A perfect end to a great season.

Basketball season has officially come to an end for the year.  Maybe I should rephrase that....  Our time in the gym has come to an end for the year and I am just starting to recover from an illness known as "bleacher butt".  I look forward to healing before it all starts over again with Volleyball season in the fall.  Of course there will be friendly 1 on 1 competitions in the driveway and camps in the near future but the high school, junior high, grade school and AAU teams are done with their games.   Our boys finished out their season taking home the Championship medals in Baker Elkhorn Elite Tourney and then 2nd place in the Pine Eagle Tournament. 

 This was Lexy's first year doing AAU and the girls were able to get in 2 tournaments which gave them an additional 9 games for the season.  They finished in 2nd place in the Battle of the Blue's tournament and we were really proud of the progress they made in a short amount of time.  Not bad for a first year and only 2 tourneys.

 The girls love basketball, but love the fun social aspect of the tournaments even a little bit more I think.

 Although you CAN'T keep the boys off of the basketball court or take a ball out of their hands for much more than a few moments, truly enjoy time with each other and have enjoyed getting to know other players around the state over the past few years.....such as the curly headed photo bomber from the Grant Union team.  This was the end of the season photo and we had lost a lot of our regular boys so we picked up Isaac, Kaden, and Ethan to complete our team.  It was fun for Nojah and his cousin Isaac to get to play together.  These are a great group of boys and benefited from an extra 25 games this season with AAU tourneys.

Our little gym rats

It was such a blessing to bring along our nephew this last tournament.  We enjoy his positive attitude and smiles and certainly cherish all the time we get to spend with him.

It's been a great year and we are looking forward to spring track meets, summer golf, biking, and hiking, and then fall sports before heading into another 5 months of basketball.