More pics of Maxwell’s football season from the pro photos at one of the games….
What a stud!
Football
Maxwell played on the 7th grade football team at the Junior High and what a great experience it was for him.
It was a long season of hard work, frustration, perseverance, and payoff! They started practice last summer in the hot, hot June and July days. They continued every single day after school. Maxwell worked his tail off – and sweated his tail off too! He earned the respect of his coaches and teammates.
The team only won one game – but it wasn’t about winning. It was about learning how to be a Spartan!
Maxwell does appreciate some good eye black!
Of course I was there for every game in my colors with my fellow Spartan fans!
Some of the matchups were pretty funny – this game with Maxwell facing off with a kid who was legitimately 6’5 was interesting to watch! ha!
Maxwell started the season as second string corner back – had a frustrating middle of the season bump down to 3rd string – but then ended the final games as first string!! He even got an interception in the last game of the season. Fantastic!! Love these pics of the celebration after the interception!
I am incredibly proud of his dedication and how he just kept putting in the work. It all paid off for him and I can’t wait to continue to watch him play football for years to come!
Way to play #42! A great season all around!
Cheerleading
Samantha did cheerleading again this year and cheered for the 3rd grade Bills. I loved watching her!
I was the cheer mom and recruited two awesome 7th grade cheerleaders to help out at all their games. They were all pretty good on the sidelines! Y E L L, everybody yell, everybody yell! 🙂
Samantha also perfected her halftime tumbling passes! The squad would do a cheer and then she’d go in front during the cheer and do a round-off backhandspring! Go Samantha go! Of course cheerleading is the most fun when you’re with your buddies!
The Bills made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. I made some treats for the boys…
and also made a run through but the boys couldn’t bust through it. ha! No worries though, the girls had no problem with that!
It was a fun season watching Samantha do her thing!
So proud of my cheerleader!!
costume fun
Boo Bash is today, Halloween is tomorrow, spooky-ness is all around!! Maxwell got into the spirit last week when he went with the scouts to do some service hours with Camp Smile-A-Mile. I was pretty impressed with what he did with an eye black stick!
On Wednesday we went up to Robert’s office Halloween party. Samantha decided to just be a cat but couldn’t resist the rainbow wig…
Spencer wore his standard “costume”…
Robert and I then played in a Halloween tennis mixer on Thursday. We might have only taken home second place in tennis, but we were definitely the gold medal winners of the night!! Bela Karolyi only produces champions you know….
It’s uncanny… 😉
I do love a good costume….
Boo Bash is at school today and we can’t wait for the main event tomorrow! Happy almost Halloween!
Birthday football
We celebrated Robert’s birthday last week at – where else? – the football field! Spencer had a game that night and played his heart out! He threw for 3 completed TD passes including one 30 yard TD pass with 6 seconds left on the clock before the half. The Raiders took home a big win! Pretty sure there was nowhere else Robert wanted to be that night!
We did get him a few presents and some cake to celebrate too!
Cheers to another year!