ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL

I'm feeling like one VERY BLESSED mom. My kids have had some pretty awesome opportunities because of their school, but so far our most recent one takes the cake. Three of my kids currently participate in a program called Fuel Up to Play 60 (or FUTP60 for short). FUTP60 is a program sponsored by the NFL and the National Dairy Council to promote health, wellness, and leadership amongst students - from elementary school to high school. As part of the program, the kids meet together a couple of times a month and work towards different goals to build a healthier school. Their current project: the school garden. Every time they reach new achievement, students participating in FUTP60 are awarded points. So many points earns them different opportunities within the program. And at the beginning of the month, two of my three were selected to participate in the FUTP60's Cardinals Kids Combine (with only twenty other students from the state of Arizona). The kids trained at the Cardinals stadium with one of the teammates, Justin Murray. They ran drills and received advice from the Cardinals Youth Manager, Coach Mo. And they even squared off against the main man himself, Big Red. It was seriously such a treat to attend and act as photographer for the Kids Combine.