Rockwall Yellowjackets!

Ok, since my life is consumed with football right now I thought ya'll would like to go on the journey with me. It should be an exciting year for the Rockwall Yellowjackets (yes, we are the yellowjackets and our colors are orange and white...no one really knows why). Each week you will get an update on the game. Enjoy!

WEEK 0
We call this week 0 because you don't have to play a game, but it is the first week you are allowed to play. We have three non-district games which means they count toward your record, but not toward your standings for the play-offs. The Rockwall Yellowjackets chose to play their first game against the Midland Lee Rebels from Midland, TX. Those of you who saw Friday Night Lights this is the rival team of the Odessa Permian Panthers. This is big time Texas high school football folks. We had to make a weekend out of it because Midland is 350 miles from Rockwall. We left Thursday afternoon and stayed in Abilene, TX which was about half way.

Midland's stadium is incredible. Never mind that it seats 15, 000 (this is high school football) but it has an x-ray facility in the locker room, an athletic trainer's dream!

So, we're all excited because this is west Texas and there is nothing more intense then west Texas high school football. Our head coach, Scott Smith, used to coach at Permian, so these were his old stompin' grounds. KICKOFF! Every one was so excited and it was even more exciting when the kick off was returned to the 5 yard line! Could this really be happening?!?! Were we about to score on the Midland Lee Rebels in the first minute? Next play, hand off to the running back...Yes, we just scored in the first minute of the game. That was followed by two more touchdowns in the first quarter. UNBELIEVABLE! At half time we had a safety who had a swollen thumb. Now folks, this was exciting for me. We were able to x-ray his thumb on site, put it in a cast and pad him up and put him back on the field...before half-time was over. I'm a big nerd, but I felt like I was in the pros! The second half started off a little rocky, but it didn't take long for us to finish it off.

Yellowjackets 35
Rebels 13





IN ADDITION...
Today is my parents 40th wedding anniversary! We wanted to take some time to tell them how much we love them and how grateful we are for their commitment to Christ and to each other! We love you!!!

Happy 40th Anniversary!