After gymnastics, eating pizza with Ty and opening a few presents at the house, we hit the road again. My friend Buffy Madsen watched the girls while I went to a meeting about WYDAHO! with Julie and Bill at the office. After Raleigh got home from kindergarten we headed to Paul, stopping at Minico for the big Burley game. We made it through the jv game before I couldn't take it anymore and took the kids home. I'm sure my parents were relieved to be able to enjoy the varsity game, which Minico won! Ty's team beat Twin in dramatic fashion, on a buzzer beater 3-pointer that gave them the 73-72 victory.
Going to bed tonight, Kysa was touching my face while I brushed her hair.
She said, “Mom, what are those?”, referring to the zits she could feel on my face.
I said, “I’ve got some owies on my face.”
She thought about it for a second, then asked, “You bonk your face on the wall?”
I laughed. “No, Kysa. I just have some owies….some zits.”
“Zits?” Kysa wasn’t satisfied, “You bonk your face on SOMETHING?”
Then she went on to tell me about the time Shay bonked her in the nose, and how she got a bloody nose, and that happened when Grandma Ro was here, and of course her famous, “That not nice!”
I guess sometimes it pays to have a bad complexion, cuz that was some funny stuff.
Ty finally got him calmed down by starting a game of Halo2.
I took these a couple of minutes ago, and she is indeed fast asleep. :)
“Sunday I was sitting in SS and we were talking about how when we humble ourselves before the Lord He will show unto us our weaknesses. Before when I've thought about the Lord showing me my weakness it seemed like it might be a repremand, showing me what I'm doing wrong. But this time I had the thought that He shows our weakness to help us realize that we can make it a strength. If we have weaknesses that we can't see we can't fix it. I guess I have known that Heavenly Father shows us our weaknesses to make them a strength, but it really hit me and I had a greater appreciation for this principle, I think it's because I've noticed lately a few of my weaknesses. Not my favorite thing.”
(From my insightful Ricks teammate J-Walk)
Kysa figured out how to dribble yesterday (1/8) at Coach Ehardt's clinic at Apple Athletic Club. It was like a light came on. She still only gets about 15-20 dribbles in a row, but that's a big improvement from not being able to dribble at all a couple days ago. Maybe it’s the pink basketball she got for Christmas. She will be 2 for two more weeks…maybe we can get her dribbling with her left hand by her birthday. Ha!
Here are the links to some clips on YouTube of the kids dribbling before bed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDylWrJvwuk “Shay’s Turn”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI32-GIY1PE “Raleigh Attempts Behind the Back”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD4vtnFYzto “Keep Your Hand Up”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-tc72Kyec “Keep Your Mouth Closed”
The best clips are the ones where Raleigh gives Kysa instructions while she is dribbling and she does her best to do what he says.
On an exciting note, Ty’s Skyline boys beat Madison tonight—YAY! It was a close game, 55-54. WHEW. They needed it. Ty went to Applebees with the other coaches after the game to celebrate, after stopping at the house to make sure it was alright and say hi to the kids. Kysa hugged Ty and said, “Dad, you can’t go!” Then she looked at him with those big brown eyes and said, “But daddy, I MISS YOU!”
We have our first day of the 1st-3rd grade basketball league at Apple Athletic Club tomorrow so I better get to bed. I’m gonna hit a couple of cycling classes before it starts.
Ha!
Shay likes to sneak out of her room and lay down in the hallway at bedtime. I don’t think she realizes that the trick is on her--because it can’t be that comfy to fall asleep on the floor!
Faces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RwpdTpr6yc
Peeling Oranges (goodnight Grandma Ro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43aaBkSSAY8
Don’t forget to click on the option to watch in high quality…they are much better that way!
“Courage is not found in what you have overcome, but in the challenges you are now willing to face.”
