Fall Basketball

 Annabelle started playing Dallas Elite.  Here's a pic of her shooting a free throw.

The kids had anxiously been awaiting Bear meeting their friends and neighbors' dog Rocky.  Adam brought him over, and Rocky was so scared.

The boys decided to hold them to get a good sniff.

Laura has been doing all her work from the kitchen island to keep an eye on Bear.  Sometimes he wants in her lap, though.

Annabelle had her planet project at school this week.  She had Venus, and she did a great job.

We love so many things about being close to school, but one thing is it is definitely easier to go watch rhetoric sports.  We have been to several Friday night football games, and Annabelle has wanted to go watch the volleyball team.  Here's a pic of some 4th grade girls at the "Pink Out" volleyball game: Stella Stimson, Liv Larson, Annabelle, Audrey Thomason, Laura Darley, Lilly Stueve, Khloe Jensen, Lily Stewart, Presley Bass, and Anais Arcucci.

The new boys basketball coach is trying to get the whole school more involved with basketball.  So they organized a 3v3 basketball tournament night for 3rd-8th graders.  Annabelle, Audrey, Makenna Cleary, and Hadley Sullivan ready to play.

There were only 4 girls teams that signed up.  Laura was coaching the girls and Brian was coaching Caden's team, so we didn't get very many pictures.  The girls beat a 5th grade team to start, and then they played the other 4th grade team.  Here's a pic of the two 4th grade girls teams together: Audrey, Annabelle, Hadley, Makenna, Zoey Seale, Lily Thompson, and Hannah Ratliff.

The girls easily won all three of their games.  Here's a pic of them with their medals.

And a picture with the Varsity girls coach.

Here's an action shot from Caden's first game.

Caden's team also went undefeated.  They played some 6th grade friends in the finals; left to right: Garrett Tilger, Andrew Collins, Cade Crane, Cooper Dow, Caden, Adam Thomason, Levi Webb, and Jax Farrell.

And Caden's team with their medals.