Last week Jayden had his last football game of the season. It was raining all day so I thought they’d call the game off but I was informed they don’t call football games because of the rain. Before this season started, I pretty much knew NOTHING about football. I thought the sport was so dumb. I simply don’t understand why someone would want to catch a ball, attempt to run with it and get chased and tackled to the ground by HUGE boys/men. I didn’t understand tight end vs corner back vs safety vs quarterback… Ok ok, just kidding, I knew the role of the quarterback but not the others. I couldn’t understand first down or fourth down or first in ten or whatever all that lingo is (I still don’t know if I’m even saying it right). We played a total of 9 games and to be honest, I was pretty clueless for the first 4 or 5, OR 6. People in the stands would be hollering stuff that I knew nothing about. I would be on my phone Googleing what they said just to try and understand what the heck was happening. One minute we were running the ball one way and the next we were running the other way. What the heck, I knew it wasn’t halftime yet so WHAT IS GOING ON? I had a lot to learn. I read a couple of great “Football 101 for Dummies” type of articles which were helpful but just as I thought I understood what was going on, I’d hear someone yell something from the stands and yet again, I was clueless. Sorry I don't have any pictures from the front, the pictures we get from the school have not come in yet. He's #84.
Our playoff game, last Wednesday was rainy and chilly. We kicked off to the other team and they attempted
a play or two. The scoreboard clock wasn’t working so we had no idea how much
time was left in the first quarter. Their
quarterback was all set up to throw the ball and threw a beautiful pass…… right
into the hands of Jayden (insert crazy Mom screams here). If my knowledge of the game is correct,
Jayden was playing safety for this play (I think I get double confused because
he plays offense and defense) but he caught the ball and ran it in for a
touchdown. It was beautiful. Jeff was yelling “pick 6 baby” and our fans
went crazy! Do you think I had my phone
out and ready to record, of course not….Ugh!
I now understand the hype of JJ Watt.
No, I’m not comparing my son to the amazing JJ, but I finally understand
they hype of him scoring because of him being a defensive player. A couple of weeks ago, Jayden had his first
touchdown ever as this year is the first time he’s ever played football but he
was playing offense so although I was extremely excited (and shed tear or two) it was expected. This touchdown, or pick 6 as I’m told I need
to call it, was just the icing on the cake for our last game of the season. Soon after this excitement, the lights on the
field went out. It wasn’t completely
dark yet but was getting dark pretty quick.
It was POURING at this point as well.
They continued to play and we scored another touchdown. The score was now 12 – 0. It was approaching half time and they decided
to call the game due to the rain….or so we thought. Since this was the last game and was our
playoff game per say, which determined our ranking for the season, we needed a
winner. Come to find out after picking
up Jayden from the school a bit later, the other team forfeited the game. Wooo-hoooo.
We took 3rd place overall which is great in my book! We are very proud of Jayden for his attitude on
and off the field and his growth in this sport this season.
Basketball tryouts began today at 5:30 am so we move right
along to one of my favorite sports.
There are about 120 boys in the 7th grade trying out this
year and there are only 36 who will make a team.
Taryn is 8!! |
Kiarra wrapped up volleyball two weeks ago and has been eagerly
awaiting the start of club. Tomorrow is their
first practice. We changed clubs this
year so there is a bit of anxiety for the new season, new coaches, new location,
etc. Kiarra has improved so much over
the past few years. Her vertical has
increased and her love for the sport is greater than ever. At the beginning of
the season, she was playing front row for one game and then back row for
another game. One district games
started, she barely left the court. There were times she needed to be pulled to
re-group and calm down but for the most part she played hard and did well. We are proud of her attitude on the court as
well. It’s not always easy playing out
there when fans/students from the other teams are shouting obscenities and
doing everything possible to throw you off.
We had an interesting experience with these coaches this year. The girls did a LOT of conditioning. I think they could out-run any other team in the
district, possibly the state of Texas.
Coaches would keep track of missed serves, shanks, etc. and their punishment
would be conditioning. It was hard for me to understand why they didn’t work on
those serves and passes and sets or hits but I’m not the coach and don’t have a
say in the matter. I do understand the
need for the girls to be in shape and be well conditioned. What I don’t
understand was the punishment of conditioning for everything they screwed up on
during the games. Needless to say, we
are all very excited for this club season.
Over the past year or so Jeff has been going through
training and taking lots of tests to become certified in Six Sigma. I am proud
to say that he is now a Green Belt in Six Sigma and is hoping to move forward
and get his Black Belt.
I still really like my new job, not the commute! All my travel plans have been delayed to next year so although I was really looking forward to traveling this year, I won’t be going anywhere for a few months. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and am looking forward to growing in my career and learning new things
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