Allison decided to join a volleyball team at a church rec. center this year. It is for 3rd and 4th graders. She and three other classmates are on the same team so she was very excited for this activity to begin! We have tried other sports with her in the past (soccer, basketball) but when it came time for the games, she was never fond of the sport and complained of either sweating too much or being bored! : ) Daddy just loved it when he coached her basketball team back in 1st grade and during the first time-out, she was in the other team's huddle because her best friend was over there! Anyway, she has had a couple of volleyball practices and last night was her first game. She has played a bit in gym class at school and has more recently been practicing at home with either myself or Daddy so she's getting pretty good for her age. Well, they played the best of 3 games and although the other team was much bigger than her team, they ended up only getting beat by 5 pts. the 1st game, 1 pt. the 2nd game and then won the 3rd game! And, Allie got 5 serves over the net, which for their age, is a pretty big deal. In the photos, she is the one in the bright pink shorts and blue jersey, kind of hard to see her but she warned me that she did not want her mother out on the court taking pictures of her, that would just be too embarassing! : ) Lauren enjoyed cheering her on and Katelyn liked watching the balls flying everywhere. And, of course, both of them just liked hanging out in the bleachers eating snacks during the game! Allie loved it and had alot of fun. After the games, we told her how proud we were of her and how hard she's working at this and asked her if she enjoyed being out there and she said "Yeah, I was kind of mad that we had to stop at 3 games for the match tonight!" : ) So, maybe she will be a bit of an athlete after all....there might be hope! And, her mama played volleyball in middle and high school so let's just say she's carrying on the family tradition! ; )
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