Four of My Favorite Valentines

B-ball season is over~

Tucker has always been on athletic, competitive sports teams... As far as I can recall, they have always finished in 1st place. So it was quite a shock to Tucker's system when his 8th grade b-ball team finished 3rd this season. For the tri-county tournament, his team played Carthage to determine who would play in the championship game. Tucker's team lost by 1 point. The "reffing" was horrible. (Ask Tucker, he'll tell you about it.) I hated watching these boys come out of the locker room looking like the weight of the world was on their shoulders.

A couple of days later, they played Memorial for 3rd place and won by 20+ points.

Although Tucker is going to do track this year, middle school sports are basically over for him. I hope that he continues to make the highschool teams and improve his skills. I love watching my kids play sports. It was one of those things I pictured as a young, in love teenager... Mike and I sitting in the bleachers, cheering on Ty and Trae (those were my favorite boy names as a teen). I can only think of a handful of times when Mike was in the bleachers with me - usually he is on the field/court or coaching his own team.

Mike, on other hand, is thrilled his coaching season is over! Football kicked butt! Girl's basketball - finished strong in 3rd place! Boy's basketball - ended up in 3rd as well.