Welcome to Kelli & Mieko’s blog……see Beijing through our eyes.
This blog was created for all the friends, family and supporters of USA wheelchair basketball. The USA Men’s wheelchair basketball team is on a mission……win gold in Beijing! We have made this website with the hope that it will help all of our loved ones back home stay updated on all of the excitement that is going on in Beijing. Take a look around, there are many links to the right and be sure to check out our different photos.
As of August 31, 2008, the USA team left the United States. They guys are in Beijing and setting up in the Olympic VIllage. Due to blogging restrictions from the Paralympic Committee, TEAM USA cannot post any information about any games, international teams, or scores. Please be aware that we have no control over this, and unfortunately, because of these rules, the guys will not be posting daily on the blog. Mieko and I will still be posting scores when we get back to the hotel from the games.
Please post your comments and words of encouragement to the USA team. They will have access to the computer and be able to see everything you write. It is a long journey and we know they appreciate all your love, support and motivation. GO USA!!!! BRING HOME THE GOLD!!!!
GO USA….GET THAT GOLD!!!!!!
Hi Kelly,
Good Luck!!! Have A GREAT Time!!!
Love,
Uncle Tom
Good luck guys!!!
What an experience! Best of luck! Thank you for sharing this site Mieko and Kelli! you are in my thoughts and have all my support! <3
Hi Mieko! I am so excited that they will have a chance to dominate, and that we get to read all about it! Have so much fun, I look forward to seeing the updates,
Katie
Hi Kelly and Mieko! I am so happy you two posted this blog. There are so many of rooting for Joe and the entire team. We can’t wait to follow along and cheer for USA. Have fun!
Laryssa
Do Work Boys!!! Bring home the Gold
Have a blessed trip And bring home the GOLD!
USA Wheelchair basketball,
a team to have and hold,
the loudest cheers will be from us,
as you’re going for the gold!
GOOD LUCK and create alot of memories in Beijing!!
Miex and Kelli I won’t lie I’m a little worried about seeing Beijing through your eyes…but great job this all looks great.
Good luck guys bring home the gold!!!!!!
I cant wait to see these guys play. I am only 8 months into my injury as a T5 para and about to start playing basketball. This is gonna be awesome to watch the USA Team take Gold. Good Luck and enjoy the trip. I will be watching you as much as I can.
Vincen
Hi Mieko & Kelli,
Thank you for doing this website. The pics and everything are great. We are so excited for Joe and his team to have this opportunity. We will be cheering & praying for the team and you in Beijing. Look fw to checking in on your site!
Kim, Dave, Ryan, & Michael
GO USA! GO JOE! GET THAT GOLD!
Good luck to Eric, Joe and the rest of the Olympic team-bring home the gold ! Thanks to Kel and Mieko for keeping us in the loop. We are excited for you all!!
Go Usa, take them to the hoop. Good Luck and God Bless.
Go Team USA!!! Jeremy, I know I speak from all of the Washington Elementary family in wishing you and your team the best of luck in Beijing. And congrats on your new coaching job at UWW. Way to Go!!!
You guys are AWESOME!!! The best to all of you and have fun bringing home the gold!! GO USA!!
Thanks from the Washington Elementary crew. It is great to know we have support from our community and we are very excited to go. Only a couple of days until we leave which means I better get some laundry done.
Are you two giving updates on the women’s team?
good luck love you
good luck love you guys and see you later dad
love you dad
Great site, Mieko and Kelli. Good luck to all the guys; we’re all proud of you. Go get em, Joe. Every board and every loose ball is yours!
Go USA! Go for the Gold!
What an amazing journey you’re about to begin! Even though we cannot be there with you physically we are there with you in our hearts & spirit. Jeremy, we are all so proud of you and the many, many accomplishments you’ve made. We wish you all a safe & successful trip to Beijing. Just focus & take care of business. When it’s all said & done, no matter what the outcome, you are ALL winners in our eyes!! Go have the time of your lives!!
With much love & admiration from Oconto, Wisconsin!!!! GO TEAM USA!!!
Mr. Lade
I hope you do good in the paralympics. I will be watching you on t.v. again I hope you do good. have fun in China please tell me about China when you get back .See you!
