Another "W"

Fun, fun time at Bball Girl's game on Saturday. We brought the Ma-In-Law, just for kicks. She no doubt, added spice to the event. She did point out one bit of interesting information that neither the Hub nor I had yet noticed...Bball Girl is shooting for baskets with her left hand. She's right-handed but both the Hub and I are lefties. Interesting.

The girls earned another win, finishing 25-22 with a strong 6 points from Bball Girl. That's up 2 points from last week's game. She's progressing nicely. She had two excellent steals and many attempts. Her team pretty much dominated the scoreboard throughout the game.

The part that I couldn't make up to you if I tried would be about the opposing team. I promise you this coach/dad coaches his team to pass the ball, at all times, to his daughter. And with good reason, friends. Everytime she shot the ball she made the basket. Still...I'm so glad my daughter is not on that team. There was no shame in his game. Loudly, from the sidelines, he would tell her to take the ball all the way, so no chance of passing it, and tell the other girls to get the ball to her. I am quite sure all of their 22 points can be attributed to his daughter. Well, friends, that's just yucky. I mean, what in the world is this teaching the rest of his team. And what is it teaching his daughter? Well, we found out. At the buzzer, his daughter burst into tears. Apparently they were undefeated until they met us. She wasn't prepared to lose. What a setup.

Bball Girl, on the other hand, had a fire in her eyes. She figured out in the last three minutes of the game that the only way to stop them from scoring was to keep this other girl from shooting. Hence, the two beautiful steals. Never mind that this wasn't the girl she was supposed to be covering. Hey, who are we to call her out on that? The girl was determined. Maybe a bit too determined? The coaches went ahead and benched her for a few minutes. Probably a good thing, she turned up the aggressive volume to maximum.

On another note, our church FCFC, had a lovely Christmas lunch yesterday. These are some of the most amazing people. We even had a few guests from our past and it was simply a pleasure to dine and visit with them. You can check out some of the pictures here. In your life, I hope there is a time when you can reflect and say "this was really fun." Not work, just fun. No pretending, just relaxed and being yourself. For us, our not frequent enough visits with our families is like that. Our lunch yesterday can be placed in that same category. Fun. We opted to not exchange gifts this year and exchange a card of blessing instead. Some of these thoughts put down on paper were far more priceless than any gift that could have been bought. This is a special group of people and we are so blessed to have them in our lives.