4H recognition night

Tonight was recognition night for the Morton County 4H programs.  Despite the nasty weather, we ventured out to the Eagle's Club for free pizza and awards.

Megan was given an award for first year Cloverbud.  She was thrilled.

She also won a door prize!  She wants me to pack her cold lunch next week.

This is how happy Jonathan was....

And this is how excited Eric was.....

And this is what a pan of banana bars with cream cheese frosting looks, er, I mean looked like.

The boys each were awarded for being on the archery team, and also own door prizes, but did not want their pictures taken.

Purple Belt

Saturday was belt testing day for Eric.  He was excited and nervous.  The testing was scheduled for an hour.

 His nice parent helper did not use a wide enough base of support.  He almost knocked her off balance several times

 This parent helper did a much better job maintaining his balance

Well done, Eric!

He is now a member of the Black Belt Club.  Next goal is blue belt.

Backyard

Megan and I chilled out on the deck the other night while the boys were at football practice.  She played with cloud dough.  I picked some tomatoes and entertained the cats.

Tigirlily

Megan loves the female duo Tigirlily from Hazen.  We have to watch lots of youtube videos of them performing.  Lo and behold, they were playing at Applefest on Saturday.  Of course, we went.

She was super excited to have her picture taken with them!

Hoops

If you need a laugh, head to Ft Lincoln gym on Saturday mornings at 9 to watch 1st and 2nd grade basketball.  The ref only calls out of bounds at this point, which means the girls can travel and double dribble as much as they want.  It is hysterical.  Play in this age group is also quite ego-centric, so it is not at all uncommon for the girls to steel the ball from,or even foul their own teammate.

Bull Dog

Eric lines up as Tight End on offense (usually).  He has some great blocking on Saturday!

We call him Bull Dog, because he's bully-ish.

37 pitch pass

The Longhorns (ie...Jonathan and Eric's team) played the Vikings on Saturday.  They ran a 37 pitch pass to start their first offensive series of the second half.  It's a play we've also been practicing in our back yard, as it requires a left handed H-back to pull it off.

 The QB pitches the ball to Jonathan

 But wait, it's not a running play, it's a pass play!

 Perfect spiral

 Perfect catch!

I was not able to get a pick of J high fiving his coach after the play, but he was sure excited! Glad Don was able to tip me off that the play was coming.