Well today was regional playoffs for Aarons AYSO Soccer Team. I have to admit they have had a great season, the only games they lost all season was a game that both Aaron and Ahmed were gone (they were on a paintballing campout with the scouts). But the boys...the whole team play really well together and today was their day.
Game #1......
4 to 3 (Aarons team Wins) Oh sweet Victory!!!
Game #2..
If you know anything about our region let me set the stage they were playing the DOG POUND..
No seriously.
Self Proclaimed . Straight Up. The Dog Pound.
Really good coaches, super big fan base, guys that have been coaching together forever!!!
Three years ago, when Alexis and Bobby and Emma coached Aarons team, they went to playoffs.
We Got Crushed by the Dog Pound in OT, Kickoffs!!!!
OUCH...Still Hurts
So today was redemption!!!
AARON IN HIS PRE-GAME GROOVE
LOOKIN GOOD
1ST QUARTER BREAK
2-0
ReD ATToMixx
(Yes his hair has been spray painted RED!!)
The Team
Aaron getting his 1st Place Medal From His Coach!!
Last night I was at home minding my own business when Gerri Woessner called and told me that the KC museum had someone back out for today's event and she wanted to know if I thought anyone would sing the Star Spangled banner. Well, I said is it a big deal, she didn't think it was so I asked Adam do you know anyone who could sing? He He. poor Adam he is so good, I said its really no big deal, you just have to sing the SSB and then you can leave, like 5 minutes. So we go in and play it on the piano, he sings it, knows the words and he says, OK I'll do it, it's no Big DEAL right?
Well I thought NO BIG DEAL.
WELL.. What do I know.
Alexis is home and she talks him into Dressing Nice. THANKS ALEXIS!!!!!
She also tells him, you know it might be a big deal, you know Veterans Day, KC Museum. May be BIG.
SHUT UP ALEXIS!!!!
So he gets there,
BIG DEAL!!!
Kevin McCarthy the our State Congressman and Karen Goh, our 5th District Supervisor are there. There are all kinds of Veterans, and people around, they have the news there. He He.
POOR ADAM.
So he is just a trooper, he gets up and just lets loose...
He started and the mike was not on or not working but then you hear him.. Little nervous at first, I think the (No Big Deal) crowd and military people may have has something to do with it.
Needless to say, I think he did well, and I was proud of him. So way to be a team player Adam we Love you.
Then as if that was not enough excitement, then he took pictures with Kevin McCarthy and Karen Goh.
Then not to be outdone and actually enjoying himself , Aaron took a little tour of the KC museum, Enjoyed the tanks that were there for Veteran's Day.
Took some pictures.
It was a nice day finished by a family dinner at CPK.
We were all home, by 6:00pm and we (X and I) were tucked into sleepy night night.
(Except I have been trying to download this video FOREVER!!!)
When I was Little, Veteran's day was A BIG DEAL.
We would get up and one of us kids, or Danny and Dennis, would be in the Parade, we would eat a big breakfast take Pre-Parade Photos then hit the streets of Bakersfield to strut our stuff. It was always one of our funnest days, and best parades, and I always loved to those guys in uniform.
As I was standing there tonight listening to the Star Spangled Banner, shaking with nervousness for Adam. I was all of a sudden a little kid caught up in the occasion. I still love to see a man in uniform, but as I am older now, and have both a Father and Father-in-law, who are "Veterans" I had an overwhelming sense of pride in that uniform.
In like 4th grade we read the story of Frances Scott Key, and how he was held captive all night long in a ship in the Chesapeake Bay, he listened to the English soldiers all night so confident that the Americans would surrender the fort, the last thing he could see that night was the Flag still waving above the fort, as he sat listening to the "bombs bursting in air" and gun fire all he could do was hope we were left standing. At dawn the next morning, when he looked through a hole in the ship (not sure if it was a porthole or a hole), he could still see the flag waving over the fort. A little tattered from the battle, but still waving proclaiming the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
I have always LOVED this story, and always get emotional.
It was kind of a fun experience to bring all my Veterans day Memories into one good day. I thought it was just me, but as I looked at X he had some eye mist, that's all I's saying. I know when he see's the posting of the colors, or a group of veterans showing their appreciation for America, he see's his Dad in the crowd.
I love Veteran's day, and even if it is not the holiday we all have off from work,
I love the spirit of the occasion.
