Friday Night Basketball

No Camera in Tow...

No camera with me, but my boys' had AWESOME basketball games tonight. Joey had his friend Jayden over afterschool... they played Lego Star Wars Wii game. They play on the same team and play well together. Joey has found his stride has a defensive player AND knows what to do offensively... he had a couple of shots and some nice plays.

After Joey's game (which was on the farthest side of town), he asked if we could go to Stefan's game and watch the end of it. From a mom's perspective... that is the sweetest request ever! I would have driven for an hour at that request. We made it to Stefan's game with 20 minutes left. Stefan played AWESOME according to his dad. We watched Stefan have some good plays... but he had the game ending shot... he go the ball, dribbled to the other end of the court... through players, etc. and pulled up on the outside right side... he made it... SWISH! It was great. When I asked him about it later, he said that he thought for sure it was going to be an air ball... not our Stefan... nothin' but net!

YEAH boys!

#14 vs #14 -- Stefan plays again!

What a fun surprise to show up at Stefan's game and have him playing against an old friend from preschool. Even better, she's a girl AND they were matched up... so, Stefan had to guard her. He did a great job. What a fun game... Stefan played well and ended with 7 points on the night.

Joey's weekend in sports

MORE PHOTOS ADDED... SEE BELOW

Let's be honest... Joey had a very busy sports weekend and LOVED it! A few pictures of his fun:

Basketball game:



Swim Meet:


And a soccer jamboree... I haven't taken those pictures off my camera, but as soon as I do I will post them. He had 4 goals on Saturday. They won the first two game and lost the last game (they were short games). He was very proud, as he should be, as were all of us!


Edited to add soccer photos...

1. Joey attempting a goal... SCORE! (He made it happen... four times.)

2. Joey playing goalie and booting the ball down the field.

3. Joey receiving his medal after the tournament.

4. THUNDER

Stefan -- Warriors -- #14

Stefan had his first basketball game last night... he played great! He took the "jump" (don't have a clue what that is called) at the beginning of the game and was able to get it to our team. They won 16-11, Stefan scored 2 points (with many 3pt attempts... we told him that he's not in the NBA yet... get closer before you shoot), rebounded many and stole the ball a lot.

Stefan... hands up... he does it exactly as he should.

Stefan ready for the beginning of the game "jump" ball.

See Stefan's fingers... what number do you think he's suppose to guard? By the way, #2 was a really good player and Stefan did a great job guarding him.

Before the game... ready to go.


It was odd to not have Joey at the game watching his brother... he was at his basketball practice. This picture of Joey was from his first game, not basketball practice.

Head Pounding

After having a cold for a week, sitting through a 1 1/2 hour basketball practice should not happen. 15 minutes into practice I reach for my purse, find the Excedrin and Joey's water bottle. There I sat... for the duration... knowing why I'm not a big basketball fan. Don't tell my kids... I love to watch them play... I just don't appreciate the noise. I think that I will be sitting in the hallway from now on!