2010年11月21日 星期日

The Trufants: Tacoma's first family of football

“Little cold for that,” he says.

Then he glances over at the 19-foot MasterCraft boat he picked up recently, covered by a tarp in the driveway, a project for another summer.

The Trufants’ lakefront home is a product of the success of their oldest son, Marcus, a Pro Bowl cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks and a former Washington State standout. Marcus’ two younger brothers have followed in his footsteps, even playing the same position. Little brother Desmond starts at cornerback for the Washington Huskies,You can buy women's ugg boots,cheap ugg boots,ugg nike air max from us. while Isaiah plays for the Las Vegas Locomotives in the United Football league.

It’s football season in the Trufant home, and that means loading up the “plum crazy” purple Dodge Charger for a Saturday trip to Husky Stadium to watch Desmond and the Huskies, or heading to Qwest Field in the crimson Hummer on Sundays to see Marcus and the Seahawks.Looking for ED Hardy ,ED Hardy clothing and ed hardy wholesale.

Or sometimes it’s a longer trip, like hopping on a plane to see Isaiah play for Las Vegas or to watch the Seahawks play in New Orleans.

Whatever the destination, Lloyd and Constance Trufant will be watching one of their three sons play the sport they love – not a bad way for a retired couple to spend a fall weekend.

“Now that there’s three of them playing, you really have to get the schedule out,” said Constance. She calls them “My Three Sons”, a nod to the 1960s TV show of the same name. “Seahawks, UFL, Huskies – where are we going to be? So it’s a challenge working the schedule, but it’s fun because we like football. And we’ll be there.”

For the Trufant boys,inflatable swimming pools are on Sale Now! Tacoma natives who all prepped at Wilson High, their weekends are filled with dueling text messages and TV watching as they keep up, critique and try to outdo the others’ exploits on the field.

So says Isaiah, who at 27 still holds onto the dream of joining Marcus in the NFL.

“That’s a weekly thing,” he said. “We check up on each other and see how things went. Even if we don’t get to catch the game,Buy cheap new inflatable tent shoes on cnbrandshop. we catch up to see how they played, to see how the flow of the game went.

“I definitely try to get to a TV or the Internet to try and catch the game. And when they make a play, I’m up and getting hyped about it.”

Lloyd is the traffic controller, making sure each son has arrived safely in the city they are playing in or returned home.

“I communicate a lot with them, and they’re all in different places right now,” Lloyd said. “We talk every day. I take my time out to call them and see how they are doing and what’s happening with them. When they fly out of town I need to know when you touch down – stuff like that. So we keep that going. Don’t just leave town and wind up in a different state and I don’t even know where you’re at or if you even made it there. So they take that serious.From hand held inflatable products carrying your logo, to giant blimps, message boards and balloons for the large venues, We check in, and I like that.”

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