Father/Son Basketball

We worked in John's classroom for a while and brought a load of stuff from Green River over.  Afterwards we visited with Suzette and Wayne's family.  Wayne and John played basketball against Jason and Ian.  It was quite entertaining to watch.

Of course, the men won the boys, but it was all in good fun.

June 22, 2014

Jr. Jazz

I decided that since this was the last day of Jr. Jazz that I probably ought to take my camera and get some pictures of the kids playing. Every Thursday was very long.  With four kids playing we lucked out getting each their own time slot with none of them overlapping by playing in the other gym.  Nothing like four hours at the high school each week!  We had many a picnic dinner outside by the car. :)

Micah's coach was Kristi Brady.  He was always willing to listen so he could do better.

I loved watching the 1st graders play their game after practicing.  They got into it and didn't always remember to dribble.  It was funny.

Morgan's group actually had practices during the week and played games on Jr. Jazz day. Her coach was Tyler Bastian.

Zander's team was getting the rules down by the end and actually played some decent games. His coach was Luke Shorts.

He loved doing jump balls and usually tipped it to his team mates!

Ian loves basketball.  We went from playing Jr. High ball to Jr. Jazz without a break.  We've been running him to practice since November!  Needless to say, we are glad that Jr. Jazz is coming to an end. He was coached by his Jr. High coach, John Corrigan.

It is fun to watch the kid's skills improve over the few weeks they play.  

April 24, 2014

Jr. High Basketball

Ian was so excited that he got to play Jr. High Basketball again this year.  He really loves it and spends a lot of time trying to get better. They started practicing the end of November.  We went and watched all his home games.  It was amazing to see the difference in their team from last year to the beginning games to the end ones.  They really had improved and were fun to watch by the end of the season.  I took my camera to a couple of games and took some pictures of Ian playing. These first pictures were taken on January 14, 2014.

These last few pictures were taken at the game on February 4, 2014.

It felt like a really long season going from the end of November to February, but Ian sure enjoyed it.  It was fun to watch as their team got better and began to work together. Ian improved a ton as well! Keep working hard for the things you want in life.  Love you buddy!

Jr. High Basketball

I decided that I'd better take some pictures of Ian playing Jr. High Basketball at the last home game (January 30th).  He really enjoyed playing.  I could tell by this game that they were really starting to play as a team.  Our team consists of mostly 7th graders and only two 8th graders.  The other teams had kids that looked 7 feet tall compared to our boys, and I think some of the teams even had 9th graders on them!  With such a young team, they really didn't know what they were doing, and as a result, they lost all but this game. :) But, as I said, I could tell they were learning by the end. Ian won the award for best team player.  I really enjoyed watching him play ball this year. Go Pirates!