A Wonderful Day

In my haste I forgot to mention earlier this week ...I became another grandpa...YUP #3 my oldest son Jaman has graced me with a beautiful grand daughter( boy is he in for some drama)

her name says it all Jayda Lynn "Danger" Burton.

7lbs 13 oz a star is born

But Im tellin you freakin blogger heads Im not gonna be writin all about her ...for one she's in St Louis ...for two she doesn't play any sports...she cant even hold a football or catch a Lacrosse ball in the net.

So until she steps up to the plate she must remain Alex and Paytons cute little cousin...hey I got it maybe she can be a cheerleader like her grandma Deldra...that would be sweet

"GO JAYDA GO JAYDA RAH RAH RAH TEAM BURTON ROCKS!

I have a blessed life Im a lucky grandpa.

Halloween Oct 31 2009

Great fun tonight...Alex and I went over to one of the football parents house along with ,most of the other players and the players all walked the neighborhood together along with us dads and grandpas...afterwards we all sat around a firepit and drank spiked apple cider while the boys ran around playing hide n seek.

Alex got a ton of candy he had a good time...Payton was not with us he decided to stay home with his mom and walk his neighborhood just as well I would rather not have to keep an eye on him while downing warm spiked apple cider.

when we left we stopped by Terri and KKs because KK wanted some of his candy
We did not stay long he has an invitational game tomorrow against Bellbrook a team from Dayton, oh that we know nothing about...It will be a fun game ..

no doubt we will CRUSH them

holla

Sat lower bracket Championship game against Milford 11

We completely demolished Milford in this playoff championship game for the lower bracket

We scored 6 touchdowns to their 2

Alex got to play with the first string offense which made his day.

It was a freezing cold day and the wind was brutal on us old people...but we were steadfast for the victory...This was the last true official game for our season...how sweet it was.
Our record was 10 wins 1 lost the exact same record as last year but only better this year because we beat all of 0ur opponents by 18 points or more. This aloud us to be able to play all the boys almost every game.

We have an invitational game next week to end the season its against a team from Dayton it will be televised on a West Chester local access channel and it will be played under the lights at night.

This is Big time like playing on ESPN

The boys are very excited about the year they had ......and Im am truely truely proud of Alex.

After todays victory we celebrated at a local wings place and on the way taking Alex home he says"grandpa it seems like football just started" I replied" yup before you know it you'll be complaining again about having to practice in the 90 degree summers' Time sure passes fast grandpa" Sure does Alex wait till u get my age "

One final shining point

Alex talked to his dad Jason on the way home from the game ...telling him all the details and everything.....His little voice was so excited and proud

These are priceless times

Thanks for listening Blog freaks

holla

Monday......practice

Well Alex didn't stay down long he started Lacrosse practice Monday...WOW football isn't even over and basketball will be starting soon also.....

Alex loves LaCrosse this is his 2nd year...We got to practice and there were 4 of hid football teammates there also...these boys eat sleep and drink sports...I LOVE IT!!

Alex played goalie and he did great

Oh yea we practiced inside it was cold outside the actual season wont start till March or so ....

But thats OK the more practice he does the better he will get.

As for football we have a final lower bracket playoff game this Sat against Milford...we beat them b4 but it was a tuff game...We are only practicing once this week..Alex will be riding to practice with another teammate because Im out of town all week...

Dont worry I will check in with him daily...

Final score 8-0

Tuff game

lots of hard hitting..

lots of cheering

lots of tears...we lost

Details
they scored on a long run a broken play in the first qtr
we missed 3 touchdown opportunities long passes that were dropped.
Our offensive line did not sustain their blocks and their defense shut down our star running back

We fought hard and long to the last min of the game. Then they simply ran the clock out.

The were parents and boys crying all over the place...even Alex was crying even though he did not get a chance to play.
Afterwards we all went to a neighborhood restaurant and ate and celebrated a hard fought game.
the boys moods were much better at the end of the nite...and so was mine after a few beers

The season is not quite over yet we still have a lower bracket game next week and an invitational game the following week...then one last HOORAH GAME in Knoxville Tn...its a country wide tourny that we were invited to. It will be fun!

