Football Season

Braxton has been playing football for about a month now and had his first game last weekend.  He is in his element and has been loving every minute of it.  He comes home from practice all pumped up about how many boys he had buried their faces in the dirt.   He has been telling Brandon that he would like to wake up at 5 am to exercise with him so that he can get better, and then turn around and practice for two hours that evening.  He loves this game and we can't be happier for him.  His first game the team played better the second half.  The score was 8 to 16.  I was proud of the coaches in how they handled the boys they told them that they were so proud of them and how well they played the second half.  They were so positive I don't think the boys could be disappointed in themselves after hearing their coaches.  Braxton has had to make a very difficult decision this week.  His Saturday game got cancelled due to a field conflict and so Braxton's game is on Sunday this week.  He decided that he wasn't going to play.  I know that he had to struggle with this and didn't want to let his team down.  He is one of the team's key players and he knows it.  But we are very proud of him and his little spirit.  What a great kid he is! His coach talked to him and told him that his decision wasn't going to effect his other games and that he would still be able to play and start.  He also told him that he is thinking about taking a coaching job at one of the middle schools close by and if Braxton was going to that school he would put him on the team.  His coach really likes Braxton and it shows.  I am so glad that he had a group of coaches like this for his first year playing.  What a great way to start off playing.  

Braxton is #1
Go Figure. We already knew that!!!

The Jaguars little cheerleading Squad.
 Don't look to closely at their bows.  They all have them on wrong.

In the middle.
 Braxton is the 5th one from the left of the kids in the center group.

 When they made their touch down.