T's first 3 basketball games this season were at a tournament. It made me feel like we were a part of NASCAR. You know, have the big race first. It was quite the experience. It was held in Duncanville, which is about 80 miles from our house. The fieldhouse that it was held in was crazy. It had 6 fullsize courts plus bleachers for each court. There was so much screaming, loud whistles, and buzzers that it was hard to tell if it was for your game or another one. The first day we arrived around noon so that wasn't too early. However, we ended up having to stay there until almost 9 pm. After, almost 8 hours of loud basketball, the girls and I were ready to never see another basketball again! T played really well. He made 16 points in the first game and the most points in all the games. He won MVP for making the most points and getting the most rebounds. Several of the teams had players as big as if not bigger than T. In fact, if T and the other large boy hadn't been on our team, we would have been severely outmatched. His next game is tonight in Oklahoma and we are happy it is just a single game that will be played without any other games going on at the same time. I can't explain how LOUD the tournament was! T's team placed 4th overall so they did pretty good.
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| T guarding his goal. |
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| T actually made this basket. |
As for an update on our bonus chicken, she is still doing remarkably well. You would never know she wasn't always part of the group. She acts like she has always been here and no one really picks on her.
We skipped L's choir practice this week so we could go visit my in laws. It's hard to visit them since my mother-in-law works during the week and on weekends D works and we have church. We had not been able to see them for awhile. D and T helped do somethings around the house and we all helped feed hay to the cows. T said that was the most scared he had ever been! He rode with us while A learned to drive so that is really saying something. His job was to unwrap the hay before the cows ate it. The cows aren't particularly scary; it is the fact they are longhorn cows that is scary. They could easily stab you with their horn just by being overly excited to eat! I don't blame him. They scare me too. My job was to use the ATV and the horn to scare them back while T unwrapped the hay. The cows really didn't care about me and kept trying to get around me. D was in charge of using the tractor to put the hay down into the hay ring. Apparently, T's job is usually done by my mother in law. It doesn't make us feel good knowing that they are doing this each week themselves. My mother-in-law uses a leg brace to help with her severe arthritis and my father-in-law has hip issues and problems with mobility. I fear we are playing Russian roulette with having a cow related accident. We love my in laws and really fear for their safety. Hopefully, nothing will happen before they can either get rid of them or my father in law feels better .
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| My helper. |
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| D did pretty good controlling the tractor. |
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| D and his Dad out working together. |
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