Final note

The Patriots wrapped everything up with the end-of the year banquet held at Family of Faith Church in Monee, Illinois. Everyone was able to attend, with many family members also in attendance. After prayer, we dove into the delicious food that each family brought. Coach then read various passages from the Bible and talked about the growth of the team and the parallels that can be drawn to our growth in our spiritual walk. He talked of "fundamentals of the faith", and charged the girls with walking with the Lord in obedience to His word. He thanked the parents for all that they did to help this season to come off, after all the turmoil at the beginning of the year. He then invited the whole team to come up. Each member of the team was called forward individually, and Coach told us what the player has meant to the team, what gifts she brought and then he presented each with a Patriots t-shirt and a trophy. Following this, a video was presented that Michele put together. The collective intelligence of several fathers and brothers were needed to get this going, but it finally was accomplished. The video itself was well-done, and brought many cheers and laughs from the team. After some further fellowship and some clean-up, the evening's activities came to a close.

I had a great time doing this blog. I appreciate all the kind words many of you expressed regarding your enjoyment of it. I apologize for not updating it quickly enough after games (I didn't realize that some of you were looking so forward to the recaps!). It was fun and the season was fun.

See everyone next year. Girls - think tall thoughts ;-)