Upward Basketball Game #1

A.J. is playing Upward Basketball this season. It is simply wonderful. He is in a huge league at Parkway Baptist Church in Auburn. It is a non-competitive league, focusing on Christian principles and teaching the fundamentals of the game. They earn stars for their shirts by having good sportsmanship, good offense and defense, learning their Bible verse, etc. Each practice session and game has a team devotion and prayer.

A.J.'s team is called Lightening, and they had their first game this weekend. I had been praying A.J. would at least score one goal this season, and he did the first game! He earned a star for that (as well as his Bible verse). Here are some pictures of the game and a video clip.

(This picture of A.J. looking at his orange wristbands is really funny to us. Each player was assigned bands matching a player on the opposite team to help them know who to cover. When A.J. realized he matched Josh, who was the quarterback on his football team last season, he was not happy. Josh had already scored several goals in this game, and A.J.'s reaction was "Oh no!")