Christmas is coming

Soccer and volleyball have ended and basketball is well underway here.
I don't have any pictures of basketball yet, but there has been plenty of action.
I am coaching Maria's 5th grade team and even though it is painful at times, it is very entertaining. Many on the team walked into the gym not knowing the difference between offense and defense and knowing very few of the rules. We've come a long way. Maria is a great little point guard and can handle the ball quite well.  We score often off a pick to her and a layup.
Brandon is playing for the freshman team and Anika is on the varsity. Jessica starts in January and I am coaching her team as well. I am quite sure this will be my last year coaching. Younger people with more energy than I need to take this over!
A few pics from the past weeks:

 This is the 11th grade powder puff team. They only had these 5 girls show up! Our high school has kids from all over, and one of the girls that signed up lived 45 minutes away and couldn't get a ride home, so she had to leave, another girl was sick, and another girl was gone - so they played with the five of them.  They beat the freshman but lost to the sophomores.  She always has fun and these are some of her best friends.

Her group of friends also went to the fall dance as Snow White and the seven dwarves - so fun!

This is the varsity girls basketball team!

This is a 'punishement' Thanksgiving weekend. They had sat in the house on screens for far too long so they were banished to outside. They decided to play croquet.  I made cookies!

I took the kids to Les Miserables in Grand Rapids. I was afraid they would think it was a let down after Wicked, but they loved it. Brandon wasn't as impressed, but they all enjoyed it!

This is Brandon's wood shop project. Its a jewelry organizer. If someone wants it, let me know. We are trying to figure out what to do with it!

Tonight, Aunt Kathy, Aunt Mary, Holly and I went to Lessons and Carols at LaGrave church. Such a beautiful church. We identified the stories portrayed with stained glass and enjoyed organ, instruments, piano and voices. Over 500 people singing O Come all Ye Faithful is quite amazing.

And with an amazing Thanksgiving day spent at our friends, we got to enjoy another gorgeous sunset!