Brylee the Tennis Champ

This is the second summer that my daughter Brylee has been in a Tennis League. Last year was her first year and she did struggle, but this year she has made some big improvements in her game. I was able to go out with her a few times and practice with her which turned out to be really fun!

Well she just recently had her Tennis Tournament, where her team had to play in a playoff against a bunch of other teams in the region. She was given a seed (number for her skill) so that she was set against other players around her skill level.

These girls had to play from 9am-1pm in the heat of the day and that made for a long day of tennis. She did loose most of her matches, but towards the end she was set to play her last match of the day. In her last match she was playing for 3rd or 4th place in her skill level. The girl she played against was older than Brylee, but her skill level was very comparable to Brylee's.

So from the start it went: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2 and so on. It was very close and very intense! I was literally jumping out of my seat at times and it took a lot for me to not start screaming and cheering when she got a point. In the end though, she lost a very close match, so she earned 4th place. Although she lost a very close match, she still got a trophy for 4th place which was awesome!


I was happy for her! She did lose, but she played so hard and kept it close. I am very proud of her and just glad I was there to see it. Nice job Brylee!

Brylee's Encore Performance

I know that I am extremely late in posting this, but I have had multiple requests to get it online. So her it is...her Encore performance when she won her cash award!

A Proud Father

My daughter Brylee is a smart, talented and beautiful girl. Who am I kidding...I'm her father so, yes, I am incredibly bias but that's ok with me. So I'm going to gloat for a minute.

I took Brylee to a piano competition last Saturday. I have heard her play the two songs she was to perform lots of times and she plays them very well! That Saturday, she was very nervous (I was too!). I think I held my breath through the first song! Anyway, the first song she performed was called, "Perpetual Motion" and that song is a very difficult song to play even for a practiced pianist, let alone a 10 year old cutie. She did have a few mistakes, but managed to play it very well, in my opinion. Then she played the second song called, "Malibu Mist". This song is much slower and not as difficult. Brylee aced this song and it sounded beautiful.

Well Brylee needed to score a 38 or higher to move on in the competition. She scored a 37. She was disappointed and I felt terrible for her, she did so well I thought!

Well her piano teacher called today and told us that after an additional review, the judges felt that Brylee should move on. She said that Brylee should have been given some leeway in the first song because of the difficulty. She then said that when Brylee played the second song, she did a phenomenal job and that she should play that song at the next stage in the piano playoff. Well Brylee was very excited to hear that she gets a second chance and we were very excited as well!

Well we are going on a mini vacation this week and her next performance is scheduled right in the middle of our vacation. But I told Brylee that I would be more than happy to take her to the performance if she really wanted to go. She said she did, so I will be leaving our family vacation so my daughter can wow the crowd at the piano playoff. And I'm happy to do it.

Needless to say, I'm probably like any other father, but I am so proud of Brylee. She has been accepted and excelled in the ALL(gifted/overachiever) program at school for 2 years now and wants to try again next year. She is extremely talented at piano and she has a good singing voice. She loves to swim and play sports, especially tennis (which I love!).

Ok, I'll stop now. Oh, did I already mention that I love her very, very much.

I love you Brylee and I am very proud of you.