Basketball has eaten up a great portion of what used to be our "free time". 5 out of 6 Shaffers here are participating/are done participating in basketball this season. Admittedly, I am sporadic with my picture taking and more sporadic with posting pics here, or anywhere else for that matter. So, be prepared for the onslaught of pictures.
Here we go. These may or may not be in some sort of order.
Ewan-looking spiffy in his travel jacket. He loves this thing and wears it all the time. Fun fact: Ewan, Marcus and Cale all picked the number 22 for their basketball number. If I had my stuff together, I might have tried to force those three to take their picture together in their uniforms. Didn't happen.
For fun-Ewan's team got to play a game at Banker's Life Fieldhouse-where the Indiana Pacers play (and, for more fun, they went to and actual Pacers game first-Andy took all our boys to that game). I got to take Ewan and enjoyed watching him play. He also scored 4 or 6 points. I can't remember-but I know he was the highest scorer on his team that day. (Side story-I drove our big van and parked it in a tiny, old parking garage that we barely squeezed into. When we left, I got one of the employees there to back the van out and bring it down to the first level for me. I think they just wanted to get rid of me.)
On the court.
Passing the ball in.
Kella wanted to play basketball this year. She is on one of 6 kindergarten teams. She is probably the smallest person on any of the teams and definitely the most fancy dressed for practice.
These 2 are random photos from one of Marcus's games. Look for the 22. He played on the "b" team this year and had a good time and a good season. There are just 2 weeks left with one more tournament. It's an "a" team tournament, but Marcus was asked to keep playing with a chance of maybe playing in the tourney.
These are all Cale. They might have been playing the same school as Marcus was. I don't know. Look for the 22, red hair and orange, knee-high socks. That's how I figured out which boy I was looking at.
We spend time taking selfies during the games.
Some more of Cale. This was his last game of the season. The 6th grade season is shorter that the other grades. Cale played on the "b" team, too, and did a great job. Personally, I think he should have played on the "a" team. But, I am not the coach.
Another selfie interlude.
These are of Marcus's last home game and last "b" game. They are in a backwards order. Just how I uploaded them. I had the sense to get out my phone to get these pictures. Potentially, one of the last games he plays in ever-if he doesn't make the freshman team next year.
Ewan's travel team. Their regular season is over. The team finished the season with 1 win (in the last game). They get a Sunday off and then the next one will be the start of the tournament. At this point, I do expect them to not win and advance. A totally different position than what they were in last year, when the team (made up of several different players) won the whole post-season tournament. But, Ewan's had fun and it's been a good experience.
Rec league is still going strong and will for most of February. Ewan, Liam and Kella are all playing in that league. These games take up our Saturday mornings for now. Hopefully, that means I will get a couple pictures to share here in the future.
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