Nolan update

I thought I would do a couple of post in one.

 I love Christmas and wanted to share a few pictures of my decorations.

This tree is in my living room.  I decided this year to get a

taller, slimmer tree.

 

This is my mantel in my living room.  

This medicine chest was Bennett's dad's medicine case

that he used when he practiced medicine.  We have displayed some 

of our village in it.  I have a lot of village, but really can not find

a good way to display it.  This is just a small part of one of my villages.

The tree and chest are in my entry hall.

Well football season is over and it did not end the way we wanted.  The boys 

had a great season but did not win the championship game.  I loved watching

both of them play this year.  I will miss Alex not playing next year. A few pictures 

from the last game.

Alex Nolan

Austin Nolan

The run threw before the game

The end of a great season.  Alex 89  Austin 9

Southside pulls out another win.

Two brothers Alex 89 and Austin 9  watching the game and hoping the defense can hold

for us to get a win.  Never fear we found a way.

A little coaching to get ready for that last drive down the field.

My three guys after the game.  What a comeback.

Southside beat North Little Rock 27-24 with a 2 minute no huddle 93 yard drive.

I was so proud of the boys for never giving up.  This is how the playoffs have been for

Southside.  We have made a comeback in all three games.

Southside + Playoffs = Tradition

Thanksgiving

What a beautiful Thanksgiving Day:)) 
 We had a great meal and a lot of fun visiting with
 family and friends.  The meal was so good!!!

These are the two newest additions to our family.
  Aiden Gibson (brown shirt) was born May 15th.  Lucas Gibson (blue shirt) was

born an April 15th.  This was the first time they were together. 
 They are thinking how great next year will be when 

we can be running around together.  They both are so sweet.

This is the only sweet great niece I have right now,
 but we will have another little girl for

Avery to play with in April. 
 I know Avery will be glad to add another girl to the mix.

She is such a sweet little girl and lots of fun.

Jackson is the oldest of all the great nephews and nieces.
  He was so busy today it was hard to 

get him in a picture.  

We are thankful for each one of these children and for all of our family.

Southside wins Beats Bentonville

Alex and Matt Carman were two of the captains for the Southside Bentonville game.

The captains for both teams meeting at center field before the game.  I am so

proud of the Southside football team for the great game last night.

This was Alex after the first touchdown that Southside made.  A very

excited number 89.  You did a great job son.

This is Carl, Drew, and Alex with a guy that helped them

last year during the football season.  They were celebrating the

victory.  They played hard and came back from a 21-7 deficit to win

the game.  Bentonville has a very good team but we beat them twice this year.

Austin did not get to play in this game, but he enjoyed the victory.

More pictures from the Bryant game

After the game these boys were so excited to know they were going

to play against Bentonville the next week.

This is another picture of Alex running after the catch.

Still playing football

SOUTHSIDE WINS!!!!!

Alex caught a pass for a touchdown in the first quarter, but it was

called back for illegal movement.

Southside beat Bryant 35-24 on Friday night to advance to the next round of

playoffs. Look out Bentonville here we come.

Heading to the playoffs

Well tonight the Rebels play Bryant in the state playoffs. I really hope they win. The game is in Bryant so it will be a long trip. I may try to sneak to the high school and get some video of them leaving for the game. The boys will die if they see me, but they have almost died of me taking pictures before. Here are a couple of pictures from the game last week.

Austin #9 Alex #89 I love these boys

This picture is at the pep rally before the Northside- Southside football game

last week. Southside won. I hope someday they will be glad to have pictures.

Senior Night

He was giving me a rose and a kiss. What a special kid!!

Bennett, Alex and I on Senior night

Southside is struggling and so was I Friday night. It just seems like yesterday he was starting elementary school and now he is getting ready to graduate from high school. Friday night was senior night. I did very good till I watched him walk off the field after the game. I know they still have games to play, and hopefully it is several, but we may not get to play another one at Southside. Alex is such a great kid and I know he is having a great senior year. We love you Alex

A review of last week

This is Alex and Julia at our house before they left for the

homecoming dance. They looked so nice.

Austin and Kristen looked really cute. They went to Avery's house before the

dance so we went over there to take pictures. Austin was not sure about

me following him over there to take pictures, but there were plenty of

moms there doing the same thing. The group went to Cheddars to eat before the dance.

Austin started for the first time this year in the varsity football game.

