Makes a difference

When Santa knows your name and that you love Thomas the Train....



Amazing what happens when Santa is Granddad's best friend!

They boys sent this to Coach for Christmas....



They think they are so cool....(if you're wondering this is only about half the team)

Annual Christmas Card......

This is the second year in a row we've sent out basketball cards....next year maybe I'll be in the mood to lobby for something different......and if you're wondering that's part of downtown Newkirk in the background....such a cute little downtown! (Yes, I am aware of how huge I am, lovely isn't it?)

Somedays

This is the only answer....



Today is one of those days.....

The North gene....

I say it's the North gene that comes out when the hubs comes home and says we are having a team dinner and one mom is going to bring water with flavors and all the boys are supposed to bring a finger food. Teenage boys are not the best at informing their parents of things. So I quickly offer to take care of dessert items, thinking that way they can focus on other things. BUT when you have a kid ask if they can bring popcorn I start freaking out and think they aren't going to have enough food. So this is what I ended up with....












Sugar Cookies, Cheesecake bites, cake pops, and brownies for dessert...these were great cause I could pre-make everything but the brownies cause I like those fresh! Then my OCD North gene kicks in and I run to the store to get stuff to make this....



Sliders....



And French bread pizza I cut into strips. So of course there was enough food for us to save some and feed them after they play Friday, but it's a rule in my family, better more then not enough! Overall my babies were happy cause they got to eat then run all over the gym to their hearts content and I was happy because I was able to socialize with a few of the moms I've become friends with; (which I didn't think I'd ever do, being friends with players parents, it's tricky) without watching a game while we are all stressing out! So I guess my lesson here is I should just trust a little more that things can work out without me doing everything!

3rd Games a Charm!

Jeremy got his first win tonight! It was a good win and I'm so proud of him and the boys. These kids have come a long ways! Their highest scorer ended up having surgery on Wednesday and what we hoped would be 2 weeks ended up being 3 months. But we believe that God is good and it'll be a shorter recovery time. So in the mean time it's going to make these boys stronger and we hope tonight is the beginning of a wonderful season! (It'll be wonderful no matter what!) so here's to the coach, we are so proud of him!
Post Game Radio Interview


Two proud kiddos!



(isn't Maddie's little cheerleading uniform the cutest thing you've ever seen?)

Santa Visit

Saturday we took the kids to Wichita, KS to see Santa, go to the Mall, hang out in Wichita. Maybe we didn't go to the right places, but I gotta say I wasn't overly impressed with Wichita. We visited both malls, Towne East is definitely the better of the two, got Maddie some pretty sweet Jordans, and let the kids see Santa. Although we had to bribe Cooper with he could ride a motorized toy (someone is making a fortune off those stupid machines) if he smiled for his picture with Santa. This is what we best we got.....

with this being a close second.....

Apparently we forgot to bribe Maddie. I'm sure next year's picture will be great with 3 of them, but we'll have to find a different Santa, this one couldn't handle Cooper and the escapee. My parents and Aunt Sue saw Santa in Macy's in NYC, their picture somehow turned out much better. I'm sure it was my uncle Chuck who was making faces off to the side for them since he didn't want to be in the picture with Santa.

It started....

Basketball has officially started, the season didn't quite start like we hoped. Jeremy's best player hurt his knee in practice the day before the first game. The boys didn't have a lot of time to adjust. We are hopeful it's just a sprain and he will be back next week, but we will find out soon. So pray its just a sprain.
Also, Cooper has taken up golf, Wii golf that is, this is what I see often in the living room now...



Maddie is his little cheerleader, it's pretty cute! But his Dad taught him how to aim, now he just aims to get the ball in the water. Go figure....