Flyers Basketball

 Palmer and Lincoln played for a travel basketball team this year. Josh and I really liked them being on the same team. It was mostly 9th graders, so Lincoln and his friend Zach played up.  It was a good and frustrating year.  The boys both learned good things and were frustrated with others.  Josh and I were impressed with how well they took the frustrating parts and how hard they worked no matter what.

 I had a dad come up to me and tell me how impressed he was with both Lincoln and Palmer because they never quit.  Even at the end of the game, they would be giving their all.  He also said that his son felt that they were both just super nice kids.  I love hearing things like that.

 We had 3-4 games a weekend, not counting the Sunday games, that we didn't play.  The season was from mid February until the end of May.  It was long!

 I feel overall that it gave them both a lot of confidence and some good experience.

Oak Island Marathon

 My friend Christine got me into running and somehow 6 months after we began running I was running a marathon.  Christine has rumatoid arthritis and at one point in her life they thought she would be crippled as walking hurt her a lot.  Since she began running a couple of years ago, she has gotten so much better and she wanted to run a marathon in February to celebrate 10 years since her diagnosis.  Since we ran our long runs for half marathon training, I told her I would run her long runs with her so she didn't have to go alone.  Before I knew it, I was registered for her marathon with her!  I have to be honest, I was so scared!  The training took so much time and Christine and I got to be very close.  She ended up being one of my best friends.  

It was freezing cold and rained really hard (notice me wearing capris...I had this advice from someone and I was cursing her name through the marathon :). We still had so much fun and were able to run a really consistent marathon.  We laughed and sang and had a good time despite the unfortunate weather. 

 I was pretty excited to run this marathon that was right next to the ocean and we ran post this lighthouse.  

 My family was such a huge support.  I am not sure why I didn't get a picture with my parents.  They flew in to be with me and my kids all came too.  They would show up at different times and cheer as I ran past, or they would drive by cheering.  They made it so fun!

 These kids were troopers.  It was raining and cold and they were happy and so supportive!

 We did it!  And earned the hugest medals to prove it :)

 My boys were pretty impressed with the medal!

 McKay had to do a little photoshoot with it.  

I ended up being 4th in my age group.  We ran the marathon in 4 hours and 52 minutes.  We were pretty happy about it!

Dad Turns 39

 Happy 39th birthday to Josh!  We sure love Dad!  He was a good sport and wore the seminary birthday hat while the seminary kids sang to him.

 Dad's favorite Texas sheet cake.  Last year of being in his 30's!

West Basketball v Milton (Home)

 The last time we played Milton, we won, but not by very much.  This time our team has grown so much!  They all did so well and Palmer scored 5 points.  We ended up winning 47 to 23.  It's a good thing because the poor varsity got clobbered!

 This boy is such a good hard worker.  We are just so proud of all that he has become as a player!

 You can't see t, but Palmer is shooting a floater behind those boys.