Our Mavs didn't pull it out tonight (maybe we can watch them take the title on board next Sunday), but I wanted to share a Maverick Moment from last season.
Dr. Pepper sponsors honorary ball boys for each of the Mavs home games. Kids mail in entries that are then drawn at random and assigned to games. All three of our boys submitted entries last season -- and believe it or not,
both of the twins were picked from the giant hopper filled with several thousand entries. The PR rep who called to let us know about their selection said she first thought they were going to have a disqualification since only one entry per child is allowed and they drew the twins' envelopes back-to-back. Just looking at the return address on the envelope, they thought they had a child who had entered twice.
It was a great night for the whole family (grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins were also there so Justin could sit with them). DH Mike was particularly sentimental since he was actually a "real" ball boy for the Mavs during their second and third seasons (back in the 80's).
Here are a few pics of the fun ...
on the sidelines before the game
on the jumbotron (they didn't even care that their names were backwards)
shaking hands with Jason Kidd
watching Dirk warm up
pre-game huddle. That is Brandon hanging out
on the edge of the crowd, a little uncertain around all those big guys. If you look carefully you can see another pair of little legs (you can see the bottom edge of his jeans)
in the middle of the huddle -- that would be Aaron in his own personal heaven.