So I post a silly picture from our last tournament trip: back to the hotel late, eating anything we can find...
Uneventful Day
the girl
Homework on the Deck
Louisville Volleyball Weekend
Louisville 2024 Day 1
There’s more to the story than these pictures, but it’s a fairly succinct vision of the first 8 hours of the day…
We made it to a Buc-ee’s — one of L’s favorite places. Why? It’s a big gas station, nothing more. Still, she gets some kind of silly joy out of it, and they are relatively rare in our part of the country (none near us in Greenville), so we stopped.
Part of the reason we stopped was the charm of the visit; part of it was the passenger-side rear tire, which had a slow leak.
Which led to me spending the first couple of hours in Louisville getting it fixed…
The girls went undefeated again in pool play, so it was a successful day. Pictures on the camera, though — no computer about…
Playful Monday
It used to be something we did fairly frequently in the spring: all four of us would go outside and do something together: swings, trampoline, badminton, or just a walk. I guess we all took it for granted, but soon enough, schedules shifted, kids grew up, calendars filled up, and these evening family times disappeared.
But we still have the net up from Easter; and we still have two kids who enjoy badminton. So all four of us were out playing, though never at the same time -- that schedule thing again.
First I took on the Boy. He's getting so much better, but he flubs some that should have been fairly easy. No pictures of that one.
Then K came out and played with the Boy. I snapped a couple of pictures, but not many -- not even one of K playing.
Then the Boy went inside while K and I played a bit. We're down to two working rackets, so options were limited.
Finally, the Girl returned home from getting crickets for her Australian Tree Frog -- I don't know that we have a single picture of her, but L has had her since eighth grade.
She plays with the Boy for a while, but then I suggest I take the Boy's part and the Boy take the camera.
And so I promptly have fun while making a bit of a fool of myself. L wins at everything -- it's time we face it.
K, for her part, was inside, studying.
When will the stars align again for such a day?
Sand
The Girl and the son of our dearest Polish friends -- two kids who always argued when younger -- played in a short sand volleyball tournament. L had just finished up a track meet, winning the high jump and placing second in the javelin, so she was a bit tired, I thought.
"No, I'm fine," she insisted.
Youth...
Saturday Naps
Region Runners-Up
The Girl's club team finished out their regional tournament run going 7-1. They only lost one game -- the last one.
We're still so proud of our girls' accomplishment -- second in regionals!
New Record
The Girl had a track meet today.
She’s only doing high jump hand javelin this year, so there was less running from event to event and more waiting.
She ended up taking second in the javelin but with a distance that was a school record.
She won high jump but with a jump significantly lower than her personal best (which is also a school record).
Friday
Tournament and family game night.