Terri, KK, Stephanie , and Payton were in attendence

No pics this time just imagine lots of teary eyed boys with their heads down

holla

Game Day against TEAM 2

Its 10AM...Ive been up since 6AM...geeze I need to let it go I act like Im playin in the game..

Terri dropped off gabbi to play with Ollie and Jr...I plan on getting Alex at 1:30 and head to the field...we need to be there at 2:30 game time is 4:15

Hope Alex rested all nite...being 2nd string chances are he wont even play today but He will be ready that I guarantee!

We just gotta beat Team 2

Ok OK OK ....

holla

Friday Practice last practice before the big rivalry Team 2 game

We were inside again which is great since its friggin freezin outside....The boys did great and after this final practice we all went over to coach Chads house to watch prior game films ( For the ladies out there its what some teams do to prepare for upcoming important games)
Since this big rivalry game is so important we decided pull out all the stops...I guess...Alex and I had to leave the game film nite early because I had to get him home...he was going out to eat with friends, going to Longhorn Steak House...lucky dog...I took him home and went home and ate TV dinners....

Life of a grandpa

Big Game 4:15 Saturday
Its gonna be cold and wet

for anyone out there that is reading this Blog.......

WISH US LUCK....GO TEAM 4

stay tuned

Thursday practice Indoors...2 more until Team 2

Today was a treat..
7AM...I got a phone call from Alex's school he had a 101 fever and needed to be picked up
8:30 AM ...Im picking him up and heading to MacDonald's to get him hash brown and hot chocolate...he is warm and looks sick
9AM We're at home and he is under blankets eating and drinking hot chocolate while Im trying to find a thermometer and kids Motrin...no luck
I instruct him to stay on the couch and rest and I also state no practice for you tonite
12 noon "Grandpa Im starving"....Can I have some veggie soup from Frisch's and a hot fudge cake...
12:30...Im at Walmart buying an easy to use thermometer, Kids Tylenol, OJ ,breathing strips..and heading to Frisch's as instructed
I return home he eats the soup and cake...and takes the Tylenol...
3PM temp normal 98.8...no chills and he wants to practice tonite
Oh I forgot to mention during the day I find out that we are practicing indoors at a rec center so at least he wont be out in the weather

4PM his mom picks him up and heads home
5:30 Im picking him up heading to practice
6-8 Indoor practice...he does find and does not spike a temp
8;30PM after practice hot chocolate at McDonald's and then hes home with instructions to shower take meds and go straight to bed
10PM Im home typing on this BLOG like an idiot...who even reads this stuff anyway

Welcome to my life

holla

Tuesdays Practice Oct 13 surprise scrimmage

3 more practices and the game of the year...and its not even the Championship Its TEAM 2

Well the coaches surprised the boys today with an unplanned scrimmage against a tomahawk 6th grade team ,,,,ut oh....We are only 5th graders...We were all surprised and a tad nervous..As the 6th graders came walking over We heard them snickering and saying "their so little" referring to us of course....that pissed me off a bit but hey I'm just a grandpa on the side.
I think our coaches did this to challenge our guys a bit and hopefully build their confidence showing them that we can play against older boys and compete therefore we should be able to KILL TEAM 2 ...
It was a no lose situation for us...if we do poorly then we can say its because we are younger and smaller but if we do good we can say we are really really good even against bigger older boys.
It did wonders....The 6th grade team did not have any idea what hit them...we hit them so hard and so much we even hurt there big bad quarterback ...we scored a few times they did not. score once and after it was over the 6th grade coaches were so upset that they made them do pushups for ever ....because they just got spanked by the little 5th graders......

