March Madness: Go KU!

Raegan's Easter Egg Hunt--in full KU gear over the sun dress!

On Saturday, we geared up for the Final 4 Game vs. Ohio State University. Everyone had their gear on, and Raegan--our very own Martha Stewart--took it upon herself to decorate our house. She made signs--and then Jackson and Sydney added all the names of the players.

We had some friends over to watch the big game. Oops--no pics of that. We were too exhausted after watching the first half! But, I was the confident one of our little group and predicted that KU would win it in the end. How fun when my prediction proved true!

Now, we are eagerly awaiting tip-off for tonight's game.

Oh, and I have to say that I won our family's bracket contest--by picking KU to be in the final. (Yes, I did deliberate a bit but finally settled on us!) I do hope, though, that I was wrong about tonight's game! Go Hawks!

Basketball Wrap-up

If you are wondering why I haven't blogged in a while. . .this is what we were doing all winter!
Jackson played basketball for Funball this year. He was able to continue with his team from last year, so that was beneficial. We had practices every Tuesday night and games usually once a week. It was so fun to watch him play hard. His team, the Shockers, improved throughout the season. They even beat one team for the first time to progress into the final game of the tournament! Unfortunately, they lost, but we were proud of their 2nd place finish.
Raegan and Isaiah were such sports as they watched many, many games this winter. Between Chris coaching high school girls at Goddard, Sydney playing at the Y, and Jackson at Funball, the two youngers watched a lot of games! One thing that made it easier was that our friends, the Sites, were also on the Shockers team. I am indebted to Jeff & Robin for entertaining Isaiah for much of the time! Sydney got to play at the Y this year. Despite her team being thrown together at the last minutes, they did a great job. It was fun to watch them improve as well.I didn't do a good job of getting pictures of Chris coaching this year. After a brief hiatus from coaching, Chris returned to Goddard as the assistant girls coach. It was a tough year since the schools split for the first time, but it was fun to watch the girls learn how to persevere, even if wins were hard to come by. We really enjoyed having the girls over for a Super Bowl party because the rest of us got to know them better.