Me & My Daddy Love BJ Penn!!!!

Many of you may not have heard of UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, but my husband Bill loves to watch it. Its this type of fighting that crosses martial arts, wrestling, and boxing. They even have a reality show they has had several seasons. You follow along as the fighters all live in the same house, and learn their motivations for fighting, personalities, etc. The reality show makes it much more tolerable for me to watch with Bill. It gives me a story to go with the person who's in the ring. Well, two saturday nights ago, there was a big UFC fight on cable. Usually the actual big championships in the octagon are pay per view, but this time it was on cable and Bill was all excited to watch.

BJ Penn is a fighter from here in Hawaii. He actually lives in Hilo which is on the Big Island. In the opinion of many BJ Penn is the best UFC fighter ever. He is thought to have just a natural talent never seen before. Anyway he was fighting his long time rival Pulver. All of Hawaii was so excited to see Penn fight. Hawaii is a state that really has a ton of pride in their people, and BJ Penn is considered by many to be the best athlete to ever come from Hawaii.

So all this background information to tell you Bill was really pumped about the fight and excited to watch. So while he was getting into the game I took Lilah and wrapped a red bandanna around her head for a doo'rag, then I held her up to Bill and said, "Hey Dad, I want to watch the fight with you, I love BJ Penn too." Bill had a big laugh at his little fighter. He sat her in his lap and they watched the rest of the fight together. She actually watched it very intently raising her hands, talking to the tv and looking like she actually knew what was going on and who we were rooting for. And BJ Penn did win of course in case you were wondering!

I'm sure that's more than many of you ever cared to know about UFC, but we had a lot of fun with her, who knows maybe Lilah and her Daddy will always watch UFC together.