This was his first pass of the game and it was about a 30 yard completion

Bennett went to the homecoming pep rally with me. This was a first.

I had to get a picture of him and Alex

Alex walked Katie Allen during the pep rally. The senior football boys

do this during the pep rally and the dads do it before the football game.

It was a very crazy weekend. The game was Friday night and the dance

was on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun seeing the kids all dressed up.

Alex is Hootens scholar athlete of the week

Alex was picked as Hootens scholar athlete of the week. He

did not know he was being picked and they did it at lunch in the

cafeteria at Southside. This is him getting his award and Chad Hooten

is filming it. They talked to Coach Williams, Alex and Bennett. I know

Hooten's has a show on TV on Saturday mornings, but I am not sure

when his part will be on.

We are so proud of Alex. He is a great son and this year is going to fast.

Southside is on winning streak

Alex was one of the captains for Friday's game against Springdale.

He is number 89. Soutthside won the game on a last second field goal.

It was such a good game and now Southside is undefeated in

conference play.

At the start of the second half Austin came out as the quarterback.

Hunter was injured in the first half so Austin got to play all of

the second half. He and Alex were in at the same time on some plays.

I was very nervous for Austin but he did great. It was such a thrill to have

them playing at the same time.

I took this picture and did not realize till I started looking at my

pictures what this looks like. I think big brother is about to take this

guy out if he thinks he is going to hurt his little brother.

Southside beats Fayetteville JV

Austin hurt his hand last night during this play. He hit his thumb

on the helmet of the Fayet. guy. He is going to be fine.

Austin back to pass!!!!

Austin on the hand off to JJ. He had a great game.

Southside won 23-7

Southside wins big

Alex and Austin on the field at the same time.

Alex is 89 Austin is 9

I usually can not get a picture of them together because they never seem to

stand close to each other.

Southside won a big game on Friday night. They beat the number 1 team in the state.

I am so proud of those boys. Alex and Austin both played in the game. It is a lot of fun to have

two boys on the same team.

Austin Nolan playing 10th grade football on 9-21-09

Southside HS is down to two quarterbacks, so Austin was going to play QB for both the 10th grade and JV games on Monday night. He started the 10th grade game and was supposed to save himself for the JV game. The 10th grade game was called at half time due to severe weather. Click on the URL below to view the highlights for the half game that was played.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8YBvaaLXM

SS v Rogers Varsity 9-25-09

Austin #9 sees first varsity action. Alex #89 does his usual great job and is rewarded with a pass.

SOUTHSIDE Wins Again

I can not ever get Alex and Austin together on the sidelines. This is as close as it gets. Alex (89), Austin (9). Southside

beat Rogers last night in a good game. Southside let them back in the game after an early lead. We came back to win 38-21

Austin had 3 rushes for 21 yards last night. He got to play in his first Varsity game at Southside.

Alex had 1 catch for 27 yards. This was after we had scored and he was looking up at all of us that were doing the fight song without the band. I sure he was thinking I do not know those people. I did not get a picture of his catch, but I will try to get his dad to upload some video.

We were so glad that Emily and Jackson came to watch the game. After Jackson got use to the crowd he got into cheering for the REBELS. Thanks for coming it was a lot of fun.

Austin is 16 Bentonville and SS

Austin did spend a little time playing quarterback last night. A nice way to spend your 16th birthday.

Not much of a game last night. We only played half of the game because the storms started rolling in. We then went to Buffalo Wild Wings for some dinner. They let Austin go home with us so this is where he wanted to eat.

Southside wins

Southside won there game on Friday night. It was a 35-0 win I think. My pictures did not turn out so I will do pictures next time. The Hogs lost, but we had a great time at the game. The first quarter was very exciting. Our defense is going to improve I just know it.

Austin will turn 16 tomorrow. These last 16 years with him have been very busy. He is a great son and a lot of fun. I will try to get some pictures of him soon, but he and Alex both think mom takes way to many pictures.

Austin's first JV game at Southside

Austin is getting the next play from the sidelines. He is number 9 and had a great game on Monday night.
Southside JV won on Monday night against Rogers JV. Austin (9) had 3 of the 4 touchdowns.

A little run pass option. I enjoyed watching him get to play this week. He quarterbacked the JV team against Rogers. This was the first JV game of the year. Southside will play Bentonville next Monday in Bentonville. Bennett will add some video later. I am not sure how to do that.