The Wildcats beat Gaffney Middle School tonight. Woo hoo! Matthew has been playing incredible defense. So proud of him.
They are now 9-1.
Tomorrow, weather permitting in N.C., we will be heading to Thomas Jefferson...the team we lost to last week. The boys are stoked to get some bball revenge. This will be our final game before the playoffs next week.
As of tonight, Matthew's team is now 9-1. They lost their first game. : (
They played Thomas Jefferson - the only other undefeated team. It was a fantastic game. Matthew said it felt like a championship game.
Final score was 59-72.
They had one guy on their team that is 6 ft 5. He could not handle the ball well but he could shoot 3's and made nearly every one of his free throws.
What was completely DISGUSTING is that the refs truly called the game one sided. Our team had 20 fouls....their team had 4! Something is just WRONG with that CRAP!
I must say that despite the loss, our boys held their teams high and showed some incredible and honorable sportsmanship. I love you, Mafffffooooo!
Matthew just posted on his Facebook page a very descriptive comment. He said they he feels down but also accomplished. Hugs my dear son.
Matthew's team has not lost a game yet thus far.... WOO HOO! vs. Ewing - 73-55 (7 pts) vs. Whitlock - 47-22 (2 pts) vs. Granard - 65-45 (4 pts) vs. McCracken - 42-37 (7 pts) vs. Middle Gaffney - 36-33 (6 pts) vs. Thomas Jefferson - cancelled. Hope to reschedule vs. Ewing - 52-34 (4 pts) vs. Whitlock - 49-24 (10 pts) vs. Chester - cancelled. Hope to reschedule. Matthew is having a great time with his team as well as the new coach.
I don't want to use the word beginning with "u" for fear it will ruin the winning streak. : )
Family pic! Not quite crystal clear but at least I managed to set the timer and run to be in the picture....after three tries...
My niece, Costa, and Matthew opening presents. Too cute.
Cynthia getting some loving from Sophie...or perhaps Sophie found a comfy place to snooze after all the gift opening excitement.
We found some cool lights thanks to my friend, Donna. The entire yard was covered in these lighted creatures. We kept pondering how long it takes to put them all up then take them down. Bet he starts in October and ends in February!
I have been meaning to post this for awhile. Matthew was goofing around in the backyard dancing just before Christmas and I was able to capture some of his "jerking." No, not the Jerk...but the new thing is "jerking."
It has been a busy few days since my mom and sister showed up on Tuesday. We have spent many hours already baking yummy cookies and preparing all of our goodies for Christmas Day dinner. My brother, Jeff, and his family as well as my step sister, Becky, and her husband will be joining us. It will be a full household. I LOVE IT! I sure hope I have a seat for everyone! Humm, I think the boys can sit on the floor to eat. haha! Just teasing guys!
Here are pics from this week and some from today. The boys coerced me to open one of their presents TWO days early!
The boys and the doggers...
The boys and the doggers...take two.
Nathan being a goofball again! He is wearing his new hoodie from Mema.
Matthew cannot be outdone by his big brother! He too is wearing a new shirt from Mema.
Somehow we ended up with the blue and gold theme so Mom wanted to take a few pics. I was a slob after blowing leaves earlier in the day with Matthew but Mom would not take no for an answer.
Yep...they DO love each other!
We went for a drive to hunt for outrageous Christmaslights but came up pretty short. Thanks to my bro we did see this yard. It was filled with over 50 maybe 60 blow up decorations. It was pretty great. We kept wondering what their electric bill is!!
Nathan got an up close and personal pic with Santa in a bi-plane.
See? I told you! They love each other...
Okay....so maybe they love each other less right now. Actually they said "let's play fight!" I kept imagining me running to the ER with one of them today.
Gracie is very tired after the days cooking activities. She and Sophie stayed at my feet nearly all day today...because I was COOKING! I succumbed and gave them some ham.
May all of you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. I wish you wonderful dreams tonight of sugar plum fairies and all that is good in this world.
I am a bit behind in posting about Matthew's basketball team so here goes...
Matthew has a new coach this year...an actual basketball coach versus a teacher trying to coach or a football coach coaching basketball. Not to fault past coaches but the coach this year indeed knows how to coach the boys on learning plays and how to improve what they are doing wrong in a game. Matthew is having a BLAST.
Carver sponsors a pre-season tourney just before Thanksgiving and that started out a little rough with a loss but then one the second game against Gable.
(Nate hugging Matthew after their loss.)
Regular season is coming along REALLY well.
Matthew is playing awesome and you can tell he is at home on the court. He has started each game and gets a fair amount of play time. He is doing well on assists and has a few steals under his belt as well!
Beat Ewing 73-55 (7 pts) Beat Whitlock 47-22 (2 pts) Beat Granard 54-45 (4 pts) Beat McCracken 42-37 (7 pts) This was a HUGE win for us as they are our cross town rival!
