we love the sixers

So Monday night was the Sixers fan appreciation night. I told Tom that we sure deserve to be appreciated. What a terrible, terrible season. So many disappointments, missed shots, not closing out games, seemingly a lack of effort, ugh, i could go on.....
yet i still love the sixers, and i still get that excited tingly feeling inside of me every time i get to a game and see them out there and they announce their names.... im ready to give them a chance just one more time....
anyway, we all went, it was the first time all 4 of us were there together.... tom's mom and dad and ben and melissa went too.... great fun!

Justus stood at the edge saying "dalaaa! dalaaa! dalaaaa!"

love it.

my dancing boy, who seems to get excited by many of the same
things as his mommy =)

so at halftime we were walking all the way around on suite level and Thaddeus Young (who's hurt) walked RIGHT by us, like inches away.... Tom managed a "hi Thaddeus" and i managed a big big smile because i was so stunned and excited. I told tom that i wish id had a grasp on the moment enough to ask for a picture with him. Wouldnt you know he walked right by us a few minutes later and once again i was stunned speechless, just a big, hopefully recognizing (like so he knew that i knew who he was) smile on my face....
it was super great and made me super excited....
and then...... drumroll please...... Simeon and I were able to go out on the court after the game and meet Jason Kapono and he gave us his game jersey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so great. really it was all simeon's thing but since he was so young i chaperoned =).... and he actually was melting down quite a lot by the time it was our turn.... it was pretty late. he asked Kapono "can i play basketball with you?" and he must not have heard him and didn't answer and this upset Simeon quite a lot. on the way home he said " i think that he didn't answer because he's so tired from his long long game and he needs to go home to bed."
hes so sensitive, and thinks through all sides of a situation.....
someday he'll realize what a cool experience we had.
AND Kapono had an awesome game on monday, shot 82%, definitely the best game of the season to get his jersey. we have his jersey! awesome.
didn't get any pictures cause i was holding my boy, hopefully ill have some later.... but heres Elton Brand.....

and here's Simeon after the fact - totally spent.
We got him a drink, that fixed the problem.

Simeon sporting the new hat he got and the Kapono jersey.....

Justus is such a pro at saying "cheese" these days....

Last night they closed out their season with yet another loss in Orlando.....
I am ready to see all the great moves we're gonna make this offseason and we'll be more than ready to start this all over in October.
But it's time for this season to be over.
Such a fun night for the Panters=)