a tournament first place

my husband has played in the bentwood partnership with his college basketball coach for the past four years. it costs money to get into the tournament and it costs money to buy your own team if you want to in the calcutta (the bidding part of the night where you buy the team you think will win so you can win their money). well, every year so far, we've split the team with coach and his wife jane. we've had to send too much money and unfortunately, the boys didn't win. they had a good time playing and it's always been a great chance for them to get together and lose money! ;)

well, this year we didn't buy their team but after the calcutta we asked the guy who did if we could buy half of the team from him. now if they won, he would win half of the money and michael and coach would win half of the money to split. on friday before the calcutta they were in second place in their flight and were feeling pretty good. saturday went well also. when i talked to him on sunday after the tournament, michael felt like they might win.

well, they did! they took first place. i am extremely happy for him and proud of him. coach will be 75 next week so i think this was a great birthday present for him. coach kept hugging michael and telling him thank you and that he loved him. it was really sweet and i know it made michael feel pretty good.

i'm proud of you babe! great job on the tournament. look out tiger, here we come! ;)