flag football

Every fall and spring that I've known Chris Connell, he's played on a flag football team.

In the beginning, I was there as much as possible.  It was a great reason to run to Knoxville to see that tall, handsome boyfriend of mine at the time.  and it's just so fun to watch them play!

On the day Chris proposed to me, he actually told me not to come watch him...  I should have been suspicious, but I really wasn't.  He told me later that he had business to attend to afterward.  {like the row of candles, old ticket stubs, and rose petals he laid out in his house}

I've been to every game since!

Okay...  all except the games that interfered with my religious Sunday nap.

Now that I don't look like the supportive wife that I am, my ratio of games attended is definitely much higher than games missed.  It really is fun to watch those guys play and cheer from the sidelines with the other girls.  And if I'm being honest, I just like being where Chris is.

This fall has been no different for us.

Chris was out on the flag football field and I was on the bleachers.

Chris has the red 9 on his back.  One of the few remaining camo jerseys from the old days.

Why do boys rip the sleeves off their shirts?  I've still not figured this out.  My brother did that to one of my high school t-shirts.  It became his after that.

The men huddle to say things like "we're killing them," "good job guys," "we're so much faster than those boys," "I can't hear you so I'm going to bend down lower," "check out those babes cheering for us," or "how good do we look in mismatched green t-shirts?"

Chris is the one with a tall stance towards the left on the line.

Sometimes, as you can see above, it gets physical.  This picture is the appropriate way to block someone.

You've gotta be physical, but you can't be too physical as Cousin Chris found out one Sunday.  He body-checked someone on the line, which was unfortunately considered excessive.

His opponent is still wondering what happened.

The Scallywags {aka: green team} won this game.

And they beat this team again later in the season.

But, unfortunately, when it came down to the championship game on Sunday, the Scallywags couldn't pull out three wins against this team.  The other team won in the last 3 seconds.  A crushing loss to a team they were historically better than.

{Macy watching the men play from the car}

There were two games back to back on this particular day.  Once Katie and Emery left us for bedtime, Macy and I retreated to the car where we could still watch them win the second game.  It's dedication staying for two games...  :)

Bring on the spring league!