Valley City Hoops

We had a one day tournament in Valley City yesterday day.  6 teams in the 8th grade bracket.  We've only played one of them before, and not since 6th grade.  Won all 3 games!  Fast paced games.

Up since 5 am, 3 game of basketball, post tourney nap on the drive home

Snow!

We've had an unseasonable warm Fall this year.  That all came to a screeching halt on Nov 28th.  We got nearly 2 feet of snow over 2 days, and another ~5" a week later.  The second round of snow came with gust of 50 mph, and sustained winds of 30 mph.  This resulted in an unprecedented 2 consecutive storm days from the first storm, and a never before in my lifetime since being in Mandan a third storm day from the second storm, followed by a 2 hours delay start the day after the storm day.

 There are some funky drifts in the back yard.  The kids used them for some protection from the wind when they were playing with the dog

 This puppy loves loves loves the snow.  There were some big drifts, but he figured out how to get through them.

 He loves the snow, but is not so fond of the bitter winds

 This was at 11:20 am on the first day of snow

 Keeping warm!

 I only got stuck once!  We have a challenging driveway to navigate to through the snow, especially since our street was not plowed from the end of the first storm.

 The snow has drifted to the top of the fence on both sides bordering our neighbor's yard.  This has allowed for their dog and our dog to run freely between yards for puppy play dates at will.  We find Tika at the bottom of our deck steps waiting for Rushmore to come outside.

 Megan enjoyed her snack while watching the storm and snow

 snow day board games

thanksmas 16

we had our combined Thanksgiving/Christmas celebration in Park Rapids.  The boys, Holly, and I ran the turkey trot in the morning.  had fun opening gifts in the evening.  eric tried his luck bow hunting for the first time friday morning.  no luck!  Maybe next time.

keep swimming

Megan had her first swim meet of the year on Nov 20th in Minot.  We drove up the night before (after Jonathan's basketball game) and spent the night with Grandma.  We had supper with her at Maddio's pizza.
Not nearly as many nerves for this swim meet. It was much smaller than the last one she did, and all events were 50m, so it went pretty fast.

2nd game of 2nd tourney of the year

Lost the first game by 2.  Won the second by 23 or so.  Glad I had my continuous shutter on for J's baseline reverse layup he made.