Playing With Heart

Both J.R. and Traeson showed what it's like to play with a lot of heart today. I couldn't be more proud of both of them.

J.R. has been sick all week. He has had a high fever, and been in bed since Thurs afternoon. This morning he got up, got dressed, filled up on ibuprophen (more than medically advised I'm sure) and headed off to his game. When he got there the quarterback of his team didn't come to the game, because he had a headache. Wow, seriously?! But J.R. stepped up and gave it his all. He played hard every down and left it all on the field. His team lost, but J.R. had one of his best games. He threw for a TD and proved that Champions play through the pain.

Traeson's team played Sky View and they were both undefeated before today. They had a dog fight of a game. The SV coaches had scouted his team and were keying on Traeson pretty hard. He took some hard hits but just kept fighting. He scored 2 TD including the game winning TD with less than a minute remaining. He scored this on nothing but refusal to lose will power. The video doesn't give this justice. It was a fantastic run where he just refused to go down.

Traeson's First TD

Traeson's Game Winning TD

After the game the coach gave Traeson the game ball for "Giving the team his heart."

It was a great day for the Martindale boys!!

Another Great Saturday!!

We started the morning off at Sky View with J.R.'s team. He played great and had some really nice hits, but his team just couldn't pull it off. He got his right hand smashed between to helmets in the first quarter and may have broken his hand (we'll decide on Xrays tomorrow), but he played through the pain and had a great game. Because I have to video him, there is no usable video - because I get so busy watching and cheering that I forget to keep the camera pointed at the field.

Then we finished the afternoon in Bear River with Traeson's team. He is the man of that team, running to then endzone 4 times in the first quarter!! They won 38 to 0. He's # 21.

He even got to play some other positions and had some great blocks.

Hunger Games

Well, I gave into peer pressure and starting reading "Hunger Games". I try to avoid these books because once I start I can't put the darn thing down. And as usual I did nothing yesterday but read. I absolutely loved the first book. I read it in one day, and went first thing this morning to get the second one. Guess I won't get much done this week, might as well finish the series and get it over with. It is The Truman show meets Avatar. If you're a reader I highly recommend them, I think they will be this years "Twilight". I'm sure there's a movie in the making.

Maizee and Faith

Maizee and Faith were playing in the yard tonight, I took a couple quick video clips. Not sure who is leading who, but they are sure cute doing it :)

Run Traeson Run

Wow what a difference a week makes. Traeson's football team kicked butt today. They played West Haven, who is notorious for having great teams. Traeson had 2 huge runs for Touch Downs. He had 3 60 yard runs in a row, the first 2 were called back, but he just kept doing it again. He is such a fast little streaker, if he can get on the outside, its over!! We are so excited to see what he can do.

J.R.'s team had a rougher week. J.R. had a great game himself. He had several nice blocks to spring long runs, and a couple really nice touchdown saving tackles.

Fall is a fun season at our house!! We will see what next week brings.

Season Opener

Saturday was J.R.'s 12th birthday. He celebrated with a great football game. He ran for a 60 yard touchdown, threw for a TD, and an extra point. He had a blast.

Traeson had his first game too. His team wasn't quite as prepared. They got beat pretty bad, but he got to play QB and is ready for another week of practice.

Calendar Update

I have updated the calendar with football games for the boys, and Taylors volleyball game schedule.