This is overdue...

It is OUR blog after all.  I'm going to add to the blog for my very first time after about a year of its existence.  I'm disappointed I haven't done it before now, but I'm not embarrassed enough to keep from giving an attempt at a blog post.  I'm not too savvy with the pictures to post and I don't have any creative or cute ones to put up anyway like Kristen does so you'll definitely know that this one is straight from me.  She is very talented and creative and I've come to learn over the past year and a few months of marriage that she makes up her mind to start a new project and then becomes very good at it.  Blogging is not one of those projects that I think I'll be quite as talented as she is, but it's about time I earned my name on the url bar up there.  So here's a few things that have been going on through my eyes.

CHS
This year has been a huge learning experience.  When I took the head coach position at Clinton, I really didn't know how much that job description entailed.  Kristen has been incredibly supportive with the time that I've had to devote to planning, scheduling, practices, etc. that coaches have so much time taken up by.  But I can truly say that I'm very blessed to be in the position that I'm in.  I've gotten some very valuable experience and I don't think you're ever really "ready" for great opportunities.  You just have to take them and know that God opens doors and has you there for his plan.  We are doing a lot of learning on the run, but I feel very confident that I'll be a better husband, man, and professional through these lessons. 

Today we had our season opening track meet at University of Louisiana Monroe.  It was not ideal for coaches or athletes.  Pouring rain, wind, and dropping temperatures were what we knew we were walking into with a meet director that was not going to make a weather call for the meet until the last possible second.  I told our athletes before we left that, "we can't control the weather, but you can control your effort and your heart.  Everyone is on the same wet track and we give all we have every time out.  We were made to give God our best, rain or no rain."  
We got rained out after 2 events (Boys & Girls Long Jump and the Girls Shot Put) .  We came in 1st and 2nd in the Boys LJ, 1st in the Girls LJ, and 4th in the Girls SP.....and not once did they mention anything about the rain.  They were soaked and shivering.  In fact, I never heard anyone on my team ask anything except "what time do I get started?"  I was proud.   

Unknown to them, I wasn't letting anyone else run out there, we'd have gotten someone injured and sorry if you're a ULM fan...but they aren't worth getting my kids hurt over.

Here's our dates for meets if anyone wants to come check us out.  We have some talented athletes (some who don't know their potential yet) that I think will be competitive this year if their coach doesn't mess them up too bad.
March 10 - @ Madison Central
March 24- HOME MEET @ Arrow Field
April 2 - Mississippi State University HS Meet
April 9 - Mississippi College Meet
April 15 - @ Pearl HS
April 20 - District Championship @ Arrow Field
Regional Championship - TBA
May 7 - North State Championship @ MSU
May 13-14 - State Championship @ Pearl HS


Kristen has gotten dinner ready for us and it smells pretty good so I'm going to grab a bite.  Hope to do this again before too long.

God Bless