PUNT, PASS & KICK

After a long weekend of Baseball games and Basketball tournaments and swim parties the boys had a Football Clinic Sunday afternoon. They had a Punt, Pass & Kick Competition and WOOHOO the boys did a great job! Jake took 1st Place in the Passing and 2nd in the Punting. Justin took 2nd place in the Kicking (who knew he could kick? even his old coach was surprised!!) Way to go boys! We can't wait for Football-it's going to be a great season!!

POP WARNER NATIONAL SCHOLAR BANQUET

As most of you know, Justin was selected by Pop Warner to the All American Scholastic First Team for this past Football Season. Basically, he was one of thirty-five 6th graders in the whole nation chosen for this honor. It's based strictly on scholastics and extracuricular scholastic activites...all sports excluded. It really is a great honor for these kids who are chosen as Pop Warner is a very scholastic based sports program! So, Memorial Day Weekend we went down to Anaheim for the Banquet. Thanks to Momo & Papa for watching Jake & Josh and thanks to Joe's parents for making the trip to LA with us! We had a jammed packed weekend with lots of sightseeing inbetween! We went to Downtown Disney and had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe, checked out ESPN Zone, went to the Crystal Cathedral, Hollywood Blvd, Gromans Chinese Theartre, Hollywood & Highland and even drove thru Beverly Hills! All in 2 days! But, I won't bore you here with all those pics, you can check those out at my flickr!

Justin receiving his award at the morning ceremony from the President of the Pacific Northwest Divison of Pop Warner as well as some of the higher ups of Pop Warner National....
My little scholar....

Justin and his Grandma & Papa ready for the Dinner Banquet.... Justin and him Mom & Dad....as if you didn't know :-)
Enjoying his Shirley Temple....
Does anyone know who this is?? Natalie Coughlin! Olympic Gold Swimmer. She was one of the athletes honored by Pop Warner at the dinner banquet. She is so cute!
And, the highlight for Justin....getting Larry Johnson's autograph, RB for the Kansas City Chiefs! He was also honored by Pop Warner for his Inspiration to Youth. He gave an awesome speech to the kids!

Justin received
some VERY
exciting news
a couple days
ago!



Call
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what it is!!!

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!!

JUSTIN'S POP WARNER SCHOLASTIC AWARD BANQUET

As most of you probably read on an earlier post, we headed up to Reno this past weekend for the Pop Warner Pacific Northwest Region Scholastic Awards Banquet. Come to find out, there are over 25,000 kids in the Region and less than 300 were selected to receive this award! It came as a bit of a surprise and we are very proud of Justin (and Trenton, too!!) The Banquet itself was very nice and we had a yummy dinner!

Justin, Allison & Trenton...don't the boys look so handsome? And, AllyKat was SOOOOO adorable!!
Justin receiving his Award! Showing off his Award...doesn't he look so cute all cleaned up and hair combed?!?! Justin also won a $200 Savings Bond and a jacket in a raffle!
The five (of six) kids from our little town...Bill, Kyle, Sarah, Justin & Trenton! Way to go guys!

A little view from the car of our ride up the hill! Thank goodness we missed the HUGE storm from last week!

CONGRATS JUSTIN!

Okay, I have officially dethroned myself as "Mom of The Year" for the whole "Wii" thing and now put myself on the "Dumbest Mom of the Year" block! About a month ago we got a letter in the mail saying Justin had been chosen as a member of the Pop Warner Pacific Northwest All Regional Scholastic Team. Well, dumb me didn't think too much of it, I actually just thought it was about the fact that during Football season several of the kids got an award for maintaining good grades and were all presented a certificate from the Redwood Empire League (the league in which they played. The Redwood Empire is part of the Pacific NW Region which is several Western States). Well, come to find out (today!) our local Pop Warner President called to let us know that Justin was one of eight kids from "our town" (including Trenton!!!) that were chosen for this Scholastic Team and they are now eligible to be chosen for the Pop Warner All American Scholastic Team. Basically, this is a high honor in Pop Warner which could lead to a/many scholarships! We are very proud of our boi and we will be heading to Reno next weekend to a "Gala Event" honoring all the kids chosen!!