Casey and Kendal have had four basketball games since I last posted. They had two the week before Thanksgiving. They played Jerome on the 19th at home and came out with a win! Thursday the 21st they played in Twin. I was unable to attend because I was at the school board meeting petitioning for money to go towards the reading program at the middle school. The team also pulled out a win that night. Casey got to join in coaching the Varsity team at the Delta Center on the 30th. This past week were both home games. Mountain Home was on Tuesday the 3rd. The girls played well and pulled out another win. They played Sugar Salem on Thursday and had a hard fight that ended in their first loss.
The middle school did an undercover dress up week leading up to Thanksgiving break. Day one we all had to wear one color. I went with blue, Casey did gray. None of the students noticed. Day two was anything but a water bottle day where Casey had a maple syrup jug and I had a sandwich baggie. Some kids questioned why teachers had odd cups, but not many clued in to it being a school wide thing. (Casey just told his students maple syrup is good for sore throats. ; ) Wednesday was dress like the students day and the teachers went all out for this. It was so fun to see the teachers and get the kids reactions to our casual dress and demeanor. The students definitely knew something was up. Thursday was Hawaiian dress up day, and Friday was spirit day. It was super fun (I'll be doing it this coming week at Stricker)!
Thanksgiving week Casey held practice from Monday through Wednesday. We took the kids to jump time on Monday for a bit of fun. Tuesday afternoon we took them out to pick books for each other for Christmas, and had a Wii tournament that evening. We went down to Logan on Wednesday after Casey and Kendal were done with practice. We gifted my parents family pictures for Christmas and had the photos taken Wednesday afternoon. It was chilly, but worth the memories we captured. We ate at Cafe Sabor that evening.
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Thanksgiving was a day full of cooking and family time. We had everyone there and even got to have Nana with us for dinner. We ended the day playing a very long game of phase 10, while the kids hung out downstairs.
Friday we had an easy going morning. Casey, Kendal and I only went to one store to get some athletic gear. Most of the rest of our shopping was online this year, but I can officially say I'm done Christmas shopping. Casey and Pete helped my Dad with his fence as well. Kendal chose ice skating as her birthday adventure this year so we all went to Eccles Ice rink in North Logan. We weren't sure how it would go since Kendal and Pete have only skated once before and Alice has never been, but they warmed up quickly and did really well! I shouldn't be surprised since they all roller blade, but they genuinely did a great job skating and we were so impressed. Casey and I (as well as the others) struggled to skate well, and had some falls and hurting feet by the end of things, but it was worth it to go for the kids. We had pizza that night and played more games.
Saturday Casey, Kendal, and Pete left early Saturday morning to go down to Salt Lake for basketball. Last year the boys got to play in the Delta Center and this year it was the girls' turn. It was just the Varsity team, but still a cool experience that Casey got to be down on the court helping to coach their team. The girls got soundly beat by Sugar Salem. After the game Casey took the kids around to some shops and to eat as well as the planetarium. They then went back to see the Jazz play that night and had a great time watching the game.
Alice and I stayed in Logan for the day. We got treated to Chick Fill A for lunch and went to Gossners and Costco afterwards. We spent some time with Nana that afternoon and just hung out at my parents as well. We finished our night watching Polar Express. We joined my parents and Katherine for church the next morning. I got to stay and enjoy my Dad's Sunday School lesson. He blows me away with his knowledge and dedication to his calling. My parents have a love for the gospel and they continuously study and seek to gain knowledge and understanding. They are an amazing example to me in so many ways and I am blessed by the gospel light they carry. We had a family dinner that afternoon and then came home that evening. We had a simple dinner and I pulled out Christmas Jammies since it was the 1st!
Besides basketball this week has just been our typical work and school week with the kids. We ended our work week with a ward Christmas dinner on Friday. Always a nice addition to the holiday spirit. Saturday we got some chores done. Casey took Kendal and Pete to get free yogurt from the Chobani giveaway in twin. Casey and I went and watched David play with the C Team that afternoon while the kids stayed home. I came home mid way through the JV game and Casey went back to finish. Casey took Alice and Pete to our community Christmas night while I drove Kendal over to Hannah's so they could do a surprise party for Alicyn.
We went to church today, did some come follow me afterwards, delivered friends Christmas goodies, played games this afternoon, and watched the Christmas devotional before bed. A good way to end the weekend!
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