Arab Lady Varsity!

Saturday!

last week was a tough week for the pnarrell... just hectic. Church is going wonderful but I would ask that you pray for our family and especially our girls. They are under attack and we are determined not to let Satan win... One day at a time.

Thursday night the girls won round one of the Area tournament.

Tonight they took the Championship!

My pictures for this post are not in order.. but that's okay, we'll start backwards.. :-)

This is a blurry camera picture of the Varsity girls taking the Area 14 trophy!

yes! they even let my girl play. She was thrilled.

proud of the young lady she is...

Saturday morning Grace went to a Valentine party at UG.

Just another day in Paradise!

Last Game!

Last game of the year and it was against Guntersville...

Insert sarcasm ~ Grace's favorite team. ;-)

Daddy ~ Daughter tag team
throwing it in.

bulls!

Thank you Grace for a great year!

One of the little girls on the opposing team has already made a name for herself.

The referee had to stop the game last night and talk to the girls about pushing/sassing etc..

the girl that pushed and then got really mouthy set a bad example... but within 2 min the referees had fouled her out.. A good life lesson for the girls. What goes around comes around..

You reap what you sow!

We won 19 - 7.....

Softball here we come!

Varsity!!

Kacey's last JV game of the year was supposed to be last night but Johnson cancelled their JV game. Kacey was asked to move up to Varsity to finish the Post season. She knew she wouldn't get to play but was excited to be asked and to keep practicing.

She's been all smiles!

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They played at Johnson and I had been told about the atmosphere there... I laughed.. (Sorry Allison) but I guess I should have listened. The only way Arab was allowed to play there was to have Arab Police escort them. So at the beginning of the game when all the players usually run in and practice, they walked in with backpacks and purses/ball bags and put them on the front row behind where they would sit and an Arab Police Office stood by them...

Yep. In the parking lot was 2 Huntsville Police cars and 1 Arab Police Car...

So one of the Arab police stood with Bags the other would escort you to your car if you weren't leaving in a pack... wowsers!

Prayer before the game.
And even if you think it's silly I took pictures of warm ups just because!

The only size shorts that were left were XL so if she ever gets to play she may have to play with one hand and hold her pants up with the other! :-)

You can't see her much but shooting a free throw!

anyway, she had fun and she was happy!

I however after not eating lunch and enduring the basketball band in LOUD form and with fighting sinus had to go home and straight to bed. I am weird. I can not sleep unless I'm clean from a hot shower/bath. but I felt so bad so I slept... until about 11:30 then I couldn't sleep even though I tried, so I got up took a HOT bath, washed my hair.... blow dried it. started a load of clothes and unloaded the dishwasher... and played on pinterest...then I could sleep! :-)

Just Another Day in Paradise!

No other place I'd rather be!

Key Club Dance

Saturday Night Kacey attended the key club dance at Cullman.

I think she looks Gorgeous!

If you look really close you can tell the knee is blue but she hide it well with makeup!

This picture cracks me up, I would like to add we are barefoot and she is in heels but how can this be!!
Sweet Sister Love!

I'm not sure whats up with this picture, we look like we've all be crying but we hadn't.

The girl and her guy! (insert throw up)! ;-) I'm trying....

He's super sweet it's just I'm not ready for her to grow up!

She had fun and come home with a knee that was hurting...

Maybe with a weekend of rest it will be better soon!

I pray!

Saturday night while our girl was dancing.. We were kept busy and entertained with some little guys in our lives!

Watching a movie!

Carla rolled Kacey's hair.

we had a pretty calm relaxing day...

I pray you enjoyed your day!

Pictureless Friday...

Truth is I'm tired!

Truth is I'm so excited it's Friday!

Truth is I need a date night! Even if it is a McDonald's drive thru!

Truth is it's been a long week and my house has suffered for it!

Kacey played at Cullman last night. They won but it was a very physical game. During the middle of the 4th qtr of the game I could tell she was hurting. Truth is I could tell she was hurting but not what was hurting. I could tell it was a leg/knee/ankle or foot but that was it.. the grimace on that face was more than I could take. Coach yelled and said.. Narrell you need to come out. No sir she said. It was a close game and they finished well. Finished well. That stuck with me and I keep thinking about it. Anyway, when the game was over Coach went in talked to the girls and then to the bench to assist for the Varsity game. Kacey came out of the dressing room and from across the gym he yelled. Kacey, when she looked up he said go to the trainer...

She came up the steps...slowly and put all her bags down and then back down. She had a large knot right above her knee and it was already turning blue all around the knee cap.

She came back with an ice bag wrapped around her knee as big as her head. Rotate ice/elevate and take it easy for a few days. Deep tissue bruise. Last night her Daddy biofreezed and I biofreezed it this morning. This morning it looks so much better. Still sore, still moving slow but better. She was bruised and frustrated but finished well..

It made me think about my own self and wonder what would I have done... could I have finished and finished well with grace. Struggle through the adversity to see a task completed..

Bruises can come in many shapes and forms. Verbal, physical and even spiritual bruises. We all have them. We all get them whether people mean to bruise or not. Sometimes my feelings are little other times the bruise was meant to be felt. I bruise people sometimes as well. With words that I should keep silent or words unsaid. We are all sinners saved by grace. But today I want to run... run and finish well whether the race is short or long.. Run!

Hebrews 12
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,