JOSHY'S A "LITTLE DRIBBLER"

Everyone, Joshy's on a team! He is so excited to FINALLY be on his own team...and a Basketball team at that! JOshy is officially a "little Dribbler". THe boys, in preschool and Kindergarten, have been practicing hard and can't wait for their first game on Jaunary 12th! It's going to be so cute! We invite everyone to go watch a game at the YMCA in W-Town!

WEST COAST AAU Jr. OLYMPICS

It's been a Basketball weekend! This weekend and the next few days are the West Coast AAU Jr. Olympics. It's been a cool event with many different sporting venues...did you know jump rope was an AAU sport?!?! Double Dutch jump roping event! The boys had three games this weekend and have had a pretty rough start. But, I must say that the teams they are playing have been playing together for a long time, years even and come from big cities where the competition is much more. We shall see what these next two days of games brings them....they are going to have to turn it up a notch!

Justin & Wolfie, Pregame #1 Justin at the freethrow during the first game...
Okay, my camera DOES NOT take good indoor pictures and it's so frustrating! The majority of my pictures these days seem to be indoor! Steph, new camera??

DRAGONS TOURNAMENT

WOW! What a great weekend for Basketball! Justin had a Dragons Tournament this past weekend at Basketball Town. All 3 games were so exciting and the 3rd game was the most exciting and intense yet! The boys did an awesome job and should've taken 1st place but came in 2nd. They actually beat the undefeated team making a tie for 1st but because of the scoring difference they took 2nd int he tournament. But, they are 1st in our book!

Game #1....Dragons 27 / Lazers 30
Game #2...Dragons 53 / Spirit Got Game 18
Game #3...Dragons 33 / Ballers Blue 31

Justin #10 in action....
Justin #10 & Wolfie #35....
Celebrating after Day #1.....great group of boys! Watch out CAJ!!

Getting ready to rumble...Game #3, beating the undefeated Ballers Blue (who the heck named this team?!?!?!)

1st DRAGONS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Summer Basketball has begun! Justin had his first tournament (after a long day at the MayFair and long morning at the parade) a couple of weekends ago in Lodi. We love watching the boys play competitively and it can get quite intense at times! It's a great group of boys who play against each other during DYBL season and then work so well together as a team during the summer. They started off a bit slow both games but came stormin' back and won the first game and lost the second game by only 3 points!

Here's Justin at the free throw line. He actually went 6 for 8 at the free throw line in the first game! woohoo! In action second game....
The boys took 2nd place in the Tournament!
Front L>R Justin, Wolfie, Shane, TJ, Sean, Kristian
Back L>R Coach Andy, Benny, Marlon, Derek, Dominic, Coach Keith

JAKE'S YEAR END BASKETBALL PARTY

A little behind on posting...Jake had his team Basketball Party a few weekends back. The kids had a great time just playing and having Ice Cream Sundaes! One last look at the team with their "trophies". It was a great season and huge thank you goes out to the Coaches!!
Jake showing off his trophy! He was quite proud of it! I tried making these cookies on a stick that were "supposed" to look like Basketballs. They came out okay...certainly don't look like the ones Katzen made... though next time I will get the right kind of writing frosting and put something inside the box to hold the sticks up straight!
And, can anyone gues who this is?? Love the bike!!! Hint...think Sanchez....

BASKETBALL HAS COME TO AN END

...Sadly! As if you didn't already know this, we LOVE Basketball season! Jake had such an awesome season and we are so proud of how well he played and what a team player he is! And, if you can believe this, they went 0-0-10....they TIED every game! How awesome is that? Every one was a winner!

It took me all season, but I finally got the shot I was hoping for....My little Jakey in action..... And, Justin's team had a great season too! They finished 6-4, and remember two of those losses were only by ONE point! Even though they lost their last game, they played a great game against a team whose smallest guy was bigger than our biggest guy...the team is HUGE! It was pretty neck in neck most of the time and they ended up losing only by under 10 points. Justin played hard and yes, did get hurt and had to sit out most of 2 quarters.

One last shot of Justin at the Free Throw line. His Coach yelled out that with hair like that he better make it, at least I think that's what he said..., and I think he actually did!!
And, had to post this one. Joshy's pregame chat with referee Dustin. Joshy just loves Dustin! Of course he shows his love by whacking him when he sees him....

WHEN SPORTS COLLIDE!

Jake is a busy boy these days, as is Mom's taxi! Basketball is winding down it's season, sadly.... Baseball practice has begun...... (Jake in the white #4 jersey)

And, Football signups have happened! Yes, flashback to last year when we, well I, finally let Justin sign up...in 6th grade...Joe said I have no say in the matter of Jake palying this year...as a 2nd grader...Needless to say Mom is a little hesitant about it and Justin is ticked he had to wait until he was in 6th grade!!! Life is so unfair!!

