05 April 2011

. . . parental pride . . .

. . . last night, two dads sat in the dark . . .
. . . eyes fixed on the NCAA championship game . . .
. . . congratulations to uconn . . .
{i actually just had to google who played/won the game}
. . . john, recently returned
from a last-minute trip to the big apple,
requested that i use my computer skills
{ha ha ha!}
and figure out a way to get this
and three other photos
printed for him at costco . . .

. . . that's his son, graham . . .

~ most outstanding player of the NIT tournament ~
{graham is also a returned missionary, newlywed, scholar athlete, and all-around great kid}
. . . john is one proud dad . . .
{as he should be!}

. . . i couldn't help thinking back
to last year's NCAA championship game . . .
. . . here's what my room looked like that night . . .

. . . i have no idea who played that game, either . . .
. . . but what i DO remember
about the 5th of april 2010 . . .
. . . and the reason so many basketball fans
were at our house in the first place . . .


. . . and bill and i were very, very proud of him . . .


5 comments:

manders said...

i just shed a tear.

Peg and Parker said...

I have parental pride in Graham and Drew also and as you know I had nothing to do with their birth or growing up so nicely. Still, the mama in me has a little pride just to know them and their wonderful parents, both! Loved this post!

chris+amber said...

that picture of you hugging drew is a tear-jerker. it gets me every. single. time!

Amanda B. said...

That picture of you and Drew made me tear up. I know that will be me when Jonah leaves/returns from his mission! Just want you to know that I think you (and Bill...and your whole family) are wonderful!!! I love you guys!

Sassy said...

Your face at the end just made me cry......I can NOT wait for DEC 2012........PURE JOY....when they return........and HOW WONDERFUL for the Hatch's what an Honor!