Sunday, August 10, 2008

Small Town Saturday Night

Isn't that a song? Hmmm...I'll have to look that up.

Anyway.

I live in the same town that I grew up in. On the same street. In a house where I spent probably half my life because they had a pool and children that I could play with. I have gone to church 6 blocks away my whole life. My elementary, middle school, and high school are also 6 blocks away. The college I attended and where I met Shawn is just 4 blocks away. Can you say 'sheltered upbringing'? I wouldn't have it any other way though. Now my girls are experiencing the same thing. It's wonderful.

So, you may ask, what do you do on a small town Saturday night? You go to the Mid-High Co-Ed softball tournament of course.

McKinley played for our church and since it's not really competitive it's just a blast to watch. The tournament is the end of the season party that includes the games and a hamburger and hot dog picnic. Even though it was close to 100 degrees, it's a must see! The fans were on the edge of their seats:C)The ump is my neighbor. He stood out there in the heat for seven and a half hours.

The Mid-High pastor was there going from bleacher to bleacher to evenly spread her love around.

The girls elementary principal was there as a coach of another team. He's also our neighbor.

This boy, oh this boy. I love my three girls and never wanted a boy after McKinley was born but if I could have a boy, I would take Cale. He's precious! I call him all summer long and beg him to come swim with me.

Water bottles were everywhere! Occasionally a parent would drop some off in the dugouts.

Some children were doing anything to keep cool.

Wonder if her mother knew what she was doing? Hee-hee.

Even though the blue team scored well and even made it aways through the losers bracket they lost. But had so much fun doing it!

And since it's a church league, everyone is friends no matter what color your shirt is.

McKinley had fun even though they lost. She didn't, however, like having her picture taken.So ends a small town Saturday night.

Want to know what happens on a Sunday? Stay tuned!

3 comments:

Robin said...

Sound like fun to me!

Jennifer Chronicles (jenx67.com) said...

I love this. Your blog is exactly the kind of blogs I'm looking for in other states - in my 50/blog-50 state quest. They are hard to find, actually. People blog about a lot of nonsense I've discoverd. And, thanks to Blogher, everyone is trying to rich blogging and saying VERY LITTLE worth hearing. I've come across good blos, though. Anyway, I think the more you write about your intimate world, the richer your blog becomes. The pool shots also never get old. What will you plan for winter?

Jennifer Chronicles (jenx67.com) said...

i just realized there are an awful lot of typos in that comment. i really am literate. c, i capitalize all my letters, 2.