Austin has been working to put together a competitive girls basketball team, and they went to their first tournament yesterday. Jill's team played three games in a row, and they were by FAR the smallest girls at the tournament. Jill was our tallest player, so she had to guard girls like this all day. This giant girl is in 6th grade. She only played a few minutes because somehow her hair extensions got pulled out, and so she left for the rest of the game.
Our team got spanked in all three games, but the girls did so good for being the youngest/smallest. And it really turned out to be a fun and memorable day:
-hair extensions falling out
-one Mom running into the curb in her minivan and breaking her tire rim
-Carly pouring out a whole bottle of gatorade while she was sitting on my lap (we both looked like we had an accident)
Thanksgiving
We had Thanksgiving by ourselves at our house. We had planned to go to my parent's house, but we had germs that no one wanted us to share. So we watched movies, cooked turkey, fixed fence at the new place where are keeping our horses, fixed fence at our house to keep a couple horses here, went Black Friday shopping, and played basketball. We really had a fun break. We like ourselves, so we didn't feel bad we had to stay home.
We went to Austin's cousin's wedding reception in Salt Lake. It was a Vanderhoof and Gwilliam family reunion. It was so fun to see everyone.
Austin's great aunt came up to me and told me that I looked like I had lost a ton of weight. I don't know if I should take it as a compliment or to be offended, since I weigh the exact same amount as the last time she saw me. Did I look that bad the last time we were together?
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Some more memories...
- Jill falling on the red line(they are quite dangerous)
- One girl on Jill's team boxing Jill out
- Going to Arby's after for some LOUD team bonding time
posted by: Jill
No more saying that you are not funny. I laughed through this whole post! That picture is hilarious to me. It's like Ben trying to guard Nate. :)
That sounds like a dream Thanksgiving to me. Abby was a dove and was sick on Thanksgiving but everyone said they were fine with it. I was a little bummed.
Are you the mom that ran into the curb? ;)
That picture is so funny. I wish I could see the two of them standing up. It almost looks like Jill's legs aren't that much shorter than hers.
We were looking at old pictures on the computer the other day and Steve told me he didn't remember me looking so chubby in my face when I was pregnant. The next day, we saw an old friend we hadn't seen since I was pregnant and she kept telling me how beautiful I looked. I felt about the same way :)
That's crazy how much taller that chic is because Jill is one tall girl! She looks like a pro ball player (Jill) just like mom! oh the good ol days of freshman ball! remember that game we won! lol!
A couple quote-wall worthy words from your blog (paraphrasing):
"We got spanked all three games"
"We like ourselves so we didn't feel bad we had to say home..."
Awesome! And I love that you have become such a cool Horse Mom...like unto a "Soccer Mom."
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