State Basketball Tournament

Joel's team made it to the state basketball tournament in the "silver" bracket this year (took 2nd in their league), so he, Greg, and I traveled to Redmond this last weekend to watch a whole lot of basketball! The other kids stayed behind with grandpas and grandmas (one night with each set) and had much more fun than they would have had with us. (Well, except for Kari--poor thing got sick on Saturday. The rest of them had fun, though!) We had a great weekend, watching basketball in Redmond  and Bend and staying with Ryan and Michelle in Sisters. The boys won their first two games and lost the last two, which made them 4th place out of 16 teams. They never gave up and worked hard. We were proud of them all! They were disappointed with their losses, but they all had a fun weekend, too, and came away with a great first state tournament experience. The fact that it was sunny was a nice bonus. It's been so rainy here (24 days straight of rain), we were all starved for some sunshine.

Jett's mom is a photographer and has captured lots of great shots this season and kindly shared them with us. These are all hers, with the exception of this first one.