Mr.Lade,
I hope you have fun in china.we will watch you on t.v.. I can`t wait untill your back. reese also wants to know if you have any candy.bye!
Eric I am so proud of You….
You are already a winner! I’ll be cheering from California…..
Hey Eric, Joe, Mieko, Tracy, Jacob, Matt, Opie, Matt (and all those I have not yet met). Thank you for representing the USA … My family and I can’t wait to watch the games! Play well! God Bless!
Troy Moldenhauer (from UW-Whitewater)
Go getem’ Bro! Were very proud of you and the entire TEAM USA! “Leave it all on the court”!
Good luck Jeremy (Opie) and all the USA Team, bring home the Gold, we are so very proud of you. have fun
Hello Joe, Mieko, Jana, & everyone! We want to let you know you are in our prayers and we are so excited for you all to have this experience. We will be cheering for TEAM USA all the way!! Can’t wait to check in & see the blogs and what the TEAM is doing! GO TEAM USA~~WE ARE PROUD OF YOU ALL! Oh yeah, don’t forget to have fun too. Love ya~
Good Luck Opie!!! Leave China with a happy ending… Bring home the Gold!!! and few egg rolls if you have room…
Good luck team USA! We are so excited to share in this experience and we will be cheering you on! Enjoy your time in Bejing and bring home the gold! We are proud of all of you! The Bradley’s from Oregon, WI!
Watching each day. Good luck team Go Joe.
I think you called 2-day! Very broken connection but the bottom line had more to do with “ONE QUATER @ A TIME”! Take it home! U.S.A.
Hi Mieko,
Have a great time. Good luck to our team.
Good Luck Team USA
Your already winners.
We’ll be watching, Go MATT !!!!
You are already a winner in our eyes! Jeanne says thanks for the birthday wishes!!! By now, I hope you are 1-0
I am right there with Joe, Go USA
Jeremy (Opie) Matt and the rest of the USA Team, just seen that you won your first game, way to go, we are so proud of you all.
If there is a prouder Dad in the world I have no idea who it could be. I am so proud of you and what you have accomplished to this point in time. Bring home the gold luv ya.
Jeremy (Opie),
Congratulations to you and TEAM USA on your first win! We can only imagine the excitement you are all feeling. Good luck at the next game with Brazil. We’re proud of you!
WAY TO GO TEAM USA!!!!
Matt,
Sure wish we could all be there to cheer you on in person, but we’re cheering and praying for you guys here. So proud of you and all of your accomplishments! Good Luck!
Hi Jeremy! I am so very proud of you. Way to to TEAM USA!!!!! Chopper and I love you lots!
To the girls…thanks so much for keeping this site up to date and sharing everything you have!!! It’s truly amazing to see all your pics and to read your stories
To the guys….Awesome job so far! Thinking of all of you and wishing you the best!!!! Keep it up!!!!!
Hope you are all enjoying every second of it!!!! You guys are incredible!
WOW! This is great, now that I am getting the hang of it…Love your updates w/the Team USA games etc. Also, love the pics! I dont think I could handle that Subway. You look like Sardines!! hehe.
We did get to view a clip of the team playing and saw you Joe. We are so proud of you!
You are doing great TEAM USA!! Keep it up, we are CHEERING FOR YOU ALL THE WAY!!!!
JEREMY LADE;
GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF THE GAMES! ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT!
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WHOLE TRIP WHEN YOU GET HOME. AND SEE YOUR GOLD MEDAL!
I’m So Glad To Hear You Won The First 2!! Keep Up The Good Work Guys! We’re Proud!!!
LOVE YOU GUYS! YOU ARE STILL DOING GREAT. WHAT A CLOSE GAME. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE ARE STILL CHEERING FOR YOU TEAM USA!
GREAT JOB IN THE GAME WITH CHINA! WISH WE COULD OF BEEN THERE JOE. WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR YOU. Joe, Jason says “hi” from Army Basic Training. He passed running w/his bum foot by the way, so grad day is this Friday Sept 12. He says he is rooting for the Team! Amber too, even though their computer isnt up right now. They had to prepare for hurricane IKE which is headed their way & thankfully they will be at Jasons graduation in Oklahoma & not at home. HI JANA, MIEKO, & KELLI, I ENVY YOU & WISH I WAS THERE TO WATCH THE GAMES W/YOU, GO TO THE SILK MARKET & SIGHT SEE! WHAT FUN. Thanks again for this website. Love it, Kim
You guys are doing awesome – keep up the good work!! Have fun in China and bring home the gold – you guys deserve it!
