A Long Season and a Win

I love watching my boys play sports. I really think every mom should have twin boys.  Even though we don't have enough room in our house, I would totally do another set of boy twins.  They are that much fun! There is nothing like watching two of your boys be the best on the team.  These boys are natural athletes. I absolutely love watching their games, until this season. There was a major coaching issue, a coach who had no idea how to coach. And so it made it for a long losing season. Fortunately, another coach, Coach Tree, stepped in for the tournament this weekend and helped out the Cardinals.

 

Before the game I told the boys in the car, "I don't care if  you win or lose.  Just please make some great plays so I can get it on camera." Coach Tree made them all say how many touchdowns and interceptions they wanted.  DJ set a goal to get 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.  High hopes for a team that probably didn't make more than 4 touchdowns a game the whole season.  But Coach Tree was inspiring and DJ went for it.

 

 

 

 

 One interception! One touchdown!

 Two interceptions! Two touchdowns!

Three touchdowns!!  Their team was finally winning a game and it was because of DJ's 3 touchdowns and two interceptions. Amazing what he can do when he decides he's going to do it.  Such a great quality that he shares with Papi.
AJ is a force on defense. No one gets by him.  The other team figured that out and threw the other way, making them ahead by 4 points.

 DJ was having a great game.  He had met his goals. With two minutes left in the game AJ was starting to get nervous that they were going to lose.  I reminded AJ they were only down by four points. "Just one good play, that's all it takes," I told him.

 

 

 Did you see that?  Look again! That's AJ catching a Hail Mary in the end zone!! He did it! He scored the winning touchdown!

 The last 30 seconds zoomed by and the Cardinals could finally know what it feels like to win a game!

 

 It was a pretty sweet feeling!

Look at those smiles!!  Am I the only one that feels my heart melt when they smile like that? I was so happy for them! Plus I was happy that they listened to their mom and made some awesome plays so I could get it on camera.  I may have to start taking my camera to all their games.  :)