Not exactly true ...they just met TOMAHAWKS TEAM 4

recognize

it felt so so nice...Great job team 4 coaches

afterwards Alex was on Cloud 9 and so was I

next big event is our Team 4 spaghetti dinner Weds nite at Willys...should be fun

holla

Monday Oct 12 practice...3 more practices till Team 2

This week is the most important week of our season...no its not the championship game ...its the week of practice prior to us playing our #1 arch rival TEAM 2....there are only two 5th grade Tomahawk teams left in the Playoffs...Team 2 (the defending champs) and us Team 4. Team 21 was eliminated and Team 5 was also eliminated.

We could not have written a better script......and this week we will need to get our heads right because our conditioning is right on POINT...we are ready talent wise and heart wise we just have to believe we are the better team.

enough said....

stayed tuned we have 3 more days of practice and then show time.

First Playoff game against Milford 11

We ran into an tough Milford 11 team for this Playoff game. It also did not help that we were not able to really practice all week due to rain, extremely muddy fields, and an amazing number of sick boys ...even Alex had a slight sore throat and he never gets sick......another bad omen as we were arriving to this game another Tomahawk team was leaving in defeat Team 5 had just lost to Milford 12.... 6-0 ......Alex new a lot of the team 5 players and they were very bummed and sad..

I know if it seems like I'm stalling to give you guys the details...you are correct I am stalling..as I said we ran into a tough Milford 11 team that had no intentions of laying down and allowing us to work our Team 4 power over them...Oh did I also mention our #1 linebacker was out sick and another one of our great defensive starters was away playing hockey
Our game started late because all the games were running late that day...so we had to end up playing under the lights.

OK OK...relax we scored first, but missed the extra points...very eerie we never miss extra points...then Milford scored but they made their extra points.....then we scored again...missed extra points again...ouch...Then Milford ran a long play almost scored again....what just happened...oh I forgot we were missing our star linebacker. Our backs were against the wall for the first time this entire year....Milford fans were cheering like crazy...and we were silent...

Then I started a chant D....FENSE.......D...FENSE.....D...FENCE and before you knew it we were all yelling it so our sons and grandsons could hear....D FENCE D FENCE.

Our boys stepped up to the plate a stopped Milfords drive.
1/2 time score Tomahawks 12 - Milford 7

I was noticeably nervous...could not stand still and I was not alone.

Milford was cocky.

I pulled one of our parents aside and said "don't sweat it we got this game" she said "I hope you are right"

I was I'm grandpa Jay...Final score

29 - 14

"We just revenged the lost of our brother team 5 take that Milford...and don't forget

"This is OUR HOUSE"

Alex and all the players even got to play in the last qtr...our whole team rejoiced afterwards at BW 3s

We 're still alive.... Playoff game #1 is over now next week we are gonna play our nemesis Team 2
(if they advance which they should)
Team 2 beat us last year in the Super Bowl our only lost in 2 straight years....and boy do we have a grudge.....stay tuned people its gonna get ugly

NO TIME FOR PICS SO DEAL WITH IT!

holla

Divison Champions pics

Divison Champions 2nd year in a row

We did it We did it again...undefeated season. We beat Anderson 41 -20. It was Alex's best game of his youth football career...He scored the extra points by running an off tackle play plus ....on defense he intercepted a long pass stopping Andersons last drive down the field.

He did all this while having a bad sore throat( I found this out when I picked him up on the way to the big game....i gave him a halls cough drop and told him "once the game starts you wont even notice the sore throat")

He also had a great family turn out...Terri, kK, Stephanie, Grandma Doris, payton and his other aunt from North Carolina....and Grandpa Jay off course!

After the victory the team all met at "The Back Porch Saloon" for fun . food, and frolic...It was a really nice way to end his 2nd full season of football

I forgot to mention that a few games back Alex told me that he would score before the season was over....I really never thought it would happen Just goes to show you contrary to what I always say" Grandpa's Don't know everything"

Now the playoffs start ....let the fun begin... I will keep you posted

Pics to follow...I hope

Granpa J