Catching UP

 My GIRL was BACK on the VARSITY court!!! And in the 1st quarter no less... I mentioned there have been some struggles but she's back and we were THRILLED to watch her.... 

HORRIBLE game... 

But soooooo happy she's COMIN' BACK!

These two cracked us right up.... matchy matchy!

On Saturday it was a full house of family and friends supporting our girl! See these two adult heads here... we've loved watching all their sports and so fun to have them there to watch her! :)

You might have to click on this pic to make it bigger or go to the post itself for the context but Minnie has been watching these gals her whole life :)

and now it's this ones turn :) hahahaha

Christmas Break (Part 2)

December was a LOT...AND some of this stuff we didn't even do....but it still felt like A LOT... 

One thing POST Christmas that could NOT be missed was seeing Caleb while he was home for a couple of days.... B&B hosted us all and fed us a yummy lunch!

Peep Sansa on Husband's lap? :)

Mimi's crew minus Bri Bri :(

and then trying to get all the "extras" :)

We navigated some tricky conversations with Minnie regarding bball and this movie happened to be on which felt like perfect timing... ;) 

Miss B opened this gift from Grilley.... and she could NOT contain herself!

On NYE Minnie had a Yankee swap with some friends before practice...and Tracy sent me this funny pic of our girls... hers is just a couple weeks OLDER than mine... HEE HEE

We kicked off NYE with Mexican and BIL L's homemade chicken stir fry.....

After we picked Minnie up from her NYE practice (5-7PM... insert eye roll) it was legs up shenanigans and giggles from playing "What do you Meme?" for hours....

Circa December 2023

It felt like a VERY fun, restful, productive Christmas break.... so grateful....

Christmas Break (Part 1)

It felt SOOOO good to have a solid 2 weeks off this year for Christmas Break... 5 days last year just didn't cut it.... 

Minnie kicked off her break after practice on 12/21 with a trip to see UCONN/USC Women's basketball teams play! Def. not a fan of my girl being SO FAR from home... 

But she had a BLAST!!!

Photo courtesy Minnie

Photo courtesy Twins Dad

Sunday AM we picked up she and the "twins" for Christmas Sunday service so they could hear Miss B  NAIL HER SOLO!!! And I was so into her song I didn't even snag ONE PIC OR VIDEO.... 😩

You can find the song she sang HERE :)

We finished the night with our annual trip to see the lights with MIL and had Pizza Hut...

We DEF enjoyed our cozy home and blankets....

and family time... :)

Christmas Eve had us at the 4:00 service at Curtis Lake and home for our KFC tradition and the gals opening their PJs... I thought I was HYSTERICAL this year....

and on Christmas these two opened THEIR equally as funny shirts :)

Per my norm... not many pics from the ACTUAL Christmas day... but it was very fun and felt a little more relaxed.... 

Part 2... coming soon!

Ice Fishing 15 Years Later....

A few days early....but 15 years ago and ALMOST all the same kiddos and adults....not pictured...

Pics of my girl courtesy of Guinny.....

4 outta 5 Days

with bball games! 

Miss B (and Husband) were back at it at home on Monday....

and the fan club showed up... peep Coach Wes there? 

Def. didn't turn out like we'd hoped....

On Tuesday Minnie was ACTUALLY on the court... finally HER home opener....

Also did not go the way we had hoped but we played a GREAT 2nd 1/2 and it was a fun game to be at...

Also fun was watching poor TiTi give Miss B a piggy back... OUCH!

Wednesday *might* have been the MOST fun though....I LOVE this girl SO much!

Peep Miss B and Miss O on the same court?!!? So fun!! There was one point when Miss B was setting a screen and tripped O and got a case of the giggles so bad...

Love these two....

Following photo cred. to the AD liaison 

Thursday we actually HAD THE NIGHT OFF... Well...I mean... we only had to zip Minnie BACK to MMS and then Husband had to go BACK to get her.. but that's a "night off" :)

Friday... yahoo..... SCHOOL BREAK kicking off with a travel an hour south... 

Photo cred. Minnie ;) 

I sent this pic to my friend Heather... she is married to Ryan and they live in this town... Ryan has sat in those chairs and coached his two girls... who now go to University of GA and University of TN respectively... 15 years ago I gave my notice so I could stay home with THIS girl... and Friday night I was sitting in the bleachers and saw HIS girls.... home from their colleges...

Minnie got in and got BUSY...

SO proud of our girl for making the moments count and working hard whatever field, court, track... she is on.... well done Sporty Spice!

I did go over and talk to Ryan's girls.... I did a quick search on the blog to see if I ever mentioned my favorite two "bosses" and this came up... Ryan and John... best.CFPS.EVER. I am just THAT much behind that I can send their mom messages about "lucky shorts, socks, hair-dos, and all the sweat" and she gets it... and misses it! Thankful for those that have gone before.... :)