"Dribble it...Pass it...Dribble it, Pass it...We want a basket!"
When Hope was about 2 years old Bobby and I taught that cheer to her. Bobby was a coach for a local Upwards League so we spent most of our Saturday mornings at a local church watching the basketball games and the cheerleaders. Occasionally, we would babysit Hope on a Friday night and then take her to the game on Saturday so she could admire the cheerleaders from the sidelines.
Well, it's with great pride that we get to say that today we got to watch those Upwards Cheerleaders again...but this time...something was different...
That's right, Hopie was doing the cheers herself from the basketball court!!!!
We were so proud of her! It has to be scary to stand up there in front of all of those kids and adults and do cheers at the end of each period and during half-time. However, Hopie never showed a nervous sign the whole morning. She smiled, waved, and did her best!
All 4 of us loved this event and loved getting to see our little Hopie performing a cheer (finally) that we dreamed she'd cheer one day. Now...if we could just get her good enough to do the best cheer of all a few years down the road..."Here we go Tarheels, Here we go!" ;)
(P.S. Another bonus about this game was that we got to also watch this cutie play basketball...well when ever his parents would leave him alone and let him play! J/K!) ;)
When Hope was about 2 years old Bobby and I taught that cheer to her. Bobby was a coach for a local Upwards League so we spent most of our Saturday mornings at a local church watching the basketball games and the cheerleaders. Occasionally, we would babysit Hope on a Friday night and then take her to the game on Saturday so she could admire the cheerleaders from the sidelines.
Well, it's with great pride that we get to say that today we got to watch those Upwards Cheerleaders again...but this time...something was different...
That's right, Hopie was doing the cheers herself from the basketball court!!!!
We were so proud of her! It has to be scary to stand up there in front of all of those kids and adults and do cheers at the end of each period and during half-time. However, Hopie never showed a nervous sign the whole morning. She smiled, waved, and did her best!
All 4 of us loved this event and loved getting to see our little Hopie performing a cheer (finally) that we dreamed she'd cheer one day. Now...if we could just get her good enough to do the best cheer of all a few years down the road..."Here we go Tarheels, Here we go!" ;)
(P.S. Another bonus about this game was that we got to also watch this cutie play basketball...well when ever his parents would leave him alone and let him play! J/K!) ;)
2 comments:
YAY hope! :)
i love that! how cool would it be for her to cheer for UNC! :)
I'm so excited for Hope! Yes, it is scary... but I'm sure she was wonderful! We can only pray that she sees the light and doesn't cheer for UNC, but I know that would make her fam proud! :) She looks so grown up in that uniform! I was getting a little worried at first and thought you were talking about Toby being "the cutie"... Ha! Love the "pep talk" picture! Maybe I should just call you instead of typing a novel on here!! :)
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