AWESOME GAME TEAM USA! Dave, Michael, Ryan & I, just finished watching you guys play Australia live on paralympicsport.tv and it was a tough game, but you guys showed them you were tougher! Joe we loved seeing you play and the boys got a kick out of you being compared to “SHAQ”. Jana & Mieko, we were hoping the camera would let us see you in the stands but no luck this time. Bummer. Have fun & we look fw to seeing more games. GO TEAM USA!!!
Jeremy (Opie) and all the USA TEAM congratulations on your win today, keep up the good work. Love you
Awesome Win Over China!!!
Keep Up The Amazing Job Opie & Team USA!! We’re All Cheering For You!!!!! 
Great job you guys are doing!!! Not as much coverage as we would like to see. Good Luck Jeremy and the whole team . Soak up this awesome experience. Terry and Grace
WooooHoooo Team USA!!!! It was amazing watching you play against Australia. Jeremy, I was so proud to see you out there. Keep up the fight for GOLD! Canada is next – Team USA can do it!!!
We will all be cheering for you!
Jeremy and Melissa we love you!!
Kelli and Mieko,
Thank you very very much for keeping up update of the paraolympic games. I will watch tomorrow game Canada vs USA.
You are doing a great job!
Cheers!!!!!
Hassimi
That is too bad about Iran pulling out, though it is good for the USA. We will look fw to watching the game Sunday against Canada. Hope everyone on TEAM USA is getting revived for the upcoming games—GO TEAM USA!!!
Grandma wants you to know that she is thinking of you and is glad that you are enjoying yourself in China. She says be HAPPY and she can’t wait to see you when you get home.
Watched your game against Australia, WOW what an exciting game and let me tell you that you were AWESOME. We could see your Dad, Mom and Heather cheering in the stand for YOU and TEAM USA. Good luck, we’re watching, and GO, GO, GO MATT and TEAM USA.
Great game TEAM USA! You were so close and it was quite a game against Canada. You all played hard and did an awesome job. I was sure on the edge of my seat cheering for you. Keep up the great plays Joe! Love ya!
Still one of the Most exciting games ever!
May you enjoy continued success in the basketball games. It is so exciting to see the games. Keep up the good work!!
What a tremendous battle with Canada! TEAM USA certainly played with total AMERICAN Spirit, everyone did a GREAT job. Don’t look back unless you’re looking for OUR SUPPORT because we are there, right behind you. Let’s all look ahead and keep up the good work!! GO TEAM USA!!!
This is our last day checking in to cheer our TEAM USA on. The movers are coming this morning and we will be on the road and unfortunately miss the game w/Great Britain. We will be thinking of you all and wishing you well. Joe, it made us so happy to see you playing the sport you love! AWESOME!! Thank you Mieko and Kelli for the website, it was a blessing for us to come to and see what you all were experiencing and watching TEAM USA play. We had a great time too! We will follow up when we can to see how the game went and look fw to finding out. Oh, we finally saw you girls in the stand during the game w/Canada—Jana too! (Of course you all look great.) Take care everyone and keep up the good team work.
~~~GO TEAM USA!~~~WE LOVE YOU!~~~
Team USA ……what a game against Canada! It sure was exciting to watch. Good luck against Great Britain on Tuesday. I’ll be cheering for you!
GO TEAM USA!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Team USA~~~the movers got delayed a day, but we have been scrambling and we didn’t get to see the game (hopefully can see replay later). Sorry about the loss w/GB, but you guys should all be proud of yourselves for showing the world you are such awesome players. We can’t say enough about getting the opportunity to watch you play—it was amazing to see the strength and talent Team USA has. WE LOVE YOU! Take care Joe, Mieko, & Jana and keep in touch. Thanks again Mieko and Kelli, you did a great job on the website. Bye for now.
Jeremy (Opie) and all the USA TEAM!!! so sorry about the lost, you guys are still the best Team there is and we are very proud of you all.