End of a chapter

The regular season is now over. We played our last game at Beaver last night. The weather was threatening rain at first. The sun was popping in and out of the clouds killing my exposures. One minutes I would be shooting ISO 400 because we were in shade...then the sun would pop out in between clouds and create hard shadows and overexpose my shots......UGH. Crazy hour of shooting. But I would rather have that craziness than the pure dark that was coming on FAST. Beaver's stadium is nicely lit.....for watching football. But for taking pictures of action.....it's not so good. Better than other stadiums, but since we don't have lights at Potter.....I am spoiled with always having sunshine to shoot in.

This was also my daughter's last cheer game. Yes, she has the senior bowl next week, but they don't cheer in their uniforms at that game. Every week from the end of summer to the crisp nights of fall, we head to the games in the afternoons under a (normally) blue sky. She's in her clean red, black and white skirt and matching top, her color matched skrunchy in her tightly pulled back hair....I well up with pride.

So, surprisingly, I made it through the whole game without crying. For those of you that know me....you will surely understand. For those of you that don't know me and the relationships I have with my kids.....just understand that I truly love being a part of their lives and for this chapter to end in hers and my life is bittersweet. I love being a part of Potter and Raccoon and I am truly so proud of my daughter to end her youth football cheering in RED BLACK and WHITE! GO RED DEVIL'S!!

I will have pictures up later in the week.