Thursday, February 29, 2024

Radley's Basketball

 Radley's team had a really rough season.  They were a 5th grade team in the 5th/6th division and were much smaller than all of the other teams. Radley, however, had a great season.  He's a great player.  We got a lot of comments from spectators and refs about how fun he is to watch.  He hustles nonstop, has amazing handles, a nice shot, and doesn't back off on defense. He truly is fun to watch.  I got so many videos of him each game.  It was also really hard on him to lose every game.  He puts so much work and effort into being good, and doesn't get much reward when he plays.

There was one 6th grader on the team, but he was unable to go to a lot of the games because of other conflicts and being sick.  Damon was able to help out on those weekends so it was fun for us to watch them play together.  It was at the point in the season when Damon was already hurt, so he wasn't 100%.  I hope they will get to play on the same team one day!

There are plenty more highlights that I didn't capture, but he had an AMAZING season!

I didn't get any other still pictures besides this one because I'm always recording videos.




The highlight reel didn't come through with music, and it took me forever to make because IG was messing up.


There were a lot of plays like this for him.


Nice little drive.


One of many 3s he shot, this was the furthest out though.


The definition of breaking ankles. The crowd reaction tells you all you need to know, haha!


He was usually one of the smaller kids on the court, but that didn't stop him from playing defense and going against the big guys!


Nice little move to get open.


I really wanted this shot to go in, but it was still fun to watch them together.

Many times it was up to Radley to break the press himself, so it was nice for him to have Damon to help out.





Another shot that would have made an epic highlight!


The kid that ran up to him and got in his face was told (loud and clear by his coaches) to stay on #7, and boy did he try! This is a great example of Radley's awareness (to know that the kid touched the ball so it wasn't a double dribble) and his poise because he didn't get all frustrated when someone was in his space.


He always looked to pass if he could.


Good little shooter!


This was kinda funny because he slaps the ball right into that other kid's face without meaning to!




This was funny too. Kenney told Radley he needed to block out the big guy, and he definitely did his job!

Monday, February 12, 2024

Snow & the Super Bowl

We got our annual snow this month. We never know for sure when it will come. Sometimes it's in January, or February, or sometimes October. You never know!  It was a good amount of snow and the good kind to play with.  The kids were home all day, as was Kenney, which is unusual. It happened on Super Bowl Sunday too.  
She was ready to go!

Rolling a grassy snowman
They gave up on the snowman and decided to build snow chairs.

 

Radley's snowball disappeared when he tried to throw it!


Snow ball fun!


I didn't quite mean to get this in slow motion, but it looks pretty good!

We had our own Super Bowl party with Nanny again this year!  We had so much good food and loved watching the game with her.  Everyone except Radley was cheering for the Kansas City Chiefs (he was going for the 49s).  He handled it really well, especially since the Chiefs won!!  The girls were there for the food and the occasional T-Swift sighting!  Nanny really loves it when we spend time with her.  Kyler was decked out in a Chiefs hat and shirt and TTU shorts because Mahomes went to TTU.


Friday, February 9, 2024

Damon Basketball

 Damon had a great basketball season, and so did his team.  They dominated their district, winning every game by 30 or more points.  Damon played a crucial part in defense and was a part of the majority of all the fast breaks.  It was amazing to see him jump so many passing lanes and stealing the ball.  He rarely gets a foul called on him, and he's got a nice shot.  He really should have shot the ball more.  

Towards the end of the season he got osgenslaughters disease. Unfortunately, it took him out almost completely.  He was unable to run hard and jump well.  He no longer could push himself for fast breaks.  It was so sad to watch him limp and move so unlike his normal self.  He tried as hard as his body would let him and still played quite a bit because he was still a solid and dependable player with his game intelligence and lack of turnovers.

He also ended up helping on Radley's team when so many of their players were gone, and the team struggled so much.  It was so fun to see him and Radley play together.  It would have been even better if Damon was fully healthy and they could have run the court together.


Damon had some great highlights from the season!


Google and IG did not play well together so I ended up making 2 reels. This one is a bit longer, but it has almost all of his highlights.  He is great!

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The Rest of January

 



This is the fastest growing plant!!  We think it's a nectarine plant, but we aren't entirely sure.  Kenney had a seed in the fridge to get it ready for planting and we forgot what it was.
The improved growing light for the forest in the dining room.
Radley had the awards program for the UIL Academic competition.  He did awesome individually and the elementary won by a landslide!
100 days of Pre-K!
101 Days of Pre-K
Mackenzie's teacher is so much fun!!  she really got into character!
UIL Awards.  He competed in Chess, maps, graphs & charts, and dictionary skills.
The cereal fortress!
Kenney found a growth predictor.  We don't believe these results, but we'll see.  It is supposed to predict a child's height within 1-2 inches.
Our cute little dalmation!

Saturday, January 13, 2024

January

January didn't entail anything exciting or special, but here are a few things that we were up to!  We also started reading The Book of Mormon together as a family.  Kenney and I weren't sure how it would go because we've never read a book of scripture chapter by chapter before with the kids.  It is going so much better than I anticipated.  The kids follow along and read when it's their turn, doing a great job reading.  We discuss what the reading is about and what happened.  It's been a really wonderful experience.  Some days are better than others obviously, and Mackenzie is not really involved.  We also have not really had many complaints or grumblings about doing it. However, I hope we can keep it up!  

Mackenzie built herself a fortress to watch a show
We have had a huge problem with stray dogs all over our house!  Kenney keeps trying to get rid of them, but it's been difficult.
The cottonwood trees that were cut down were not even with the ground so Kenney borrowed a chainsaw and cut them himself.  We didn't realize two of the trees had huge holes in them!
2 down 1 to go!
Taking a break to take the boys shooting with Papa Dude, until the Sheriff's office was called and they had to stop.  Luckily they knew the guy that came out to tell them to stop.
Apparently Radley is a pretty good shot!
3 for 3!  He got them all down.
We have a growing orchard of trees in our dining room.  This is a mango tree.
Kyler said that he wanted a study guide book for this year's Come Follow Me curriculum.  He has been using it consistently and without any prodding from us.  It's really good to see.