I Was Just Thinking...: ...A Family Affair. Provincial Champions!!!

I don't think I can convey the awesome-ness of last weekend.

Family and friends gathered from around the province to support and celebrate Ace and her Brookswood Bobcats teammates.

I think I will use pictures to demonstrate the emotion and action involved in these moments. It will tell you more than I could ever say.

Here's some of the family...that's Auntie Erika, Auntie Rachel, Uncle Joel, Marshall and Uncle Darren in attendance.

We saw some old friends from PG as well. Phil McLeod (amazing c-spine story there). And the Duchess coaches, players, and parents. They all came to watch Ace. Some of Darren's old bball buddies came out as well. Some of Frank's SFU boys watched one game, and were impressed. Aislinn's friends from Charles Best Secondary and a lot of the Next Level girls were showing their support. It was so great to see how much love and encouragement was surrounding Ace. With that type of support system, how can a girl go wrong???

Here's one of several 3's Ace hit in her most fantastic game ever! She ended up with 39 points, 9 rebounds, 6 steals and 7 assists. She hit this mind-blowing, crowd-electrifying 3/4 court shot with time running out in the 3rd quarter. The entire gym erupted!!! I almost passed out I was cheering so loud. I wish I had thought to grab my camera at that point. Ace was a human highlight reel that game. The girl was on fire!

Here's another made 3.

And yet another...OMG!!! A 6'3 post closing out on her this time. She made it.

Here's a blast from the past...and a brand new one. Hi Jordan...yes, yes, we know...you think Ace is a "baller". Hahaha. Hoping to recruit this man and his wife to help with BC's Finest. What a powerhouse coaching staff we would have. I think we would have the strongest coaching staff in the country. Such passion, such love, such respect. Unstoppable is the only word that could describe this possible union. Fingers crossed.

Awwwww...almost makes me want another one. Nope....I'm good. But this little stinker has my heart. The big dude knows where he stands with me. LOVE-OF-MY-LIFE!!!!

Ace's mug on the big screen! Love it. She was a constant on the instant replay that weekend. Kong kong said he really like hearing..."Konig for 3" constantly. Apparently, the color commentator, Howard Tsumura, looooooved Ace. Auntie Ting was saying he said "freakishly" a lot with her. Too awesome.

We start them young here. There were babies everywhere that weekend. However, I think our section had the most babies per capita than any other section. Marshall, Miles, Harper, Emmit, and Joplin. Yowsa. That's a lot of babies. Good thing there were a lot of laps.

Superfan Cedric came out to support his favorite player. He was so awesome. And he was not disappointed. That man takes his cheering seriously. You should have seen him warming up before each game: stretching, voice warm-up, assembling his props. He was exhausted after the game. And so happy.

Post game hugs from everyone. Sisters, cousins.

Proud Moms, of course.

Aunties

Grandparents

Grandpa could not stop crying...he was so cute...and so, so, so proud.

Great-grandpas

A quick one with Dad.

Uncles

Everyone got a hug...and a ear nibble in some cases.

Then came the award ceremonies.

Brookswood won the School Spirit award. Repeat from last year. There's Superfan. He didn't want to join, but Ace ran across the gym, grabbed him and pulled him up to join the cheer team. I was so proud of Ace for doing that.

Holy crap!!!! Provincial MVP!!!! I was crying. A lot. She's only gr. 10, Folks. When was the last time that happened? And she won an iPad mini...which we've already had to confiscate (post 1 week). They even let her bring home the big trophy for a bit. That is an amazing achievement.