Proud Wife/"That" Wife

For the past couple of years, Ashley has coached two YMCA basketball teams. Last year he had the 8-9 year olds and 10-11 year olds. This year he had the 10-11 and 11-12 year olds. This year the older team won the league championships in a game that was a nail biter!! It came down to the last seconds....the last 16 seconds to be exact. The boys won by only one point!!! So, that means the coaches of the league champions get to pick the players and coach the All-Star team. Ashley coaches with three of his friends Drew Jackson, Chris Bailey, Kyle Neely. This weekend we are off to Anderson, SC, to the All-Star tournament.

This is a picture of the Morgan Construction Company League Champions. Chris and Ashley are on the back row on the far left. Drew, who shorter than most of the kids on the team, is on the back row second from the right with the glasses and Kyle is next to him in the back.

I have to say that I am so excited for this weekend! Watching my husband coach these kids makes me SO proud of him. He (all with all the other guys) does a great job and is so wonderful with the kids. Not only does he do a wonderful job, he is extremely dedicated to the kids and the team. There is not a practice or game that he is not present for.

So, while Ashley is doing a great job coaching.........his wife is doing a terrible job at being a coach's wife. Oh, I am the crazy lady in the stands yelling.....normally at the refs. Ashley plays on two different church league basketball teams aside from coaching. Yes, in one league I was asked by the ref to be quite or leave (this happened at our church, the one we got married in). In a different league, I got into it with the wife of a player on the other team. Only to find out later she is very good friends with my sister-in-law. Yes, I do know we are at the YMCA and it is all fun and games, but I can't help it. If you don't know me, I am SUPER competitive. To the point, Ashley and I don't play games together. I can cheer him on, but I could NOT play for him, help him coach or be on his team. Oh and by the way.....he is just as bad as me in competitive department.

Yes, at the championship game for the older kids a couple of weeks ago, I did exchange words with a lady in the stands. Her son played on the other team. However, for the first time.....it WAS NOT my fault. She was just listening to my conversation. I have people who can vouch for that for me.

So....wish us good luck in the All-Star tournament. I have been told by the coaching staff that our team should easily win. Oh, and going to be on my best behavior. PROMISE!