A Brush With A Star

After football on Saturday morning, we went to lunch at Freddy's. While we were there, Matt noticed Francis Wathier walk by. Francis is one of the Texas Stars hockey players, and my boys' FAVORITE player. His family had been having lunch with Andy, a guy Matt has worked with for the last 12 years, and also plays basketball with. Andy also has season tickets to the hockey games. Naturally, we went outside to say hello. It was really cute how shy the boys were around him. But they thought it was pretty cool to shake his hand.

After church on Sunday, we went out to lunch at a new restaurant, Qdoba. While I was waiting for the kids to wash hands, I saw a really cute little baby sleeping in a stroller outside. Then I saw his daddy, Francis Wathier! I pointed it out to Matt and the boys. I also pointed out that he will probably think we are stalking him! Naturally, we went outside to eat at the table next to his. (I know, stalking.) When he left, he asked if Matt was going to play basketball on Tuesday, because he was going to go play with Andy. You can bet Matt made sure his calendar was clear!

Fast forward to today. Matt worked from home this morning, and then left to go play basketball. About 3 o'clock, I got a text:

M - That was awesome.
Me - I take it he was there????
M - Yep and I got to guard him the entire game.
Me - Are you BFF's now?
M - Maybe after we play again on Thursday...

We are crossing our fingers and hoping that Wathier gets his contract worked out in the next few days. He really wants to stay here, and as our favorite player, we would like for him to stay too! Season tickets are being renewed, and we are already counting down the days to October. It's gonna be a long summer.