b-ball

Who knew Taylor would like basketball? It must be from some outside influence...

So as it turns out, Taylor is starting to like basketball a little. She has been watching me play for a few years now and has started playing with me in the back yard. She recently went to a basketball camp and had a blast. A few days into the camp, the coach told us to sign her up for this season...which starts tonight...so it appears we are off. She has practice tonight, tomorrow, and then games starting this weekend. I know I'm pumped, and am hoping she is also. So far, she is having a lot of fun playing and really doing well (we've been impressed).

To that end, we were made aware of a basketball clinic held at Eastern by the women's basketball team before their game on 1/13/07 against Ball State. They wound up losing the game, but we had a blast. Taylor was able to be on the court before the game and went through different stations with the players and had a blast. She also got a free t-shirt and ticket to the game. After the game, the whole team was available to sign autographs. She was also able to get pictures with some of her favorites...it truly was a lot of fun.

After the game we got in line for autographs. They were handing out posters and the players were signing them. We were pretty pumped because the posters looked really awesome...but when we got up there, they just ran out. They gave us a program instead of the poster, but it wasn't as cool (in our humble opinion). The first player in line (Patrice Mckinney - see first picture) saw the reaction on J and Tay's face and asked where the posters were. When she found out they had run out, she called one of her friends over and sent her to get us a poster. We went through the line and got all the players to sign the program, and then sure enough, she was able to get us a poster as well...so, we went through the line again and all the players signed the poster. They were all so great, talking to Taylor, posing for pictures, and letting the kids have a lot of fun.

It was a good night to say the least...