First thing in the morning he opened a present, this Jimmer shirt, and he was not going to miss the opportunity to wear it to school on his birthday. He and Andre had planned to buy Jimmer shirts at BYU on their Priest/Laurel Conference trip a few weeks ago. But surprisingly enough, the BYU basketball superstar's shirt is not sold at the BYU bookstore, you have to pick it up online. Sooo, we searched it out and Eric was very pleased to receive it for a birthday gift. On the way to seminary Drew and Dallen Brownell said "oh, Andre will be jealous that you got the shirt". Eric replied, "I don't know, his parents told him they had a good Easter surprise for him and that he would really like it, I think he might have a Jimmer shirt too." When they got to seminary, Eric opened his jacket to show off his new shirt. Andre opened his jacket, and he had one too! Pretty funny!
Over the years Eric's birthday has frequently fallen on a day when there was either a baseball or soccer game. This year, true to form, it was a soccer game. And not just any old soccer game. This one was special. This game, played in the freezing cold wind and rain on a soggy field was against the powerhouse Squalicum Storm.
We tied them in our first match against them, but the Tigers came ready to play this time.
On a night like this, Eric has lots of layers to keep from freezing to death. Here he is warming up to go into the game. He played most of the first half and quite a bit in the second half.
It was a crazy, awesome, amazing game. We scored in the first 2 minutes when the ball bounced off their goalie and went in. Then in the tenth minute our goalie kicked off. The ball flew all the way down the field, bounced in front of their goalie and went in the goal for another score! It was incredible! Our coach said he's never seen that happen in person before, only You Tube videos. We were unstoppable at that point, and scored 3 more before half time. The game ended 5-0 against the previously undefeated Squalicum team.
Eric had rhubarb cake with 17 candles to celebrate!
A few more cards and gifts for Eric. We sure love you Eric, the older you get, the better you get!
