Friday Night Lights

It comes as no surprise to anyone who knows me that I am not a sports fan. 

At all.

I don't follow sports. I don't watch sports. To me, it's just like outer space; it's out there, but it doesn't actually affect my life at all so I could care less about it. My eyes kind of glaze over when the conversation turns to football or baseball or golf or basketball or hockey or anything else that might be featured on ESPN. 

But high school football is a whole other ball game.  (You like what I did there?) There's just something about a Texas high school football game...the smaller the school the better. There's an energy and a pageantry there that is crisp and amazing under those Friday night lights. It's part nostalgia and part excitement and part drama and part innocence all rolled up into one loud, three hour football game. In a world that is becoming more and more homogenized and mainstream, the Texas Friday Night Football Game is a unique and true glimpse of Texas at its best. 

Oh sure, other states have Friday Night High School Football, but Texas does is best. If you've never been, then pardner, it's high time. 

We loaded up Friday night and headed out to our small school's game. We met some friends and even the kids were swept up in the magic. 

There's no photos of Eli because at our football games, any boy between 7-12 is under the stands playing football with all the other boys. The few times he did manage to snag a snack from the concession stand, he sat with a friend's family instead of us. So I had to make due with photos of my other little cuties. 

And I'm totally claiming Ellie as "mine". 

I should probably also disclose that while I do *love* a high school football game, I didn't actually watch the game much. First, I have no idea of the rules of football beyond getting a touchdown is good so I'm never really sure what's going on in the game. Second, people watching is much more fun. And third, I was embroidering 17 kindergarten names on the class quilt I volunteered to make that is due October 1st (you know there will be another post on that later!). 

Friday Night Lights: There's just no better way to spend a Friday night in Texas.