Pictures like this Natalie’s teacher sends melts my heart. Only the room moms are allowed to be at the class parties now so I love seeing her happy and have memories to place in her annual scrapbook.
“Turtle Blankets”
It was REALLY hard to miss one of Kate’s three day tournaments. I didn’t even know about it until we were in Pheonix for her first out of state tournament. I almost canceled our Disney trip right then and there. This one was close by and her teammate, H, and her mom, S, offered to have Kate spend the tournament weekend with them at their house, which was almost half an hour closer to the venue than our house was. They still had to wake up really early to drive and be there on time but it all worked out. The came home with 1st place in the Bronze division!
I was grateful to see pictures and beyond delighted to watch a video of the game winning point with Kate being the last one to touch the ball on her team. So much joy for those girls to stick it out until the very end.
Hubby took Kate and the teammate she had stayed with while we were out of town to their next tournament the last weekend of February as well. It was a super long day waking up around 5am and getting home around 6pm. They had some very tough competition and lost their crossover for 3rd Place 23-25. Definitely not the outcome they wanted after a 1st place finish last weekend. But I know they will show up ready to win at their next tournament and work hard like always. So proud of this team.
I was so proud of Danny being willing to play basketball in front of the entire school the last Friday in February and so glad it had been postponed from when I was going to be in Disney World. The student vs. staff game had incredible energy and both teams wanted to win. I felt so grateful to be there in the gym watching and liked the co-ed and all ages of players brought together. It was a close game with the principal scoring a basket just 10 seconds before the buzzer to pull ahead and win. Danny wasn’t used to playing with that size of basketball and didn’t put on his basketball shoes and was not satisfied with how he played. But the next day was the last rec center basketball game of the season and Danny informed us he was going to revenge play his way to 20 points. Hubby and I had a grand time watching him meet and exceed his goal while still playing smart and being a good teammate. Danny gave his all and finished the season happy to have been on such a great team. More than one of those boys, including Danny, expressed they were sad the season was so short. Luckily some of those teammates are also on Danny’s baseball team so that should make spring easier on him. Actually, before that last basketball game, he had attended a pitching clinic with five of the other boys on his baseball team and was clocked as pitching 65 mph. I wasn’t surprised when he announced his shoulder was sore at breakfast the next day. I am glad these coaches are willing to let him try pitching even though they already have some really good pitchers on their team. I’m looking forward to watching baseball games again even though I will miss watching his basketball team too.
And not to leave Michelle out, I signed her up for the middle school track and field team today. I’m looking forward to seeing her enjoy running for her school!
Oh! And we celebrated the dog’s birthday! She is now 3 years old and is calming down quite nicely. We have hope for her yet! Lol. Michelle made her a really nice treat that was devoured before we got a picture but I promise we are grateful for this sweet, soft, kinda dumb dog of ours. Home is where the dog is!
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