Valentimes means...

Before school today, I asked Jason what Valentine's Day means to him.  He said, "Valentimes means loving and caring and treats."

Fortunately, we have plenty of all of that to go around in this house!  Hope every day is filled with "Valentimes".

Bruins on 3! 1-2-3-Bruins!

We found out about "Small Ball" at Reedley High School and the kids were eager to improve on their skills.  The clinic ran for four Saturdays and and every week, Ben would ask about how many more days there were until Saturday and he'd lay his clothes out on Friday night so he'd be ready to go.  He was at the gym early each week to get some extra shooting in. 

Both kids enjoyed Small Ball and it was fun to be back in the Reedley High School gym!  Brings back memories.

We signed Kara up to play in a co-ed basketball league and she was a little hesitant at first, but everything is more fun when you have your best friend by your side.

Kara scored her first basket tonight, driving down the baseline and taking her shot.  She also played great defense.  That's our girl!

Sho and I debated for a little while on whether or not we should coach Kara's team... Sho said it will either be pretty fun or it's going to be really frustrating.  This is an instructional league where they don't keep score (but of course people keep score) and we were warned that it is the most competitive non-competitive sport that's run... but rather than take our chances, we decided to coach.

I jokingly said that coaching together might lead to divorce... we have some fundamental differences in what we feel 3rd through 5th graders should run on defense. 

One thing that was easy to agree on was our team name.  Ben and Jason asked if they could do the 8-clap at the game... gotta love it!  Without fail, every game I smile when I see how happy Kara is to play and how energetically our little Bruins yell it out... literally... 1-2-3-BRUINS!