The Earnest's: football

What fun the Earnests had this morning. Today was "Football Camp" for the Andalusia Youth Football League. Brian and I are board members this year and are really enjoying being closely involved with what goes on in the league. Hunter will be playing on the Termites this year. It's for 9 & 10 year olds. Since he doesn't turn 11 until Aug. 9th, he still qualifies to play down. This makes him a really BIG quarterback for that age group. There are a couple of other big kids on the team. Our center weights 172 lbs!!! There is also another new kid that just moved to Andalusia. He is just like Hunter in that he has a late birthday (Aug. 3rd) and will play for the termites also. He is about Hunter height and weight and is a pretty good athlete from what I saw today. We are excited about this season and the prospects of having a good team. Michael Jackson is our coach and we are glad of that too. He had Brian have been good friends for years.

Here are some pictures from Football Camp 2008!

This is Hunter before camp started...look how sweaty he already is!

The big guy below is Nico Johnson. He is the 2nd best highschool linebacker in the nation, and is a Senior at Andalusia High School. He helped coach in the football camp today. Hunter was a little shy and star struck by him. Nico is the player that Nick Saben came to shmooze last year. Rumor has it he will play for the Tide next year...BUT he's a REALLY nice guy and we won't hold that against him.

Hunter and Nico talking between plays and drills...

Nico giving Hunter five after a good play...

Much to Hunter's distress, I finally asked Nico for a pic with Hunter...he'll be glad his Mama was on the field with a camera one day when Nico goes pro.