My weekend started out on Friday - finally a day to spend some time with Angie and celebrate her birthday! I met Angie and Chase at Hayden's school - it was his "Fun Run" day and just so happens it was Chase's "Watchdog" day there too. Hayden was SO excited! We took Hayden and Chase Chick-fil-et and hung out for just a bit with the boys.
He had SO much fun and it made it extra special that his daddy was there all day long with him and that Angie and Mimi came for lunch!
After our visit, we headed to Lululemon for shopping for Angie's birthday gift and then this AMAZING lunch at a new restaurant in Legacy West called "North"....best lunch in a LONG time. We had wine, and aps and homemade pasta - and a dessert to celebrate our sweet daughter-in-law! Yummy lunch but oh the time spent one on one with Angie - just the sweetest!
We had the best long lunch and precious time together. Love when i have one on one with my girl!
That night was "family night" at Addy's volleyball game. Papa met us at Reedy and after pictures, we watched Varsity and then watched Addy's JV game. Don't even get me started on all that....SO many things happening regarding Addy and that hard hearted Varsity Coach....makes me sick to think about it. God is working though.....big time....making HIS plan for Addy so clear.
She played AMAZING....as she always does - they won in two and Addy scored the last point on both games. She does that a LOT!
Blurry i know, but that's the last point in the first set and she NAILED it! SO love watching this girl play! God, i just pray so hard for YOUR hand to arrange things for her regarding her years in high school. Jeremiah 29:11.....YOUR best Lord. I pray redemption for all that's been done to her and God please, i pray....keep her spirit true and lifted. She's keeping all her feelings deep inside and i just know she's hurting. God take that hurt and mold and make her stronger because of it. Her heart is yours Lord. She belongs to YOU and YOUR plan for her is the very best. I just pray redemption.
Such a fun Friday....and then Saturday, Hayden had a football game. We haven't seen him play yet this year and i was excited to go.
HOWEVER....his little heart just hasn't been in sports at all. In fact he told his daddy "You know dada, i am not really a sports kinda guy....i am more of a sword guy!"
Last year, we saw no interest whatsoever in sports and we so hoped that this year would be a growing experience and maybe some interest in a sport, in competing.
Last game, Debdeb was here. Chase coaches, which is what he's wanted to do his entire life. I am so glad he gets to do this just a bit! Chase and Jim have Hayden as center. Last game, he was down in his stance and apparently he was in an ant pile. He got into those fire ants and that was all it took. He sat on the bench and refused to play. Long after the ants and stings were gone....no problem at all....he still refused to play and oh my goodness, Chase was SO upset. They were a man short and Hayden just wouldn't go. I could tell when i saw Chase later in the day - he was just crushed and SO upset. Debdeb said it was just an AWFUL experience for both.
This has hurt my heart for Chase. As a little boy and to into his adulthood, Chase Corley has always been a "sleep, eat and breathe" sports kinda guy. His determination even as a young boy was SO strong. He always LOVED it and he tried his very best to BE the best. I know he had hopes for HIS son to follow in those footsteps. That said....he has never forced it on Hayden. They have encouraged and tried all kinds of sports for him though - as a learning experience, taking instruction etc. The hopes have been there, especially for Chase, but nothing has ever been forced.
On to Saturday. The game was at 11 and when i woke up Saturday morning it was POURING down rain. They didn't cancel the game though so i drove through the downpour to Frisco and the heavy rain stopped as 11:00 came near. I was so pleased to see, as the game unfolded, that the little team has really GROWN....they "get it" this year and i was so proud of them and especially proud of Hayden - he ran the entire field each play....offense and defense, and he really seemed to "get it" too!
It just does a momma's heart SO good to see her son on the field, coaching HIS son. Chase, from the time he was 5 or 6, always said he wanted to grow up, teach math and coach football. That was his dream. As a little boy, you could go by his room and hear him playing.....and you would hear this sound from him.....if you peeked in you could see his Starwars figures, situated just so in his hands - so their legs could run and he would have one in each hand.....the sound he would make was the crowd roaring as one of those Starwars figures made a touchdown! His mind was ALWAYS running plays. In their bathroom on Runningbrook? You couldn't walk in there without finding a notepad laying there with ALL kinds of plays drawn out.....x's and o's. And guess what.....that habit i'll bet STILL happens today! Oh my goodness, both my boys love football SO much. But Chase....it's the PLAYS....he just loves trying to figure out the very best plays. I remember later on in college, he and friends played on a flag football team....he shows up the first game with laminated cards on ropes to put around their necks with all the plays he's drawn up! I can kinda see that happening with Hayden's team =)
Hayden really seemed to listen and understand the plays. So what does his dada do? He draws up a play - Hayden hikes it to the QB and then runs to the end zone and the QB throws the ball back to Hayden. First try Hayden catches the ball but they get his flag just shy of the end zone. Try another play....nope, the other play didn't work, so let's try the throw to Hayden one more time....and oh my gosh....that little boy caught the ball for a TD!!!! I don't know who was prouder....Chase or Hayden. Sweetest thing is Chase immediately looks over to Angie with the biggest grin on his face EVER and mouths "i drew up that play for Hayden".....high fives for Hayden from Coach Jim....I think it took Hayden just a minute to realize he made a TD! Oh my goodness, he was so excited! Afterwards as we were walking to the car he says "and i was trying to block the throw too" (when he was on defense)....He's "GETTING IT!"
So i am standing on the sidelines....really close to the play....with tears running down my face. Tears now too as i write because it was just the sweetest moment....for Hayden but oh my goodness, for Chase. He was just SO proud.
Sweetest moments and i am SO thankful the rain didn't detour me from going. I am SO blessed to have been there.
Precious weekend.....and the icing on the cake would be a Cowboy win today. Hmmmmm, that's a long shot!
