Hot Shots basketball

Hot Shots basketball season is in full swing. All 4 of our boys are playing, again. You can pretty much find us on the courts every Friday night/Saturday morning for games  and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings for practices. John is coaching Carter and Brody's teams. He is in heaven. This is his sport and he is thrilled that his boys love it, too!

 

Here are  few pictures of  the littles. Brody is # 3 and tears it up on the court. He runs and runs and runs some more! He knows how to play defense and I love watching him do so. He has a great shot and he is also really good about passing to his teammates.

 

The blurry action shots are my favorite right now. You can see/feel  through the photo how fast they are moving!

 

 

 

Garrett is sporting #14 this season! It was all about the Kevin Durant neon basketball shoes this year. Garrett is fast and is playing point guard. He landed on a team with some of his old Select soccer team buddies and is loving it!

 

 

June 2013

I have given up on the thought of updating our lives, in detail since May. The best I can do is highlight our months! June was a busy month, with with lots of milestones and memories for all.

 Garrett's team made it to the AAA Fun fest championship game. they did not win but the ride was still FUN and let them play some extra games. He was on a great team with awesome coaches.

 Brody finished his 1st t-ball season. He had a blast and made new friends.

 Our little league season ended with a movie night on field 4. We watched Sand Lot under the stars.

 Tanner headed out with the  Scouts for a week long trip. They kayaked down the Trinity River.

 Brody enjoyed his very first swim lessons. He is now a Marlin!

 Garrett turned 9 on June 11th. He was showered with fun presents and a day all about him!

 We headed down the the Bay Area to celebrate my cousin, Kerstin's 40th birthday! I swear we are still 18 and going to college together.

 Father's Day! We are so lucky to have this guy in our lives. He is our EVERYTHING!!!

 The annual ALL STAR hair dying party. Carter is blond again!

 Garrett gets his braces off. His dentist sent him home with a bag of treats that he had to avoid while wearing his braces.

End of the year teacher gifts. We love our teachers.

 Tanner received some awards at a school awards night(straight A's, PE, and WEBB). It was a by invitation event.

 Last days of kindergarten! They enjoyed a picnic in the park. Brody made some new, fun friends this year!

 Tanner graduates from middle school.We are SO proud of him. He worked hard, took advanced math and English classes and even pulled straight A's his entire 8th grade year.

Garrett and friends from his class, on the last day of school. He had an awesome 3rd grade year. Huge strides for this boy! 

It was a month filled with plenty of events/activities and we wouldn't have it an other way. 

Okay, who am I kidding? I would have loved a nap...or two !

Sunday, Sunday!

As of late, I have really enjoyed Sundays. I love that we have early church. I love that we have time to take a nap if we choose to. I love that we are all home together(under one roof). I love that I get some time to read whatever my current read is. I love that I get to come home from church(on most days) and put my jammies back on for the rest of the day. I love that we (almost) always have a yummy meal planned for Sunday dinner. I love that we take a day off from the household chores. Do you want to know what I didn't love about this particular Sunday? I had  to take my baby to the ER tonight for stitches. I didn't love that I had to get out of my jammies and sit in the ER for a few hours. The story that led to me having to get out of my jammies and head to the ER is as follows. Brody and Garrett were running around the kitchen. I lovingly refer to it as "Hot Laps" in my kitchen. As they ran around the island, marking their 5th Hot Lap, Brody ran smack into a kitchen drawer that had been left open (just a tiny bit). He hit his face, just under his eye on the metal strip that the drawer rolls on. OUCH! The wound was deep and would not stop bleeding. I knew he was going to need stitches and off we went.

Brody was a tropper and the ER staff was fabulous!

The upside, in the 13.5 years of parenting, this was our 3rd trip to the ER...not bad. The downside, 2 of those 3 ER trips have happened in the last 7 months! We are hoping to go another 13.5 years before we visit the ER again!