In Cali, surfin' is 'the thing', the south seems to turn out great baseball players (considering the year around training weather it should be expected), but here in the midwest, we LOVE our winter basketball! If you would have asked me even five years ago, "Would you allow Shawn to put up a miniature hoop in your kitchen (and use the hallway to get a little speed for dunking)?" I would have said, "That's what the basement is for (not even taking into consideration that you can't bounce balls even on burber).
Well, our high school team, ranked #1 last year, has struggled a bit to hold onto that title, but they are still a great team to follow and it brings folks out on a cold, winter night. I've even noticed that people kind of have 'their seats' (kind of like church). And doggone it, when someone is in your area, it's a little nerving.....don't they know that's MY place???
Shawn has been playing on his 3rd/4th grade team (he's a 3rd grader). He loves their name (Sooners, our family's favorite college team!) and he is finally putting it all together. At first, he was a little tentative about blocking kids that were taller than himself on the "D" and honestly, the 4th graders kind of stayed within their grade when passing because let's face it....they had a little more 'game' than a kid a year younger than themselves! But Shawn is a great 'hit' at the hoop. The team found this out when Shawn was positioned right at the hoop about mid-season and the ball was passed to him. He nailed it! He's worked hard on "D" and moving the ball around, but he's his father's son on hitting the bucket! Now that the team has figured this out, they know they can probably count on a basket when Shawn gets the ball. Of course, just when his team started to gel, the season was over. Bummer.....but, there's camp and more basketball this summer! Sign us up!
I'm still trying to figure out Santa's gift to me for Christmas (a Nikon D40!), so my pics leave a lot to be desired. Brother, Tim, suggested a resource for better pics and I am going to dig in when I have a moment (mom-talk translation: this could be spread out in a ten year period, but I will get to it!)
Well, our high school team, ranked #1 last year, has struggled a bit to hold onto that title, but they are still a great team to follow and it brings folks out on a cold, winter night. I've even noticed that people kind of have 'their seats' (kind of like church). And doggone it, when someone is in your area, it's a little nerving.....don't they know that's MY place???
Shawn has been playing on his 3rd/4th grade team (he's a 3rd grader). He loves their name (Sooners, our family's favorite college team!) and he is finally putting it all together. At first, he was a little tentative about blocking kids that were taller than himself on the "D" and honestly, the 4th graders kind of stayed within their grade when passing because let's face it....they had a little more 'game' than a kid a year younger than themselves! But Shawn is a great 'hit' at the hoop. The team found this out when Shawn was positioned right at the hoop about mid-season and the ball was passed to him. He nailed it! He's worked hard on "D" and moving the ball around, but he's his father's son on hitting the bucket! Now that the team has figured this out, they know they can probably count on a basket when Shawn gets the ball. Of course, just when his team started to gel, the season was over. Bummer.....but, there's camp and more basketball this summer! Sign us up!
I'm still trying to figure out Santa's gift to me for Christmas (a Nikon D40!), so my pics leave a lot to be desired. Brother, Tim, suggested a resource for better pics and I am going to dig in when I have a moment (mom-talk translation: this could be spread out in a ten year period, but I will get to it!)
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