a championship of a birthday

christopher turned 12 on saturday.

his 6th grade basketball team had a big end of the season tournament all afternoon/evening.

they won in the championship game by one point!

it was truly awesome...everyone in the gym sung happy birthday to him after the game...

i know the above pictures is blurry but i just love seeing those kids laughing like that.

our principal (who is a nun) led both teams in prayer before the game.

i love that they pray before the games.

i did not get any pictures during the game...i was too busy cheering!

chris and i both had raspy voices afterwards, we both cheered so much.

it was a close game the whole way through, so exciting and nerve wrecking!

but i did get one shot of them warming up before them game...

it's always so great to have family there to cheer you on, especially when it's your birthday.

grandma and grandpa were there too, wish i would have gotten them in the picture.

we all went to a local ice cream parlor after the big win for a double celebration.

my mom gave christopher that hat after the game for his birthday.

he wore it the rest of the night...we closed the place down.

we let the boys get the 'grand canyon'...that's eleven pounds of ice cream.

they got to choose twelve flavors and seven toppings.

here is christopher ordering it all...

and here comes the 'grand canyon'.

the kids noticed the staff taking pictures of it before it came out and said, 

'if they're taking pictures of it, its gotta be good!'

i love katelin's expression in this picture, mouth dropped wide open...so cute.

and all the boys who have phones took pictures too.

it was pretty funny to see them all taking pictures at the same time...

and here they are digging in...

and it didn't take them long to get this point...

we had a nice little birthday breakfast in the morning. 

grandma provided some pastries, 

and chris did a good job writing the kids names with the frosting...

we were able to sneak in a little birthday lunch after andrew's game before the tournament.

tio bobby met up with us for lunch before he had to head to work.

what could have been a better present than a championship win?!
it will be a birthday he will never forget.
thanks so much to all the family and friends who celebrated his special day with him.

happy birthday to our first born!

you have accomplished so much in your 12 years and we are so proud of you.

congratulations on the championship!