The Lumberjack

Jillian spent all day Saturday at the RA Long gymnasium. Cousins Meagan, Tierney and Macee were playing in the Lumberjill Volleyball Tournament for their varsity teams, the RA Long Lumberjills and the Castle Rock Rockets, respectively. The Peterson and Woodruff families all came to watch, so there were lots of familiar faces. But the most energizing part of the day was the fact that Cousin Adam, Cousin Rielee, and Millie (a 2-1/2 year old niece of a Lumberjill player) were all at the gym.

Jillian didn't bother watching much volleyball. The few times that she did, she'd just say "boom!" and swing her arm, because that's what volleyball means to her ... lot's of spikes! Most of Jillian's day was spent running all over the upper walkway in the stands. She and Adam and Millie would "run, run", as she likes to say. Back and forth they went, with an occasional stop in the concession area where Jillian and Adam would entertain the people inside by spinning around until they were dizzy. After a lot of running, Daddy took them downstairs for a drink of water from the fountain; and then it was back to the running.

The thing that Jillian will most remember, though, is the big Lumberjack wood statue that stands in the corner of the RA Long gym. She always liked to run to spot where she could look at it and point at it. When Daddy carried her to a better view of the statue, she started shaking and saying "no". No matter where she was in the gym, she always knew where the Lumberjack was. It kind of reminds us of when she went to Wild Waves and was freaked out by the giant pirate head.

We brought home a tournament program that had a team picture on the front. Jillian immediately saw that the Lumberjack statue was in the background. Now, she constantly carries the program around and points out the statue to us.