Halloween Party

It's that time of year again, Halloween! One of my favorite holidays. I love Halloween because it is so much fun to dress up and see all the little kids trick-or-treating. Ever since we moved here, I have been wanting to have a party or some kind of get together. I thought it would be fun to invite some neighbors over and have a party. So, we did and it was a lot of fun. We got together with our neighbors across the street and we had the party at her house and had the babysitter watch our kids at my house. The food turned out great and some of the costumes were very original. We even gave out awards for BEST COSTUME (which Brandon won) along with some other awards.



Rebecca and I went as flappers because the guys had their minds made up on their costumes from the beginning...they wanted something funny!



Here are John and Brandon as Dwight from "The Office" and Jackie Moon.



Here are some of my favorite costumes from the night, Greg and Tara, as a Pirate and his "Booty". How cute is that!




Here is some of the food we had. The recipes turned out so cute!!



I had to include this one because this is Brandon just being goofy! He LOVED his Jackie Moon costume!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

We went home this past weekend and, of course, I always forget about my camera so I didn't hardly get any pictures this weekend! We did go eat on Sunday at Sweet Bones Alabama at the Summit for my Dad's birthday (he turned 57!) and we got a great family picture.



Oops! We realize Amber is NOT in the picture...Retake!



Ahh...that's better! Happy Birthday again, Dad!! I love you!!

Webb spurs Falcons' comeback

MACON, Ga. (AP Wire) - Something was amiss.

The enthusiasm was absent. The confidence was missing. The execution was abysmal.

And the first five minutes of Thursday night's game left all in attendance scratching their collective heads: Could the once-mighty Falcons be slumping into mediocrity as the playoffs loom on the horizon?

The defense looked lost as the Tornadoes effortlessly ran roughshod on their opening possession en route to a 7-0 lead. The offense looked equally anemic as it sputtered four straight downs and served up the ball on the Falcons' 20.

The second verse turned out to be the same as the first. Two plays later the Tornadoes stunned the Falcons by sprinting to a seemingly insurmountable 14-0 lead midway through the half, prompting Falcons head coach Surjit Patel to gather his team and suture its pride.

The Falcons, needing something - anything - to arouse their sleeping giant of an offense from its slumber, suddenly found a spark. And it arrived in the 4-foot-2 shape of Dylan Webb.

The Springdale Elementary second-grader hauled in a pass off of his shoelaces from quarterback Tripp Vaughan, spun and raced 17 yards down the sideline for a first down. In doing so, he sounded the horn for the Falcons' amazing 25-20 come-from-behind triumph.

After Sam Clarke capped the drive with a short touchdown run to narrow the Falcons' deficit to 7, another quarterback looked in Webb's direction. This time, however, it was the Tornadoes' signal caller.

Big mistake.

Webb timed his arrival perfectly and wrestled his team-leading second interception of the season away from the intended receiver, then darted 20 yards into Tornado territory. With the turnover, occurring with about a minute remaining in the first half, he also successfully stole the game's momentum.

"At first, I wasn't sure I had it," Webb said. "But I looked down and saw it in my arms and figured I had better start running."

Austin Evans cashed in the turnover by changing directions three times before scoring as time expired in the first half. But the extra point was no good and the Falcons trailed by a single point at the break.

But halftime did not interrupt the team's newfound mojo.

The Falcons took the ball to open the second half and plodded methodically down the field on a near 10-minute clock-melting drive. Webb completed his second pass of the game on the drive and moved the chains before Evans scored his second TD of the game to put the Falcons up 19-13.

The Tornadoes, however, had one last gasp in them. A long run allowed them to set up shop inside the Falcons' 10. But they couldn't capitalize. After reaching the 1 yard line on first down, three plays produced negative yardage, including a sack by Vaughan on fourth down.

The Falcons had held, along with the notion that this may well have been the Stratford Academy Youth Football League's most impressive comeback of the season. And on first down from his own 5, Clark took a reverse 55 yards for his second score to cement the outcome.

The Falcons improved to 5-2-2 and close out the regular season Tuesday against the Packers.

Breaking News: Falcons' Webb injured

MACON, Ga. (AP Wire) - A day after the Falcons' blowout win the victory celebration was cut short when it was learned that quarterback/cornerback Dylan Webb incurred a groin injury during the game.

A member of the Falcons coaching staff, speaking under the condition of anonymity, said Friday that Webb woke up with extreme soreness in his groin, perhaps a result of his first score of the season Thursday night against Navy.

"It's possible that he didn't even realize that he had hurt himself because as long as he was active during the game it likely remained stretched out and didn't cause any problems," the source said.

Webb couldn't be reached for comment.

There was no official word from the team and it is unclear whether Webb will be able to play Tuesday night. The source said Webb was "day-to-day."

But then again, aren't we all?

Halloween Spirit

If this doesn't get you into the Halloween spirit, I don't know what will!! I am a little biased, but had to post my beautiful baby!! By the way, her shirt says "Who needs a costume when you're already a princess".

Homestead Hollow

This past weekend, Brandon and Dylan went to the race in Talladega and so I spent the day with my mom and sister. We went to Homestead Hollow. It is an arts and crafts festival they have each year in Springville. It was a lot of fun!! I found Sutherlan a cute outfit for Fall that I can't wait to see her in and take her picture for the blog!!! We got to make candles, go for a hayride, see them make dolls out of corn stalks and lots of other things. Here are some pictures from our day. I especially LOVE the one of Sutherlan with Aunt Andi...I think it is a really good picture :)

Falcons Bounce Back in a Big Way

MACON, Ga. (AP Wire) - Overkill isn't necessarily a bad thing.

You can never have too much money, or too much fun. You can never be too lucky. A girl never can be too pretty or have too much class.

