AIR JORDAN - the real deal

So after taking so many pictures of Carson and Kailey playing basketball this season Jordan was begging me to take some of him. Does he remind you of another basketball player we know?? With the same name?

And there is Sadie!

Just a fun day on the trampoline!

Sadie's 8th Birthday

Happy 8th Birthday Sadie!

Sadie had a great day on March 14, 2010.

The favorite present of all!

Sadie and her cousin Lauren in their matching shirts!

The Amazing Mall Race

Finally 2 months after Kailey's actual birthday we got around to having her party with her friends. We did an Amazing Mall Race and the girls had an absolute blast. There were 2 teams of 3 girls. Kailey had Hannah (left) and Tara (middle) on her team. The first thing they did when we arrived at the mall was grab a map and start studying it.

When the other team arrived we gave them finally instructions and off they went

to complete the first leg of the race.

One of the road blocks they encountered was counting all the steps on the escalator. It took them quite a while to figure out how to do this. Guess how many steps there are on the escalator?

Kailey's team leaving Williams Sonoma after price checking a few items and getting the next leg of the race handed to them by one of the workers in the store. The other team is still in the background watching Kailey's team head out of the store.

You want us to do WHAT???? Another road block was to count all of the free standing tables in the food court. Guess how many tables there are in the Chinnook Center Food Court? It took Carson and I quite awhile to make sure we had the correct final count - 334 tables!

It was a really fun party and it kept a group of 11 year old girls completely occupied for 2 1/2 hours. Afterwards we headed home for some cake and ice cream.

Kailey in Action

That's two points for the good guys!

Kailey playing a little bit of defense! Actually she is one of our best defense players. She has her dad's quick feet and she sees the court so well. She seems to be able to play defense on more than one person at a time but yet makes it look like she is always guarding her man (or girl I guess I should say).

Taking the ball to the hoop!

A quick time out! It was an intense close game but we

were able to pull it off and won by 1 point!

Boy we love this game!

Carson in Action

This time of year our lives revolve around basketball. Some of us eat, sleep, and breath basketball. Between Carson and Kailey both playing community ball and Carson playing on the school team we have 6 to 7 practices a week to get to and games Friday night and Saturday during the day. I am coaching Kailey's team and Darcy coaches Carson's team so we stay busy on the sidelines. We really enjoy watching the kids in action and now that I have a new camera I enjoy taking pictures of the kids in action. Carson had his first school tournament tonight and so he played three games in one night. And if that isn't enough, he plays two community games tomorrow in between Kailey's two games. He thinks playing 5 basketball games in less than 24 hours equals the best weekend of his life. It makes me tired just thinking about it!

Takin' it to the HOOP!

He scores!