Reverse layup!!

This is our grandson Evan in a game with Cedar Park Christian High school doing a reverse layup. They have been having fun playing the game and haven't been winning all their games but that is OK.

We are very proud of Evan as a young man and also the way he conducts himself on the basketball court. "GO EAGLES"

Basketball, basketball!

1-10-11 - We have been in basketball mode ever since we had our last Christmas get together. We have watched two of Evan's games. One game was played at Granite Falls and we won the game, like 63 - 40. Evan had a good game and scored about 9 points. They started a little slow but came on and had a good game.

Then Evan's next game was with Bellevue Christian and it was played at Cedar Park. The gym was full and our team again started slow and at halve time were down by about 15 points. So there was work to do and we came out in the second halve, did a much better job with the basketball, with fewer turnovers & started scoring more points. Evan hit three (3') in the 4th quarter and closed the gap to about a 4 point game. In the end we did lose 50-44 but the guys played a great second halve and Evan ended up with 12 points. So they could hang their heads high and will be ready for their next game.

Have also watched Jessie's team play a game against Meridian High school. The girls won the game by about 30 points and Jessie could about 5 points. The team is so well balance with a really good bench. So the coach can bring in fresh girls and keep the other teams on the run.

We are now counting down for our trip south again. Will be going south with Sherry & Doug Smith in their motor home. Will be leaving on the 12th of January. Then when we get to Williams, CA will pick up our car and will be on our way to Surprise, AZ

Snow is being forecast before we hit the road so not sure how our schedule will work out but will be watching the weatherman & see if the road will be clear. That's it for now.

Oakland Tournament is History!!

1-01-11 - We left at 7 AM from the Woodfin Hotel in Emeryville, CA at 7 AM and headed north towards 1-5 north. After traveling about 104 miles arrived at the town of Williams, CA. We had arranged to store our Geo Tracker in the Police Station at Williams. We have stored our car in the police station parking lot. I had arranged with the lady in the police station to leave our car there.

We then came the rest of the way home with Lisa & Dwayne. We arrived in Bothell at about 9 PM. We spent the night with the Scholtens and then the next morning traveled to Lynden for our Gienger Christmas. We had a very good time with family and got some nice Christmas gifts.

Then on 1-02-11 we had another Christmas get together with the Crabtrees and was a good day with lots of good food, great gifts and a good time. The families involved in this gathering was the Biesheuvel family, Gienger family, Smith Family and the Scholten Family. So Pam and Brett had a full house with lots of food and good gifts. We have to remember why we were all here to celebrate the birth of our lord "Jesus".

Evan's Oakland Tournament is over!

12-30-10 - Evan's team just couldn't get in the win column yesterday and lost their game by a score of 57-48. Evan had a total of 10 points again the Deaf Team of CA. They played a Deaf Team from CA and they really played a great game and just played much better then we did. So that sent Cedar Park Christian School in the game today at 3:30 against a team from Eureka, CA. Cedar Park came out of the gate smoking and ended up winning the game by a score of 63-40. Evan had a total of 8 points.

So this comes to the end of our CA trip and in the morning we will be heading back to Bothell to Lisa and Dwayne's. So we have a long day to drive a total of 814 miles. So will have a total of about 13 hours and will be on the road by AM

San Diego Tournament - Girls Basketball!

12-27-30th - Lynden Girls basketball team played Archbishop Jordan and won that game by a score of 51-19. Then their next game was played on the 28th and they won that game also by a score of 43-22 against Basic High School from NV. by winning that game it put them in the Championship game against Eastlake High School in Skyline.

The Championship game was close all the way and Eastlake is ranked 5th in 4A and Lynden is a 2A school. The game went down to the wire and we ended up losing 45-41. We were ahead by 1 point with three minutes to go and just couldn't hold on. So that's it for the tournament and the girls are now at the Holiday bowl and will be flying home on Friday night.

Oakland we are here!!

12-28-10 - Arrived here in Oakland about 12:30 as we pulled up to the Woodfin Suites near the Oakland Bay bridge in the town of Emeryville. Lisa and Dwayne arrived about 1:45 and we got things in order in our room.

Then did some exploring in the area and lots of places to shop. The girls went to Micheal's and we headed to Best Buy. Then it started to rain & rain for the rest of the day. We did get something to eat at the Elephant Ear restaurant. Then after eating it was time to find where Evan's basketball game was being played.

Well we found the school but couldn't get in as the gates were locked. During all this running around it was down pouring. We finally had to park up on a street and walk about a 1/4 mile down steep steps to the gym. We got there in time for the game. We started very slow and were using a zone defense which didn't work. They were hitting everything and got ahead of us like, 30-15. Then in the second halve we switched to a man for man defense and things got much better. We closed the score to 33-34 and then it went back and forth the rest of the way. Evan played an excellent game and was high point with 17 points. They finally lost in a close game 50-44.

Today when we got up the rains had stopped and things are looking better. Evan plays in a loser's bracket game starting at 5 PM. We are now trying to figure out what we will do during the day here in Oakland and are close to Frisco.

Wow! Where has the time gone!

12-26-10 - Well we have just spent our first Christmas in AZ since I have retired 15 years ago. It was very different to spend Christmas in the sunshine and 70 degree temps. We have had a fun time and not as stressful as when we are at home in WA.

In fact we spent Christmas day yesterday at " City of Phoenix Stadium". Playing were the Dallas Cowboys and the Phoenix Cardinals were playing. The Cardinals ended up winning the game 27-26. Our pickelball club ran Concession Stand #107. We had a total of about 46 people and were very busy. The people just kept coming for food and more food. It was busy until the end of the 3rd Quarter. Then the crowds seemed to taper off. It was the first time for Ione and myself to work at the Stadium. We get a percent of the profits for our pickleball Club. We are saving money to build three more Pickleball Courts.

We are now packed and will be driving to Oakland in the morning. Will be watching a three day basketball tournament that Evan's Cedarpark Christian School team will be involved in. This is an eight team tournament. So won't be watching a lot of basketball but should be very interesting and then will give us free time for shopping, etc.

then after the tournament is done will be heading back to WA for about 2 weeks. Will be watching Evan's basketball and also our granddaughter Jessica will be playing some basketball with her team.

We will make it home for one of our Christmas get to gathers on the Crabtree side on the 2nd of January. Then will just do what we can until we start heading back to AZ on the 12th of Jan.