Bball Dinner

The team dinner for the freshman and sophomore basketball teams was at our house this week. We did a nacho bar and the kids loved it. Normally they eat and take off but tonight they hung out for hours. Brayden even left for piano lessons and a bunch of kids stayed lol. They played in the court, the ball pit, and hung out in the theater. Great group of boys.

 

Driver’s License

I've been waiting for this day longer than Brayden has lol. He turned 16 back in November but bc of scheduling conflicts with basketball and Christmas break it took 6 weeks to get all his range and driving hours completed. We finally had everything done and headed to the DMV to get his license. We got there and since we had an appt we skipped the long line and started the process of getting it all done. Ummm...there was a traffic test apparently he didn't take since he did all the course work online. None of the driving teachers at Bingham told us we had to get that done so we were blindsided by it and I wasn't happy. So we stood outside where we could get service and together we guessed on the 40 questions, memorized the answers, then completed the exam so he could get his license. I was NOT going to leave the DMV without a license. Of course we had already used our appt spot so now we had to stand in the long line of people without appointments. I was annoyed. But we got his license and walked out of there on cloud 9. We stopped at Brayden's favorite restaurant for lunch then got him back to school. Life is about to change and I couldn't be happier about it!

 

BFF’s?

I love hanging out with my sister's and definitely consider them some of my best friends. I frequently wonder if our girls will end up being friends when they are older since they tend to be typical siblings and fight often. Since I'm thinking about this all the time I also notice all the times where they genuinely enjoy being together. They are always playing games, dancing, and being together so it gives me hope that one day they will consider each other bff's and end up choosing to be together when they don't actually have to be.

A Little Distraction

Brayden is working on being a more consistent shooter. He goes at 6am every morning and shoots at the high school with the automatic ball return so he gets up hundreds of shots every morning and has a really high percentage. But during the games he doesn't all hit his shots consistently. So we decided he needs to get better at shooting with distractions. We may have taken it to a whole new level as the girls chased him around the court, flapping their arms like birds, and yelling "Caw! Caw!" It was pretty hilarious but so awesome that the girls were willing to pitch in and help.

 

Friends

It's fun running into past teammates that Brayden has played with. Bingham played West Jordan so Brayden got to play with a few of his teammates he's played with sine 3rd grade. I only got a pic with Spencer, but Dodger and Tristan are also on West Jordan's team. It was fun see them all play against each other! (Bingham won, in case anyone was wondering.)

 

Performance

Drill showcase season has begun. Our studio always gets asked to perform at the surrounding high school's showcases and the girls love doing it. This performance was with Brynlee's team performing at Jordan High School.

 

School/Craft Time

We love Sunday afternoons. They are relaxed and the kids get to chill and enjoy not having to go anywhere or do anything. I couldn't find the 3 girls so I went downstairs and found them playing "school" and doing arts and crafts. I love when I get to see them getting along and having fun together. And the best part was they did "homework time" and got all of their actual homework done!