Nuts!