i'm just a girl who can't say no...

i keep hearing that song from "oklahoma" echoing in my head lately :)

we decided to get makenna registered for softball recently - some friends of ours from church have a daughter in makenna's grade who plays and we thought it would be fun for them to be on the same team! then we found out that scott (her dad) would be coaching the team! so fun! so he asked if david would be interested in helping out as an ass't coach. well, not wanting to commit my sweet husband to anything without his consent (after learning the hard way!) i said i would ask him about it... well, david couldn't make that much of a commitment to the team due to scheduling conflicts, etc. so i had to tell scott, sorry but he can't do it. and i was very proud of myself for having the strength and fortitude to decline politely :) so then, needing to have a valid explanation FOR my saying "no", i say "really, david never played baseball - he was more of a football & basketball guy. in fact, i have more experience playing than he does! i played softball for years growing up!" now, how is it that my mouth is constantly moving faster than my brain? because as soon as i said that i knew the question was coming... "oh really? well do you want to help coach then?" and what did i say to that? (all together now...) "SURE!" :)

so here i am - coach jen - the ass't coach to the west houston girls softball team "the static".

we had our first practice today and it went pretty well! although there is already one girl who has pushed every one of my buttons... so stinkin' obnoxious - and, no, it wasn't makenna! :)
this is the first softball team makenna has been on and she is going to be great! she is so naturally athletic and competitive and smart (which she gets from her daddy - for sure!) i'll be posting pics and updates from our season as it progresses - it should be worth a few laughs :)

pray that God blesses my inability to decline gracefully :) and that it will be an awesome time of bonding and memory-making for me and my sweet girl. our first game is feb. 23rd - go static!!!