We have been ALL IN with the Cavs and are sooo excited they won the championship. Landon was so disappointed last year when they lost, so this year just made it all better. He still talks about the Cavs non-stop and practices basketball outside all the time! It's really cute actually. Matt and I grew up as Bulls fans along with the rest of the world when they had Jordan and won all their championships. When we moved to Cleveland, we bought a season ticket package our first year and have basically been Cavs fans ever since. Our boys have only lived here and have only been Cavs fans, so it was so fun to experience this with them.
The night after we got back from Illinois, we went to the Game 5 watch party at the arena. The Cavs were in California, but we watched the game on the big screen with basically a sold out arena. It was a 9:00 pm start so we only made it through the 3rd quarter there, but it was such a fun atmosphere. Here are our pics from the watch party…
All 4 of us...
Keegan eating his popcorn…
The rest of the pictures are just fun ones of the boys inside and outside the arena. They had a blast posing by different things and pictures…
I think Keegan was asleep before we even got out of the parking garage…
After watching game 6 at home, we were pretty sure they could win game 7. However, we were still a little nervous, right until the very end. We watched Game 7 at home in our Cavs gear. Even Big Puppy put on a jersey for the game...
It was Father's Day, so we had an ice cream cake for Matt at halftime...
Landon was very quiet at the end of the game and wouldn't talk. He told us he was so nervous. Watching his reaction when the Cavs won was priceless!!! Matt blasted the song "Victorious" outside for the neighborhood to hear, and our neighbors set off fireworks. Everyone here went crazy and it was so much fun!! Matt left to go to Dick's to buy Landon a championship t-shirt and Landon loved it!! They didn't have Keegan's size in the store so his just came this week in the mail!
Next up on the agenda….the parade!! We decided to join the other 1.3 million people who came out for the parade. Are we crazy or what?! Matt has a new job and works downtown again. At his work, everyone brought food to share for a huge breakfast and most people brought their families. We were all able to park at his work and then walk downtown to the parade.
On our way to Matt's work (at 7 am) and then to the parade...
There was a lot of waiting and down time at the parade and there were people EVERYWHERE! We started being about 10 people deep to see, but ended up being 3 people deep when the parade started. We were actually really close and it was a lot of fun when we finally saw the Cavs players. Here are some pictures from the parade...
Patiently waiting…
The trophy...
The Cavs coach…
Lebron and his family...
J.R. Smith...
Iman Shumpert...
Kyrie Irving...
So much confetti. 4 huge semis came by at different points in the parade and just shot out confetti. It was everywhere but the boys loved it!
This is a picture of us after we left the parade and headed back to Matt's work...
What a fun day and a fun experience for the boys. I hope it's something they remember!!
As soon as we got home from the parade, Landon and his friend, Mark, starting working on a championship song. Landon plays the piano and sings and Mark plays the drums and sings. It's so cute. Here are the lyrics...
And here is the video of the song...
Mark and the boys also put on a "CAVS" concert for us with the song they wrote and songs about Cleveland. Here they are before their performance…
Once Keegan finally got his shirt, we tried to take a pic of both of them with their championship shirts on. They were being silly so this is the best we got...
What a great season and what an amazing comeback in the Finals!! GO CAVS!!!
