{"id":382,"date":"2009-09-22T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2009-09-22T07:17:59","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T11:17:59","slug":"double-trouble%e2%80%a6that%e2%80%99s-what-my-friends-all-call-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scheumann.us\/blog\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Double Trouble?That?s what my Friends all Call Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Double trouble is right?another week has sped past us a blink of an eye and another trip around the sun has blurred by for our lovely daughter, as she officially entered double digits on the 16th. On Monday, Ann picked up Matt from football practice and went to dance classes with Abby until after 8. I took Luke to soccer practice and sat in the parking lot, working on my monthly safety report on my laptop. By the time I was finished that night (around midnight), it was 18 pages! The following night, on Tuesday, we headed up to North Decatur (only a mile or so out of town) to watch Matt?s football game. The game was a blowout. They didn?t even have enough 7th graders to field a team. So, we had our 7th graders scrimmage against a mixture of their 7th & 8th grade teams. They only played two quarters, so we got an early start. We got the message pretty late, so we had to rush around at the last moment and managed to make it through the gates just before they kicked off. Grandma & Gigi were in attendance again, for a second straight week. Matt was thrilled (Gigi was thrilled that it was an earlier start and a quick game!). It was cool (and sad at the same time) to see that we filled our little side of the bleacher seats (in fact, everyone’s little kids didn’t really have room to sit and chose to go to the playground, located behind the football field). Sandy & I stood up, along the field for the entire game, as did a couple dozen other folks. However, on the other side of the field, their sparsely covered bleachers barely had two dozen fans perhaps. Matt is still the starting center and played there the entire game. He again played mistake free, which he was excited about on the ride home. Their offense is now incorporating many more shotgun formations and his long snaps have gotten much more accurate as the season has progressed. You know, he is such a great kid. When I asked him why he didn?t take more advantage of the smaller player in front of him most of the game, he replied, ?I felt sorry for him because he was so small; so I gave him a chance.??? \ud83d\ude42 ?I think that is why he doesn?t play on the same side of the ball as his father did? Speaking of which; the defense got its first shut out of the year. Matt even got three snaps at defensive tackle, late in the game. He did not have any tackles, but at least he got his jersey dirty! \ud83d\ude1b ?and he loved every minute of it; he had a huge smile on his face when he trotted off the field, yelling to the coach to please leave him in longer… <\/p>\n

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We love our DVR! After Matt?s game, we finally got to see our friend Allen Smith debut on Biggest Loser. His class and humility came across on the small screen. He is exactly like that in real life. We were in tears for most of that episode. We hope it?s not like that the entire season! We were proud to see him finish 2nd in the initial challenge and 1st in weight loss for the first week. Here is the video from the BL site:<\/p>\n

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We were unable to attend the premier in Columbus, but here is the channel 13 news coverage from that night:<\/p>\n