Look Who We Saw?!

We were invited out for another one of Jeric's co-worker's (Krystal & Raymond) son's (Preston) basketball game. I had woken up earlier than planned. We set our alarm last night for 11:30 am, but I woke up at 9:00 am. I got some stuff done too, which was really nice. I made my breakfast.. prepped some steamed veggies for the week.. separated the laundry.. and even washed a load. I was making really good time too. I was showered and was getting ready by the time Jeric woke up. Which was really good since I can take awhile to get ready these days. The basketball game was supposed to start at 12:30 and it's way out in Irvine, so we planned on leaving around 12:10pm.

Well, so much for that! Had crazy shower duties to handle and we ended up being late! :(

We ended up getting to the Jewish Center, which is where they have all their games setup, at around 12:55 pm. I felt bad that we were so late, but luckily, we actually made it just in time! Right after saying hi to Jeric's boss and his wife (Dan and Claudia), who are Crystal's parents, we said hi to Krystal and Raymond and I immediately apologized for being so late and Krystal said that we actually made it in time and that they were just starting!

The game was fun to watch, just like it was before. Preston even dove for the ball and got a few jump balls. He played good defence and even made some good clean shots!

The picture looks kinda funny here without the actual basketball. Haha. But this was one of his shots.

We were all very into the game, until we saw this guy..

Of course, I had no idea who he was. Raymond immediately told Jeric and Jeric immediately told me. After he told me who he was, I was like, really? No way! Then, Jeric pulled his picture up on his phone off the net and lo and behold it was HIM! Same face and same tat! (PS, the boys didn't wanna be stalker-ish and snap the photo. But I had no problem! Hahaha)

The boys were star struck of course. LOL. They both totally wanted a picture with him. But then the game ended so we all began talking to Preston. That's when Rampage walked away and the boys thought they had lost their opportunity.

But there was hope yet. Krystal said his daughter might be playing on the other side, which was on the way out. So as we headed out, the boys scanned the bleachers and there he was. But, the boys didn't head over. Instead we all walked out the door. Krystal had to take Preston to the bathroom so that he could change his clothes since he was heading to a birthday party right after. Which gave the boys plenty of time to hold the door open and stand there contemplating whether they should head over or not.

Jeric made the inital move and said, "I'm going over," which prompted Raymond to follow, and then I behind them as I was the one with the camera. I totally ran over a little kid on the way there. I felt so bad that I knocked him over. Luckily, no harm was done. Hahaha. I didn't even know that Raymond caught that. LOL. Apparently I was too anxious? Hahaha.

Well.. there the boys were.. in front of Rampage Jackson! Raymond spoke first and was like, "Hey Mr. Jackson". At first, it almost seemed like Rampage wasn't going to look up from his phone, but he did. And he shoke Raymond's hand. And then Jeric chimed in.. "Honor to be shaking hands with a living legend." And that was it. I didn't even snap a sneaky photo while the boys shoke his hand because I thought they would ask! But they both felt that he wouldn't oblige so they just walked away after that. Hahaha. Silly boys! I would've totally asked for a picture and I probably should've. Oh well, too late. But hey, his daughter plays there? Maybe we'll run into them at another of Preston's games! LOL