Just when you think the Skinners are done with basketball . . .
. . . it’s time for the Stake Men’s Baskeball Tournament! Go Hobblecreek First Ward!! They had a title to defend, after all. With such an athletic, good-looking man playing in the #11 jersey, how could they lose? Sarah, Megan, and Mariah went to cheer him on and they won! By a whole lot! Way to go Kevin (and team)!
In the Hoop Shoot, each participant gets two minutes to make as many shots as they can from designated spots on the floor. You get more points for harder shots and you get bonus points for trying each shot once and even more bonus points for trying each shot twice. Sarah and Megan were both finalists from Springville and they both competed Saturday in the southern Utah finals. I am told that they both did awesome! Sarah even . . . won! Wow! She’ll get a jacket that says “Hoop Shoot” on it and she’ll go on to the Western United States finals at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City. Holy Cow! Go Sarah! and good job, Megan!
So, while Dad was off with our basketball stars, I went with Savannah to their first dress rehearsal for Once Upon a Mattress. Everyone was trying on their costumes for the first time. What a lot of lords and ladies!! It was a feast for the eyes! I was there to help with alterations and was given four heavy dresses on which to shorten the hems and return to the school before the play begins. I got to see the opening scenes and they’re all doing a great job. It is going to be a fun play!
We also had some fun visits this week. Grandma Mary stopped by on her way back from St. George and had dinner with us and stayed the night. We all enjoyed seeing her again!
Our other visit was actually a homecoming. After TWO MONTHS in Arizona, Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik FINALLY came home to us. Oh, the rejoicing in the Skinner home! They came home sick, though, so we are sad but wishing them a very speedy recovery! If two people can be loved well again, they should be up and around in no time. I still have to give them all the “I miss you” cards that Cali and Cheyenne wrote while they were gone . . .
Bethany continues to watch way more TV than I should allow her to, but it sure is funny when she uses a Barbie doll as a guitar and starts to sing, “I Totally Rock!” from the Bubble Guppies, or when she tells us that she can’t find her backpack because Swiper took it and then says, “That sneaky fox!”
Benjamin continues to take shaky steps and has the bruises all over his forehead to prove it! He woke up with an awful croupy cough on Monday, but we went to the doctor Monday afternoon, and he got over it really quickly. What a blessing.
What a blessing all these kids are! I feel so lucky to be able to spend my days with them. Life is good.
1 comment:
Whew! Another post that makes me tired just to read it. You really amaze me, you know that?
Are they going on? Will they have any more games? (The men, of course.) I'd love to come cheer them on if we knew the time and place.
Glad Ben is feeling better. Hope G&G G are soon as well.
And I can't wait to come see the play. Way to go with the alterations. What a domestic goddess you are.
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