But the Falcons' supreme domination over the Navy team Thursday night? Here we must mercifully draw the line.

Overmatched? Overwhelmed? Call it what you will, but mere minutes into the contest it was over-and-out, as the Falcons returned to their winning ways with a 27-12 rout.

It was the signature win of the season for the Falcons (4-1-2), who resembled juggernauts on both sides of the ball.

After winning the coin toss and deferring to the second half, the Falcons' defense established its dominance early. The unit held Navy on downs and upon taking possession, Sam Clark knifed his way to his first of four scores on the night.

Navy answered, however, with a 40-yard touchdown run, which proved to be the Falcons' lone blemish.

Clark scored again on the Falcons' ensuing drive to go up 14-6. Then the floodgates opened.

Playing from behind, the Navy team attempted to establish a passing game, but was quickly thwarted when Clark raced 30 yards for a TD following an interception to put the Falcons ahead by a comfortable 20-6 margin.

The Falcons again held on downs as the first half ended and prepared to send the offense back on the field after the intermission. Not missing a beat, the unit marched methodically down the field and Dylan Webb capped the drive with his first score of the year on a quarterback bootleg.

Leading 27-6, the Falcons defense again repelled the Navy effort and comfortably ahead, sent in the reserves to play out the remainder of the game.

In an unprecedented move, Falcons coach Surjit Patel attempted to manufacture a mercy score for the Navy team. He called timeout with less than 2 minutes remaining and on 4th and goal from the 15 instructed his team not to pull flags and let Navy score. Two Falcons defenders promptly escorted an opposing rusher into the end zone for the gift touchdown to make the score look a little better.

Nonetheless, the Falcons still look like the team to beat as the regular season enters the stretch run.

Falcons lose after late rally falls short

MACON, Ga. (AP Wire) - Three yards...one point...undefeated no more.

The Falcons' frantic two-minute offense delivered them to the brink of success Tuesday night, but a failed PAT left them on the agonizing end of a 19-18 decision in the much anticipated rematch against the Warriors.

After arguably the league's best teams traded punch for punch in the first half, the see-saw battle took a pivotal turn midway through the second when the Falcons were unable to move the chains on fourth down at the Warriors' 20.

The Warriors capitalized six plays later as neighborhood rival Chet Thompson weaved his way methodically through the Falcons' defense for a 25-yard touchdown that gave them a seemingly insurmountable lead. The gutty Falcons' defense stiffened, however, and snuffed out the PAT - leaving them down by a mere seven points with 1:24 remaining.

Then, in a bizarre turn of events, Falcons head coach Surjit Patel was emergency-paged into work, vaulting Brandon Webb into interim control of the Falcons upon taking possession at their own 20 yard line.

With little time to think about a gameplan Webb utilized the team's speed demons - Austin Evans and Sam Clark - to zig and zag toward the Warriors' goal line and what would be a miraculous tie. With less than 30 seconds remaining things looked bleak with the Falcons staring down a 4th and 13 from the 25. But Clark eluded the defense and somehow pierced the Warriors' 10 to set up a goal-to-go situation.

Two Tripp Vaughn passes fell incomplete in the end zone. But on third down, Clark once again summoned the strength to reach paydirt and with 7 seconds remaining all that stood between a stunning comeback was a single try - a PAT from 5 yards out that would knot the game.

Dylan Webb, whose bright spot was a goal line tackle on a similar PAT in the first half, handed off to diminutive Jayen Patel who could muster merely two of the needed yards. Patel's flag fluttered to the ground, as did the Falcons' hope for an undefeated season.

The Falcons head into Thursday's 7:30 p.m. contest with a record of 3-1-2 and remain atop the Stratford Academy Youth League standings with four games to be played in the regular season.

Falcons "roll," stay undefeated

MACON, GA (AP Wire) - Dylan Webb got downright defensive last Tuesday night about his recent lack of production at quarterback for his team.

The 7-year-old recorded two solid touchdown-saving open field tackles and a brilliant interception in the Falcons' 27-20 victory over the Warriors. The team remains atop the Stratford Academy Youth Football League standings at 3-0-2.

The win was particularly satisfying considering the Falcons couldn't get untracked in the previous game, a 6-6 tie against the Packers. The Falcons' defense stopped the Packers three times on downs but couldn't get anything going on offense. The defense's spirited play, however, continued against the Warriors.

The unit held on fourth down twice to takeover on downs and added two interceptions - both coming in the second half with the score tied - by Webb and Sam Clark.

Webb's was particularly dramatic. In the first half, Webb was providing blanket coverage along the sideline against the Warriors' receiver, prompting the quarterback to look in a different direction. At halftime, Webb conferred with a member of the Falcons defensive coaching staff about a strategy that might produce a turnover.

"My dad told me I was covering good but the quarterback wouldn't throw it my way because I was covering too good," Webb said. "So he told me to stay back a little and let him think he was open and keep watching him."

The result? Webb executed the plan to perfection, the Warriors' quarterback took the bait and the Springdale Elementary second-grader stepped in front of a pass and raced down the sideline before being driven out of bounds at the Warriors' 10-yard-line.

"That's how I roll," Webb said succinctly.

Clark cashed in on the turnover when he scored two plays later, giving the Falcons a 13-6 lead.

But the Warriors made it interesting. They converted on a Hail Mary 4th-and-15 play with just under two minutes to play and miraculously converted the extra point to knot the score at 20.

Webb, however, caught a pass from Tripp Vaughn on the ensuing drive to move the chains during the Falcons frenetic hurry-up offense. And four plays later Austin Evans weaved his way through the Warriors' defense to score the decisive touchdown, his second of the night, with 19 seconds remaining.

With five games left in the regular season, the Falcons come off a bye and continue their push toward the playoffs tonight at 6:30 in a rematch against the Warriors.