Last summer Debbie and I had volunteered to host a team dinner and this was the night. It was over in a flash. I had forgotten that so many girls could eat so much so quickly. But
I had not hosted a high school event since 1995 when Kirsten was a junior and the team did breakfasts on the morning of game days. Those were rush affairs as well, but they had to get off to school. Now the girls do dinner.
Debbie did an awesome job putting it all together with good food, red and black balloons and soccer ball plates. The girls began arriving promptly at 6, still in game jerseys after two wins over Gateway, 2-0 by the varsity and 4-0 by JV. In minutes our house was filled with hungry soccer players for the first time in years, and soon every chair on the deck and patio was taken as pasta and salad were quickly consumed.
Then in the blink of an eyelash it was over. Thirty-nine minutes after they arrived it was time to go - off to see Heights play Township under the lights. By 7 p.m. we had the deck to ourselves.
If the girls had as much fun as we did, the evening was a success.
Tables just waiting to be filled
Long line for the food.
The deck was filled with hungry and happy soccer players
And so was the patio.
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