Guest Blog: Curly's Athlete Decathlon by the Dog Walker

 This was one of the most exciting moments in Curly's life. On Thursday, Curly has been nominated in the High School Athletes Decathlon program. Mom wanted to come to it, but she wasn't feeling well, so I had to take her place in supporting Curly. Baby Doll wanted to come, so I had to check her out of school for an hour. At the program, Curly had to set up a booth in the school auditorium. Besides me and Baby Doll, some of Curly's friends and classmate came to watch him.

He represented Southern Virginia college while the other nominees were presenting their college sponsors and talents. Curly was the last one represented at the end of the program. Baby Doll had recorded the speech that Curly's coach had said. It was quite an accomplishment that Curly had earned. Congratulations! Mom's really proud of you, and I'm sure Dad is too.

Traveling Together - Coming Home

After the volleyball games were over  the girls decided to go swimming. 

I ordered pizza and we just hung out for while.

We got up about 8:30, ate breakfast, gathered our bags and got on the road.

Baby Doll was feeling pretty crappy, so other than a few potty stops and hamburgers at A&W, we made good time.

Scout does an amazing job behind the wheel and she did all of the driving. I am so lucky to have her.

And so glad to be home.

Guest Blog: Super Bowl Party 2026 by the Dog Walker

So Mom asked me to write for her since what I'm about to tell you happened while she, Scout, and Baby Doll were still in Idaho for the weekend. This is the second time I've been the host for the family Super Bowl party. I invited some people on Slack, and we had a pretty good group. The people that came were Sport and his college roommate, Curly and his girlfriend, as well as Taco, Skittles, Queso, and Carnitas.

A few days before Mom and the girls went to Idaho, Baby Doll was hoping that I would make these homemade oatmeal creme pies like I did before. She thought they tasted better than the Little Debbie's brand. And since the Super Bowl was coming up, I decided to make them the shapes of footballs. I also served tuna casserole, corn, and some appetizers, like chips and salsa, and popcorn.

As for watching the game, Sport and Curly had been rooting for the Seattle Sea Hawks, probably just as a revenge on the New England Patriots for beating the Denver Broncos. It was quite a weird game, considering that in the first half, there weren't any touchdowns, but there were some field goals.

The half-time show was different as well. The songs were mostly in Spanish, so most of us couldn't understand the words. 

After the half-time show, Curly and his girlfriend tried to pull off the stunt that the backup dancers did in the show. It was crazy!

Anyway, after the half-time show, we watched the second half, and by the fourth quarter, there finally came some touchdowns. Mostly from the Sea Hawks, which Sport and Curly totally rooted for. Before the first touchdown of the Super Bowl, Sport and Curly tried to wager. They both thought that the Super Bowl would end up with no touchdowns! That's probably not a smart thing to do, but they still had a good time watching the Sea Hawks win.

The party was quite a blast. I heard that Baby Doll was worried that she thought we might end up eating all the oatmeal creme pies before she had a chance, but apparently, these homemade cookies were extremely big, and not one of us could eat more than one. So I'm pretty sure Baby Doll will have her chance by the time they get back from Idaho.

It was quite a party.

Traveling Together - Still in Boise

We started the day early again. Baby Doll had to be there by 7:10am. I had to be there by 8. Scout had to work for the bank on her computer, so she was unable to go to the games.

It's too bad, because Baby Doll was amazing!!

We came out of our pool in first place, but we were surprised to be heading right into brackets. Our first match was rough, but we finally beat them in 3 with every set within 2.

We lost the next match, but barely. That team eventually took 1st place. We got 3rd...of the whole tournament!! That's 48 teams!! 

The girls got really nice medallions in bronze.

It was a really good day.