It’s almost Bracket Time! Because it’s a family tradition, this year the three of us will create our own brackets for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. And we’ll share the highs and lows of our tournament experience here on
Many moons ago, Chris was a student manager for the University of Southern Indiana’s men’s basketball team. While there, he met two men who went on to have very successful national basketball coaching careers. The first was the head coach
It’s not very often that Chris gets to ref at Avery’s future high school. So we took advantage of the close location and went to watch him perform. It also was almost our last chance to see him since the
We’ve been living and breathing basketball around here lately. Come to think of it, I guess that’s not really any different than normal! Avery and I don’t get to go to a lot of Chris’ games…mostly because they’re past Avery’s
Did you enjoy watching the Olympics this summer as much as we did? It was fun to cheer on our country in global competition. And I always like watching the sports we usually only see at the Olympics, like fencing, rowing,
Nearly two weeks later and I finally have time to give a recap on Avery’s short soccer clinic! During the second session, the kids learned a little about defense. Coach Mandy called two kids to the middle of the field
Happy race day!
Today was Avery’s first soccer clinic. First, we were struck at how quickly she’s grown; we can’t believe she’s old enough to learn how to play soccer. But then we saw how tiny and short she was compared to the
Even before Avery was born, Chris and I talked about our kids playing sports. After all, to be a member of this family you’d better like sports! But we didn’t think Avery would be able to participate in any organized
Around our house, playing outside means playing sports. So every time we were outside last weekend, Avery pulled several sports-related items from the garage. She doesn’t really have a favorite sport yet, but we’ve really seen her skills improve since