Saturday, January 14, 2017

A Day of Basketball

Today started off early. We all got up and enjoyed some eggs and the older two put on their uniforms. Everyone was in the driveway early shooting and getting warmed up. Taylor's game started at 9:30 at Grace. Trey, Taylor and Griffin went to his game and Grammie met them there. Then, Caroline and I left for our basketball game at 10:00 in the High School gym. My team played the other BCS team, but we were the home team. I led the devotional and Caroline read from the Bible. It was finally tip-off time and we got off to a great start. Caroline had the 1st 10 points and it was 10-0 at half-time! The final score was 24-1. I was so proud of Caroline, she finished with 18 points! Grammie left Taylor's game at half-time and made it to the start of Caroline's game. Then after Taylor's game was over, Daddy, Taylor, and Griffin came to cheer us on. I was excited to hear that Taylor's team won 35-18, and that he scored 15 points. After my game, we stayed and watched some the the 2nd grade boy's game. Then we all went to McAllisters for lunch with Grammie. Afterwards, we headed home for a few hours. I worked in the kitchen and the kids played basketball in the driveway. Trey ran to the grocery. We left at 3:00 for Taylor's Martin Luther King tournament game. Taylor's team had also played Thursday and Friday nights in Raleigh. Today's game was at St. John's church near the Pink Palace. Taylor played so well and the opponent was scrappy. It was a PDS team, but we pulled out the win-29-20. Taylor had 11 points! After the game, we went to Central BBQ for dinner. Caroline loves this place! We arrived home at 7:00 and took showers, then it was bedtime. It was a FULL day, but a blessed day!

This kid had 26 points in two games TODAY!


This precious girl had 18 points in her game TODAY!


Great Win Saints ~ we defeated the other BCS team

Paige-2 pts, Caroline-18pts, Madelyn-2 pts, Meredith-2 pts

Friday, January 13, 2017

Griffin's 1st Basketball Game-Grace Athletics

Griffin finally got to lace up his new basketball shoes and step on the court tonight. It was so fun playing on the same team with some school friends, too. He enjoyed getting his uniform and new ball tonight. His coaches seem really nice, too. Here are some pictures from his game. 
He scored 4 points.




Cole and Griffin practicing their bounce pass












Griffin was the point guard and dribbled the ball up the court







Griffin, Cole and Oliver- JrK friends at Briarcrest


Friday, January 6, 2017

Snow Day 2017

Today, I woke about 6:30 and the kids were all dressed for school. I had just gotten a text from school that said we were closed, so I rushed out to the kitchen to tell the kids. They squealed. I went back to sleep. The kids went outside about 8:15 for the 1st round. The day brought many fun things, snuggles on the couch with warm blankets, lots of hot choc and a well-built snowman! Here are some pictures of ALL the fun!










Taylor- Age 10


Caroline- Age 8.5


Griffin- Age 5.5