My little Mitey Mite....and Justin has moved up to PeeWee this next season-we can't wait!!

BAKSETBALL - WEEK'S #8 and #9

Justin and his team have had a great season. They have only lost 3 games, and two of those losses were only by ONE point! They are playing well as a team, thanks to their awesome coach!!

Game week #8....Justin #22 WOOHOO!!! He made the freethrow!
Week #9...the "big" game...Friend vs. Friend / Dad vs. Son...
I was working but thanks to the AWESOME Gals I work with (Thanks Cyndi & Norma!!!) I was able to sneak out and catch 2 quarters of the game. It was an exciting game to the end from what I hear! Good job boys!! You all know Justin Blue #22 and that's Wolfie #21 Gray....

Justin going in after the big guy.....

Jake's game week #8 was against his good buddy Jay. They both played an awesome game and I think they even gaurded each other a few times. We are so proud of how well Jake has done this year and what a great team player he has been. It's so much fun watching the boys play in Division #1!

Jake & Jay...

Jake takin' it to the hoop!
Week #9 was against his other good buddy Taylor...aka Anna Grace's big brother. They both played great games!

Jake & Taylor pre game....
Post game chat and snack....

BASKETBALL - 2/24/07 WEEK #6

WoW! it's so hard to believe that the season is over halfway! Feels like we are just getting started! Another fun weekend of games! Jake's team TIED again! Can't you believe it?? :-))

Jake's Cheerleaders! It was so cute they were chanting "Go Jake"
Justin's team lost this weekend. The team they played has two great players and they are just hard to stop sometimes. It's all good though! Justin did get to the free throw line a couple of times!
Justin's cheerleaders! haha! His buddies stayed to root him on!

BASKETBALL 2/17/07 WEEK #5

Jake's team played really well and for most of the kids the game is really clicking...they are working well as a team, making passes, setting screens and just playing great overall!! Jake takes it very serious and we are so proud of how well he is playing this year!! Going in for the steal....
We went early to watch Trenton's game, and with it being a 4 day weekend t-jo only had three players. So, what do you do then? Grab your friends and have some fun! Seany P, Wolfie and Justin helped out so they could at least have a scrimmage game. It was fun watching them because they have never all been on the same team together! With the exception of Wolfie & Justin one year.
After that, Justin had his game. The game itself was a bit..crazy...aggressive...I just don't know the right word! Justin got hurt in the last two minutes of the game...took an elbow to the eye and fell straight down on his head. It freaked me out because from where I was sitting it looked like he landed right on his face. He ended up being okay but his eye swelled up and he had a bump on the back of his head. It's always so scary when they land down hard like that! Thanks to everyone who called and checked on him!! The sucky thing is they ended up losing by TWO points!!

Justin on Dee before going down....

And, thanks Steph for being there...with camera...to catch this photo!! Thanks Bill for taking care of Justin and getting him to calm down and carrying him off the court!!

BASKETBALL 2/10/07 WEEK #4

JUSTIN'S GAME
Justin had a great game this week! He played hard and did a great job both on offense & defense! It seems that his team is healthy now and they are really coming together and working as a team! They are 3-1 right now, and really they should be 4-0...they lost their very first game by ONE point but they definetly outplayed the other team! That's how it goes sometimes though!

Justin taking the ball down....Freethrow...I think he made this one :-))

JAKE'S GAME
Jake also had an AWESOME game this week. Unfortunately the boys played 2 of the first 3 games at the same time so it was nice to finally get to sit and watch! Jake's team is really working together great as a team...especially for Division 1. They are passing the ball good and setting screens for each other and it's all just really clicking for them. I'm having a hard time getting good pics in these gyms so bear with the bad quality!! Jakes team is now 0-0-4....meaning they have "tied" 4 times now!! **wink** you always tie in Div. 1 - no one wins, no one loses **wink**

Jake taking the ball down....

Jake won't let anyone get past him...going for the steal!

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BASKETBALL-WEEK #2

Week #2 of Basketball! Both of the boys had great games. All these years of watching Justin has really paid off for Jake and he is doing a great job in Division I. Justin is in his second year of Divison III and is very fortunate to have the best coach! Jake has a great coach also, and quite a cute one if I might add :-))

Justin at the free throw line. He had 3 teammates out sick so the other 5 played the whole game!

Jakey going in for the score!

BASKETBALL HAS BEGUN!

However you'll have to stay tuned for updates next week. The boys both played AT THE SAME TIME yesterday (yes, in the midst of all this sickness), so obviously I missed Jake's since Joe is Coaching his team. Next week I shall take lots of pictures for ya'all!

In the Meantime, GO BULLDOGS & RED FIRE DEMONS!