Fall = Football!

After a work filled Saturday and Sunday, we finally reached my favorite part of every fall weekend...football! The Bears played at the same time Andy did again this week, so we had to play the "tape the Bears and talk to no one" game again. Andy's team, Metamora, played in Pekin this week. To give a little background, it's very tough to come out of Pekin with a win as they have a pretty good program (for the players and the officials). Knowing it was going to be a tough one, we called in reinforcements. Grandma Haines made the trip up from Springfield to catch the action. Metamora jumped out to a 20-8 lead, but Pekin tied the game after a controversial pass interference call on fourth down late in the fourth quarter. Metamora pulled out the win in overtime despite additional officiating controversy and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on our coaches. Andy saw his first action on defense this year and made a tackle.

Here's a picture that Grandma took of Andy (#34 on the left) playing defensive tackle. You might notice the size difference between Andy and the other lineman. Andy looks like a midget out there, but he's actually 5'3" and 140+ pounds.

Grandma took this picture of Andy blocking on offense. Check out the size of the kid he's blocking here! Not sure what's in the water here, but we really need to get Andy some of it!

After the big win, we headed home for more of Kim's favorite thing! Kim was more excited about making dinner than watching the Bear game if that gives you any clue of how much football she can stand at a time. Despite another week of Bad Rex, it was great to see a Bear win!

I'm sure Kim will post the other events of the weekend. Be sure to check back for pix from our Saturday morning fun.