Furtak's @ Sonics
My friend from my team at work and season ticket holder of seats at the Key Arena where the Seattle Sonics play basketball, scored us some tickets for tonight's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Interestingly enough, these two teams are the worst teams in the conference, so it made for a good game. Sonics have slightly better stats, so it wasn't a surprise that they won the game 121-105 .
This was the first professional basketball game that the kids had attended. I think what surprised me most was that they were all enjoying the game and sat through the entire game without getting restless. Throughout the game I was testing Joshua's understanding and I was surprised at how much he understood. Enough so, that he knew what team he was rooting for and whether or not the other team scored or the Sonics scored. I think Joshua also related because he got a "door" based basketball hoop and basketball for his birthday and he enjoys playing at home. The older girls got to sit by themselves in the row below ours and I could see that they enjoyed the parental-less freedom. It also delights a father to see his older girls getting along like best friends.
I wouldn't go out on a limb and say that I hate basketball, but I know it's not something I yearn to watch. I would, however, go to a thousand games to experience the same enjoyment that we had tonight being together and having fun as family.
