It's Official...I'm A Widow!

It's true...I am a widow...a football widow that is! This is what has replaced me... This past Monday is when it all began...double sessions...that's right...practice twice a day. Can you imagine?! Especially in this AZ heat! Rest assured though, the boys are getting plenty of H2O breaks!Sadly enough I have come to love this little piece of brown pigskin...I mean really...for the next 15 weeks it is all that I, oops, I mean...we will be dreaming about!

...you see, because it has begun...Ryan will have practice and/or meetings every day from now until the end of the season...whenever that may be. One never knows how long the season will last. Sure we have a schedule that has 11 games on it, but this schedule does not take into account the playoffs...so if, Oh I mean WHEN, the Wildcats make the playoffs, then that means the football season just got longer! Lucky me, I know...don't be jealous!
Last week I was able to slip away for a few minutes and take some pictures of Ryan's practice from afar, because heaven forbid a disturbance on the field during practice!

I love football season...I really do! I may mock it and sound ill mannered about it at times, but deep down in my ♥heart♥, I am sure I was born to be a coach's wife! I love to watch Ryan coach the kids, whether it be our boys or his team! I have come to learn a lot about football during our years together as well, some things interesting, some things not so interesting!!


And NOT only have a become a football widow this week, I have also become a football mom! Double duty to say the least!

The boys started practice this past Monday night and had it every night for a little over 2 hours. They will continue to have nightly practices all next week, then it will drop to 3x's a week for 2 weeks and then go to their normal practice schedule of 2x's per week...until their season is over!

Here are the boys at one of their first practices with their team. Coach Steve, the head coach, is the one in the orange & white visor. They are on the same team as last year, the Cobras, which are Mighty Mites for Pop Warner football in our area.

The Cobras' team motto for this year is...
'One Team, One Dream
One Way...Together.'
And their colors are blue & orange.


Brendan will be wearing #80 this season, which he is having mixed feelings about! Last year he was #75 and was a defensive end. With his # being 80 this year, he will more than likely be playing tight end or wide receiver. He is excited, but nervous!
(you see in football, whichever # you wear determines what position you will play.)




Colin will once again be wearing #60 which means he will be playing on the line, either left or right tackle. I am very anxious for Colin this year. You see, he is husky for his age and with Pop Warner there is a weight limit for levels; Colin is at the very tippy tippy top of his weight level and there is a possibility that he won't be able to play unless he loses weight...what we are calling, football weight. He is by no means fat, he is just solid, but with that being said, we have put him on a very strict football diet. I hate doing this to him, but he understands and he wants to play football. He is being monitored by us, his coaches and a good friend who is a personal trainer, but will you please pray for him (& for me!)? I feel so guilty about doing this, but it is what he wants! At the beginning of the week he weighed 99.5 lbs and as of yesterday he was down to 94 lbs, but he needs to be at 90 lbs by next Saturday for official certification and weigh in with his team. If he doesn't make weight, we will not be able to play in his first game. We are confident that he can do it and I can't wait to see him make his first tackle of the season!

So...there you have it, straight from the widow's mouth and ♥heart♥!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE football season and can't wait for their games! I am so proud of my players and coach!

Ryan's games will be every Friday night starting August 28 and the boys' will have games every Saturday beginning August 29. And if you are worried that you won't have a chance to cheer them on in person, rest assured that you will cheer with me here at my blog!


Here's to a GREAT season!


I wanted to incorporate Pam's fun meme into my Saturday post, but I am not sure that there will ever be a year that football isn't part of our fall!! What I will miss is when I am not needed as a much as I am now. I will always love watching the boys, all 3 of them, on the field! And as I have said in the past, I will always be their biggest cheerleader if nothing else!!



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