Cheery-Leaders On The Gridiron

Yes folks. It's that time of year again....football and cheerleading practice has begun! Oh but what I wouldn't give for a sweet Fall-like breeze on these hot & humid August evenings in the park. But I digress....practice has begun in earnest and this year the Wee Elks will have a new cheerleader yelling like a crazed Jonas Brother fan. Yep, that's our Grace doin' her thing!

The girl has sass....

Yes, sweet young girls with delicate sensibilities....who spent part of

Sunday afternoon on the football field!

Uh huh. The football coaches wanted to show the girls what practice is like for their players.

Let's begin with push ups....

That's our Grace, 4th for center, middle row, with her face almost on the ground. Oh Nellie but this kid did it! She can do push ups and do them right! The coach was impressed....we were impressed, heck, Grace was impressed!

Okay ladies....this is how you do it....

So Grace did it....boy did she ever!

And so they ran....they ran so far away....

And they passed....and caught....and passed some more....

...and then they kicked.

Oh, and they did all of this in 92 degree heat. Uh huh. And not one of these fashion conscious, polish wearin' girls complained. They dripped. They hyperventilated. They collapsed in their parent's cars at the end. But they did NOT complain. I was so proud of them all that I actually cried. Yep, old softy Sue cried. And the coaches told them that THEY were proud and would make sure the boys knew just how hard *their* cheerleaders had worked, how brave they were, how none complained.

Women rock.

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q