Up Against the Giants

This is what Keagan's team looked like before any games were played. I assure you the boys did not wear the same smiles when they lost game one by thirty points and game two by fifty points. As it turns out, our team got placed in a bracket with fifth graders. They didn't have a prayer with the big kids.

May I present exhibit number one.

And two....

But the boys worked until the very end. They never gave up!

At Sunday's game, Keagan promised to make a bucket for me, and he did! He plowed down the left side to make a lay up and drew a foul. He missed his free throw but rebounded and made another basket. We only lost that game by 25 points!

Let's look on the bright side, at least no one started a fight in the stands!

Cheers, Fights and Losses

AAU basketball tournament number two was this weekend. I will cheer like no other and readily admit that I am loud while cheering on my boys, but I had nothing on the moms from Memphis. I draw a line at organized cheers and pom-poms.

On another note, I've never been more scared while watching a sporting event than I was this weekend. Those Memphis moms can cheer and fight. When a fight broke out in the stands over a foul in the paint, it took all of my self-control to not run and hide.

Evan had an awesome game against Memphis, though. He scored 11 points and helped lead his team to a victory.

Evan heads down court for a lay up.

Evan makes his lay up.

Just a few seconds later he makes his jump shot.

And another.

The win against Memphis secured a spot in the championship game, but the boys weren't able to win first. This is what second place looks like....

Next time, Boys!

Crazy with United

Here we go with Crazy! Together the boys are playing a total of nine bball games this weekend. 

Let's go, United!

Friends for Life

Evan and Marcus are in the same class at school. They are partnered together with STEM projects, eat lunch together, and play basketball together at recess every day. They are also on the same AAU basketball team. I finally met his parents this weekend and couldn't believe my ears when I learned both boys were born and spent the first couple of years of their lives in Germany just an hour down the road from one another! The Army is an indeed a small world!

Snow Day #4

We have not left the house since Sunday when we got home from church. For three and a half days we have been living it up playing pool, sledding, cooking, eating, and sitting by the fire watching basketball.

Tomorrow the boys have another snow day. They were extremely excited to learn they would spend another day in the soybean fields having sled races!

This mama has been just as excited to spend lazy days at home and will be even happier if she gets to stay home tomorrow, too!

Our Life Just Got a Little More Complicated

Meet our AAU travel basketball players. Yep, both boys will be playing travel ball this spring and summer.

Someone told me last week that I was crazy agreeing to let the boys play both travel soccer and travel basketball. Come to think of it, Wes might have been on to something, but if our lives weren't crazy, it just wouldn't feel right.

Bring the crazy! We are ready....I think.

Snow Day

We were hoping all weekend we would get just enough ice that schools would be closed. I think we must have wished a little too hard. We got two inches of ice pellets and sleet and then two inches of snow on top of that. This morning we hunted high and low for snow gear so the boys could go sledding. After half an hour of coaxing, Evan ended up wearing my ski pants and snow boots.  He wasn't too thrilled with wearing "Lady Boots."

They finally made it outside and in the snow, and within five minutes, Evan lost his sled on the pond. Wes created a contraption that would allow him to retrieve it without walking on the ice and the boys were back in business.

But the fun was short lived. The cold was too much for my Southern boys. They later attempted a Nerf War and decided the ice made running from the enemy too difficult.

We have another snow day tomorrow. With my "Lady Boots" spoken for, I'll be spending my day indoors. I've got a bet or two going on a game of pool. Someone else is going to be cleaning toilets tomorrow afternoon.