John and the NC East-West Game

On Monday night the North Carolina East-West basketball game was held in Greensboro for the best NC high school basketball players. 

They choose three officials from all over the state to referee this game and John was selected as one of those three officials. I was super proud of him. 

The girls and I attended the game and had terrific seats to see all of the action. Well, mostly to watch John. :) 

Presented with officiating plaques

Opening tip

John in a variety of referee poses!

A video compilation of John working as a referee at the North Carolina All Star basketball game:

Basketball & 52 Years

Today is my parent's anniversary. They have been married for 52 years! Pretty amazing. Happy 52 years, mom and dad.

Lily finished her basketball season last night. They lost the playoff game 12-7. She had an interesting season. I was proud that she was always upbeat about the practice and the game. Her first question when we got in the car to come home..."when do we sign up for basketball again?" Thought that was a good sign. Here are some photos of the girls at the end of the evening:

basketball, forts, and awards

Lily is playing in the 7-9 year old basketball league this year. She seems to enjoy it. Her skills are still developing and she is on one of the younger teams. She definitely has the hands up in the air skill down!!! Here are some of the photos of her from her last game:

The girls were both out of school for a few days this week. They used their imagination and came up with an idea to create a fort. Lily even fell asleep in it one afternoon after school.

I mentioned earlier that Lily used her Justice gift card to purchase a pretty canopy for above her bed. Here it is. Love the soft filmy feeling of the material and really like the color she chose.

Friday morning the children received acknowledgement for all of their accomplishments in the first semester of 2nd grade. I was so proud of Lily and loved her choice of attire for the assembly.

We are off to another basketball game in a bit. They will face one of the tougher teams...hoping Lily turns on her aggressive play. She had three fouls called on her in a previous game...looking forward to seeing her steal that ball again today.