Middle School Dodgeball Tourney!

Tonight was the Tremont Middle School Dodgeball Tournament! TJ and I worked this week to make special tie-dye shirts, and their team was the "Pink Paranha's!" Click on the team picture to see a larger view of the shirts. They turned out pretty neat. Especially considering I had not done tie-dye for a decade. Or two. Or three. HA



Each team had to have 5 players, with no fewer than 2 girls per team.




They won their first game, and lost in the semi-final round. The team that ended up beating them won the 5th-6th grade championship ... so really, they did pretty well. TJ of course had to have his favorite NASCAR number 24 on his shirt, and we put names and numbers on all of the shirts for the team.

Best of all ... the team entry fees and spectator admission fees raised almost $900 for a local animal shelter.








Here are a couple of action shots of TJ.


Give the kid a ball and he's happy for hours!






And another highlight of the evening ... look who's home from college for the first time in 3 months!
Drew arrived home right before it was time to head to dodgeball, and we'll enjoy having him around for about a week while he is on Thanksgiving break!