The Evans Family: This Season...

When Jason and I were engaged my mom talked to me about what it was going to be like to be married to a coach...

she said "it's like preachers and doctors-- the schedule can be crazy, so be sure you're ready for that".

I, of course, was more than excited to be a coach's wife and was ready for whatever that meant.

Well this year that definitely got put to the test.

Prior to being put on bed rest, Brooklyn and I would make it to almost every game. Even if that meant going before or after just for her to run around on the field with her Daddy. We all three loved it.

But now, since I've been on bed rest, we've missed the last half of the season.

And of ALL years, Hillgrove went all the way to the state championship game!!!

Although they didn't win the last game, it's incredibly exciting to know that they're the

AAAAA State Runner-Up!

That's so much to be proud of... especially for a school that's only 5 years old.

But, sadly, Brooklyn and I missed those exciting and intense games.

The closest I got was through friends texting me updates and scores. And sweet Kelly Sims sending video clips and even using FaceTime on her iPhone to show me the game live! :)

Jason would call me after every big win and let me hear all the crazy celebrating.

(The phone calls after the few losses were not as fun!)

I know that as a coach this is something Jason always wanted and always works toward;

but I also know it was hard for him to enjoy it as much as he normally would have...

knowing that Brooklyn and I weren't there, worried something would happen to me while he was at a game, and knowing that he had to spend a lot of long (and I mean L.O.N.G.) hours away from home.

But he does it because he really feels like it's where the Lord has put him--

he sincerely loves the guys he coaches and truly tries to teach them more than baseball.

I'm sure he can be hard on them, but I know he does it to build them into good men (even if they don't understand that) and would do anything in the world for any one of them.

And he was also able to do it because our families have put in a lot of LONG hours themselves taking care of Brooklyn and me so that he could be there. And also because he coaches with some amazing guys that have been so very, very understanding of our situation.