Wow.  Sometimes I just really fall off the wagon on my journal writing.  I really don’t mean to.  I have a list of things I want to write about that haunts me every single day.  But somehow we are ALWAYS busy.  For one thing, it’s basketball season, peeps.  That means my butt is sitting on a bleacher for hours, multiple times a week.  And I LOVE IT (minus the sore butt part).  And let’s see, for some reason we are living on a glacier right now.  If it’s not a blizzard, it’s an ice storm, or the temps are so low we apparently can’t be outside.  They cancel school if someone even mentions the word precipitation or just breathes wrong.  My kids have been home a lot, which I LOVE.  It’s the best excuse to goof off.  But it also means I don’t get to write or accomplish much of anything really.

Ok, enough jacking around.  Back to hoops.  All 4 of my babes are playing of course and we are having a blast.  I’ll start with my MVP, Drewy.  This kiddo LOVES basketball and all the sudden he just made a conscious decision to ROCK IT.  Too bad we are now at the end of the season when he’s really hit his stride.  Over the weekend he had 3 games and scored a total of close to 60 points (31 in one game!!), a bunch of assists, steals, rebounds, and 3-pointers.  I’m not a stat-keeper type of person, but my jaw was on the floor when I saw this little guy acting like he was playing pro basketball.  I don’t even have one action shot to share or even one video.  Boo for me on that!  Luckily, my sweet nephew Collin got to witness it, Jake, Reece, Gma & Gpa.  He was getting high fives from every coach, parent, and even people from the opposing side.  He said multiple times afterwards, “mom, I feel like I’m in a dream right now!”  Hey, I say bask in the glory, buddy!

I do have a few pics from the season, so I am actually not a total failure!Back in October, on one of our many car rides together, we were discussing jobs and working parents, etc.  Drew said “I’m never going to get to see my kids.”  I said, “why not?”  He said, “well I’m going to be playing in the NBA and I don’t think they get to see their kids very much. But they will come to all my games because I’ll give them free tickets.”  He asked me, “don’t you think they probably give free tickets to the players families?”  I said, “yep I bet they do!”  Gotta love these little conversations with kids. It’s the cutest!  Drewy, even if you don’t get free tickets, you can do anything you set your mind to, I’m certain of that!

Moving on to Jakers.  His primary team has been the Panthers and I’ve included them in my posts from time to time.  They are a very talented team.  Small but mighty in a lot of cases.

The time has come for these boys to try out for their respective middle school teams and take a break from Panthers BB.  This is always stressful…you know…only a handful of spots for a whole lot of boys that want to represent their school.  Jake worked really hard preparing for tryouts and every day I would sit outside the school with a stomach in knots waiting for him to come out with a “yes I made it to the next round of tryouts” or a look of devastation.  Sounds dramatic, I know.  But in the mind of a 13 year old, 7th grade boy, it really is quite a big deal.  Happy to report he made the squad and is really enjoying the experience.

The first game was an away game at Oregon Trail and Jake was SO excited and undoubtedly full of nerves too.  They lost in the final moments by 3 points in a gym completely full of excited fans ready to kick off the season.

 

Home games require them to dress up and there is nothing more handsome!  Dressed head to toe in men-sized clothing now, my guy is looking sharp!and also becoming a master at tying ties!

Jake, if anyone can rock some watermelon socks during a basketball game, it’s YOU bud!  So proud of all you’ve accomplished this season – even with a couple of injuries.

Let’s move on to the girls!  Don’t let this skinny, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, little 8 year old girl fool you!  She’s a beast on the court.And even though the scores sometimes end up 6-2, it’s a blast to watch!  You can’t help but root for Pink Thunder-they’re just plain adorable!

Morgan decided to pull out another year on the Olathe Northwest basketball team and is having so much fun (most of the time).  Being in the gym at 5:50 am sometimes can throw you into a tizzy but Morgan handles everything like a champ. She actually prefers morning practice to free up her evenings for homework.  That’s my girl!  And there is no question that she has a fan club!  My dad, aka “Papa” is a regular  visitor to every high school gym in the area.  Superfan!

Morgan has been playing with my cousins daughter, Andie, who moved into the area so her dad can be the head football coach at Olathe Northwest.  Strange coincidence, but I absolutely love it!  You can commonly find me huddled up in the stands with Katy, my cousin, discussing everything under the sun and laughing about who knows what!?  She’s one of my favorite peeps!  And everyone loves Aaron, he even hooks me up with ONW spirit wear.  We pretend like I’m a coaches wife so I can get swag.  Thank you Aaron!  Happy they moved to KC.

These two cutie pies killed it their first game – both of them putting up double digits.  Go Girls!  It’s rarely serious basketball and we get a kick out of the atrocious uniforms that make even a supermodel look horrible and the occasional fall on the court with no ball or opponent in sight.  Morgan entertains us with a steady job of keeping all the shooting shirts in a nice, tidy, folded up pile on the bench.  I love a kid that likes to keep things in order!  She laughs a lot, cheers on her teammates, you commonly see her gesturing what she thinks the ref calls should be, she’s an absolute joy, and the Ravens are lucky to have her!  Raven Pride.When I found out that the C-team never gets their lockers decorated for games, I quickly jumped at the chance to coordinate some decorations.  These girls deserve it too!  And, let’s face it, I love arts and crafts!

Recently Morgan had another double digit game!  Thatta girl!!

Before long I’ll be bombarding this journal with soccer and baseball pics, but for now I’m going to enjoy the last few weeks of BB season.  Banquets are right around the corner, and let’s hope I can keep it together and not cry this time.  Remember last year when I kept tearing up at Morgan’s banquet over girls and coaches I never even knew or spoke a word to all season!?  I’m stuffing my purse with kleenex just in case 😉