Kyler Basketball

Kyler had an amazing season this year!  He was so fun to watch because he has grown so much.  He no longer runs away from the ball and is not nearly as hesitant as he once was.  He is still a very timid player and rarely fouls, but he is quick enough his defense is great without a lot of aggression.  His coach told us at the beginning of the year, before games had started, that Kyler was probably the best player on his team.  I'm not sure if he's the best because his team is so well rounded, but he has made huge improvements.

His team did really well this year too.  They were an older team which was a huge advantage, but their team is just solid.  They are so much more calm and levelheaded compared to Damon's volatile team.  They play super well as a team and seem to really enjoy playing.  It's a great dynamic for Kyler to be a part of.  They had a really tough loss at the end (which shouldn't have happened), but after playing for more than 20 games, we were all ready for it to be over!

They won the Childress League without a single loss!

Kyler with Josue, one of the neighbor kids that always at our house playing basketball.

Kyler and his good friend Jax.  These are two of the most dependable kids on the team.

The Altus league ended sorely, but these kids played great!

I was glad this one ended they way it did.  I wasn't sure how brother against brother was going to end!!

Kyler made 3 or more shots from this same spot during the first game against Damon's team. He continued to make shots like this the rest of the season.



He almost had an open layup.  He's not quite as fast when he dribbles, but that #2 was the fastest kid they ever played against.




He doesn't often get in there for rebounds, but if he would jump it would help, haha!!  He also dribbled the ball a lot more this year, even though he got fouled quite a bit.  Sorry for my annoying voice.  I don't like it when my sweet Kyler gets pushed around.





Kyler could chase down anyone on the court at any time, if he wanted to.  I don't think he has realized how fast he is.  It doesn't take much effort and Kyler can get in front of anyone.  Several people mentioned how deciving his speed is.



Their team got really good at this shot.  So many other teams played a zone defense and left them wide open for the corner shot.  Kyler was one of three kids that made several of these shots!

Damon Basketball

Damon and his team had a rough season this year. They were the little guys and one of the few teams that only had 3rd graders on it. So many of their games were within 1-5 points. Rarely did they get blown out. However it was really hard for this group of boys to lose. They are all extremely competitive. Damon didn't seem to get in a very good rhythym until the end of the season. It seemed like he was super intimidated or something. But his speed was pretty much unmatched. The kid is quick!! About 3 weeks before the end of the season he sprained his ankle really bad while playing in the driveway with Kyler. He didn't even do it in a game. After sitting out for 2 1/2 weeks, Kenney said he could play in the tournament. The league was really nice and set up a bracket with the 3rd grade teams (basically the losers bracket) to give those teams a little more confidence. Their team dominated! Kenney didn't play him a lot, but he did awesome! It was like the Damon we were used to seeing. He played with so much more confidence even though he had a slight limp. He really is fun to watch because he's quick and he gets so excited! Kenney continued to struggle coaching this group of boys. Every practice and game were extremely draining. The boys are loud, inattentive, and hard to control. However, Kenney does an amazing job with them. Damon is very blessed he his willing to coach them.  I didn't see as many of his games this year because so many of them were at the same time as Kyler's.  Watch for #10 in the videos and ignore my voice and bad filming.  I pretty much always had a baby in my hands.

The first game Damon and Kyler played this year was against one another!  It was a really close game in the beginning, and then Kyler's team slowly started to edge Damon's team out.  At halftime, Kenney told his assistant coach, "My own kid is killing me!"  He was talking about Kyler because Kyler had an amazing game and kept making a lot of outside shots!

Such a crazy group of kids!

All smiles after they won the losers bracket, haha!

Celebratory ice cream at Braums after they won!

Damon is really good at seeing an open man and passing the ball. Some on his team are still struggling to pass it to someone that is not their friend, but Damon has never had that problem. 

Poor Damon got shoved quite a bit, watch #13 just body check him.

Damon got a good layup right after he almost scored for the other team when he ran to the wrong basket, haha!

Coach told him to cut to the basket, so he did.  Look at that, Coach knows what he's talking about.

He got a little excited after beating everyone down the court and didn't have a soft touch, but it was nice to finally see him doing things like this again!

He hardly ever got the call but watch #54 just push him down!

This kid gets so excited and pumped when his team does well.  He was especially excited when they won their last game and the 'championship'.

Radley Basketball

Radley was so excited to play basketball this year. He has been watching the other two for 3 years now and couldn't wait to play himself. His grade doesn't have very many athletic kids, but we were able to get him on a team with 2nd graders. He was the youngest and smallest, but it didn't stop him whatsoever! 3 of the kids were even older than Damon. So many people hold their kids back here that our boys with summer birthdays are really odd! It took quite a few games for Radley to make a basket so it was really exciting when he finally got one. However, after that he seemed to find a groove and make several buckets! He got better and better every game. His coaches made sure he was able to dribble the ball and get in the game. Honestly, even though he was the smallest and youngest, you couldn't tell. He was much more coordinated than most of the other kids. He will probably be on a different team next year, but with kids closer to his age.

Radley's coaches did a great job and made sure Radley had plenty of opportunities.  He had so much fun!

Radley was pretty much always the smallest kid on the court.  It was so fun to watch how little that effected him.  He wasn't intimidated or scared of anyone.  I guess playing with older brothers all the time makes him used to being the smallest.

Their team often had to flip their jerseys because we played so many other red teams, but you can still find the little guy running around. Here is get a steal and them misses a shot, but he never gave up or got discouraged, just kept trying.

He got an awesome fast break and basket!

The only free throws he ever shot, and he made both of them!!

Random Stuff

Kyler and Damon had fun at a primary activity.

Damon got a little messy!

He is seriously concentrating!

Lost another tooth, finally!

They didn't do the 100th day of school, rather the 125th day of school, but it was still fun to see him as an old man!

He's the cutest old man I've ever seen!

Valentine's Day

There weren't too many Valentine activities this year, but there was a dance at the church. The kids had a lot of fun with the phot booth!

This is their attempt at a 'cool' caption, "Brothers from another world!"

This kid LOVED the photo booth

Then he wanted Mackenzie and I to join the 'fun'!

Damon with two friends (Abram & Cix) at his classroom party.