Trophy wife

Look!! R got himself the trophy wife he so richly deserves!!

Okay, okay - his name is actually on it too...  but somehow he credits it all to me. That's just how he rolls!

Or is this just how he rolls?

The three of us representing our team of five at the bocce banquet

In any case, it was a super fun season of bocce!! We were in first place all the way... until the very last shot of the very last game. We were the last teams on the field, it was dark... and the competition was intense.

And so it goes. We'd have liked 1st, but we happily accept 2nd place, with our hats off to the 1st place team! They are a very nice team - fun and worthy opponents!!

And as for our team - yeah, we kinda rock!! We'll get 'em next year!! 

After all, last year we finished in 8th place, I believe it was. We came a long way this year.

Our awesome team: Regulation Balls!

Great shot by our fearless leader!

Look at that - a "four-banger!!" (We're red!) 

R is always watching... trying to figure out the peculiarities of the court... the weakness of the other team. 

And here's our loyal alternate - he subbed in many games with us this year, due to hectic summer schedules. He wants to be just like R, when he grows up. Here he is sporting his "R hat," as he calls it, and pretending he has "pythons" for arms, just like R. ☺

But all good things must come to an end...  at least the end included cake and trophies, this time.

The white, red, and green represent Italy, which so kindly brought bocce to us!

Every player on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams (for both both Tuesday and Wednesday night play) got a little trophy, and the big trophies to give to their team sponsors. We didn't have a team sponsor (we sponsor ourselves), so we didn't end up getting one of the big ones due to a misunderstanding by the league leaders. Otherwise, a big red one would have been for us. That's okay though! We each got our own little one with our names - and a whole lot of glory.

The banquet was really fun because so many people from our night (Wednesday night) were so genuinely happy for us - for how well we'd done. They'd been so impressed with our play this whole summer - and that we're a pretty cool bunch, to boot. It was fun to have them stop by and congratulate us and say such nice things. It was really a pretty fun group on Wednesday nights, this year. I miss it, already!

This is also New #8 for me - I've never won a trophy before! I've won paper awards - usually for reading competitions - but never a trophy for a sport. I'm not exactly what one would call a jock.... Anyhow, I think it's pretty darn cool!!

Can't wait till next summer!!  But since I don't want to wish my life away, I'd like to hurry to next summer and then make next summer last for eight months - maybe nine. It's a more than fair trade!

Go team!!