A little Murphy Magic!

a basketball player!  She went to practice last week, we got the girl basketball high tops on our third trip to the store, and #18 was ready!

Dancer, gymnast, soccer player, musical cast member, and now...

Since they had only had one team practice, these girls were a bit nervous.

After warm-ups, they went over the plays with one of their coaches. Pretty sure he said, "remember to dribble, and try to get close to the basket before you shoot."  Game on!

Everyone was excited to see what these girls could do. All of their big brothers even stopped playing on another court and came to watch! Now that's shocking.

So many brothers--no wonder these girls are tough!

After the first quarter, we were up 8-0.  It was time for Lila Lou to make her debut.

She started out a bit hesitant, but that only lasted a few minutes.  Then she started pressing them on defense.  Always the defender!

Before the half was over, she was stealing the ball! Go, Lila!  All of her team played so well.  By the fourth quarter, she was stealing the ball, dribbling it through lots of defenders almost the entire length of the court, and shooting! She finally made one with 16 seconds left in the game--yesssssss!

Murphy Magic won!  22-0!

Such a fantastic start to the season!  

She did it again--new sport, no problem!  She was nervous, I was nervous, but there was no need. Not sure when I'm going to learn this, but if Lila puts her mind to something, she is going to succeed. Always. I admire that about her so much.