Schoolweek 18 and 19&20=(holidays)

Schoolweek 18 was nothing special. I got sick on Monday night and didn't go to school till the end of the week. I missed 4 days. As soon I got better I went to a food place with Clark, Eden and Gavin (Clark's friend). The place is called Steak and Shake. We already ate dinner so we only got a shake. It was very very good! I had a banana/chocolate shake.

Schoolweek 19, first week of our 2 week holiday. 

CHRISTMAS.

On the 25th it is usual to open presents you got from your family and from Santa.

After a good breakfast our family gathered around the Christmas tree:

Here are the pictures of all presents we had.

Presents of family members:

And here are pictures of all presents together after Santa brought his presents too:

We all got a lot of presents. Here is a picture of what I got (clothes, candy, a cavaliers NBA blanket):

The most important present that I got was A TICKET FOR A NBA CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GAME, against DALLAS MAVERICKS.

Tom and Clark got a ticket too, so we could go together.

At night (25th) we went to church with the family. Here is a church-selfie:

During the break my basketball team got a few games. One of the games was on local TV (BCSN)!

First time I was on TV with my basketball team! I didn't play though.

NEW YEARS EVE.

I went to a friends house. We had a small party with a group of friends. At 00:00 we all watched the countdown in New York City (Timesquare). After that we stayed for a little bit and went to house. I had to leave earlier because I had basketball practice at noon the next day.

Schoolweek 16-17 5th-14th- (AW Basketball, NBA, Birthday)

December 5th, first high school basketball game with Anthony Wayne.

We won this game 60-69. The game was at home. I didn't play myself but it was still a fun. There were a lot of people that watched the game. 

This picture is of the US flag that they show before the game during the national anthem. Before every game we play they sing the national anthem and all look at the flag.

Here some pictures of during and after the game.

December 6th, first NBA game.

Philadelphia 76ers - Detroit Pistons 

108 - 101

Together with my family and Jake (friend from the basketball team), we went to Detroit to watch my first nba game. It was a very close game, so it was fun. The tickets for this game were very cheap for us. This was because the Exchange Student group bought a lot of tickets in one time, so we only had to pay 20$ for each ticket. 

100-100 at the end of regular time means.... OVERTIME. 

This is 5 minutes extra time. 

After the game we were allowed to stay in line and than go on the field and shoot a free throw. It was crowded but pretty fun to do.

Jakey getting ready for his shot.

December 11th, my 18th birthday!

I got a lot of post cards from my friends and family! And at school there were a lot of friends that knew it was my birthday. Even some of my teacher knew about it. One teacher baked cookies for the whole class because it was my birthday haha :D.

It was a lot of fun. I had basketball game too. But we lost this one.

On Friday I went to a restaurant with friends. Kathy bought two cakes for us, so we had something as a desert! 

Schoolweek 15-16 (November 24th - Thursday December 4th)

THANKSGIVING.

26, 27 and 28th of November, we didn't have school. And 29th and 30th was the weekend. We had a 5 day weekend :). Thursday 27th was officially the thanksgiving day. We ate all the good food on Friday morning. On Thursday night, me, Reese and Mike went to a big mall in Toledo to go black Friday shopping. We left the house around 11 a'clock. Black Friday shopping is very popular in the US. It is the night of Thanksgiving dinner, and there are a lot of crazy sales! People stay in lanes before stores for more than 5 hours. A lot of the good sales start at midnight. Some stores had their sales from the evening. We left at 12:30. It was fun to see so much people shopping at night.

The next day, around 1, we ate our thanksgiving "dinner". Kathy cooked everything herself. It was SOOO good! We decided that I will do thanksgiving at home in the Netherlands, to keep the tradition, and she will tell me how to cook everything.

On the pictures you see the food. We had mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, sweet potatoes, gravy, ham (with cranberry) and of course: TURKEY!    

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With the basketball team we made team pictures and individual pictures. 

One of the pictures was with only the seniors of the school. This picture came in the school newspaper. My name was in the text.

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FINALLY, THE DAY IS ALMOST THERE......

Tomorrow (December 5th) is my first American High School Basketball game. A dream comes true. I don't know yet if I will get playing time, but I am still very excited! The game is a home game, and there will be around 1000 people watching. 

Another day that is almost there....

Saturday, December 6th, I am going to my first NBA game ever. We are going with the family and my friend Jake to Detroit. The Detroit Pistons are playing against The Philadelphia 76ers. 

Another dream that comes true.