Valentines Day

 Valentines Day 2013 

 Ben gets the red Old Navy shirt for his Valentine shirt - he wasn't into the actual Valentine shirts this year. 

 We had to snatch a couple of pictures quickly while we were on our way out the door for school.  We are always in a rush in the mornings!

 We saw this braid online that we wanted to try and for the first time ever we got one of the hair things to work!  Elizabeth has such thick hair that I have a really difficult time making any of those special hairdos- this one was thankfully very simple and she loved wearing it like that to school. 

 Ben had a little party at school.  This year the PTA didn't sponsor a Valentine party so Elizabeth's class just exchanged Valentines and didn't have the parents come watch. 

 Ben's cute class.

 We had our hearts desire dinner and a few little gifts before heading to Elizabeth's basketball practice.  She was pretty bummed they still had practice on Valentines Day. 

 First game of the season!

They won so everyone was really excited.  She learned a lot this season on her team - they are pretty competitive even in the 1st/2nd grade league! 

She had a great time so that's what matters the most. 

(I think some of the other screaming parents on the sidelines would have begged to differ with me - crazy!! :)

Basketball

 Elizabeth is playing basketball again this season. 

 This year is different than her previous season.  It is much more competitive.  We switched to this league because it was all girls - but I didn't realize that it meant that it was more serious.  She is doing so well with it, though.  She is learning how to play defense, how to rebound, and they even have foul shots!  Crazy!

 Elizabeth had a big crowd cheering her on for her first game.  Grandpa B was also there. 

The season has been going very well!

TCU Basketball Game

Elizabeth's basketball team decided to attend a college basketball game for our end of the year party.
Here's Elizabeth with the coach's daughter.

Ben enjoyed watching the game, too.

I think the kids both enjoyed watching their first college game!

The TCU horned frog came into the stands to visit with the kids. Very fun!

Last but not least our pool is finished! This isn't the finished photo obviously, (since there isn't any water in the pool!) but here it is right after they finished pouring the gunite on the interior of the pool. I think we are going to have a very hot summer so we are looking forward to having a way to cool off!

Basketball

Both Ben and Elizabeth are in basketball this season. This is Ben's first successful season for sports. We tried over a year ago with soccer and tball, and never made it through the season without crying. Ben has been loving basketball this season.
He's looking a little unsure of what is going on.

There he is, number 9, on the left.

There he is, the first time with the ball.

Ben did a great job at his first game!

A few hours later it was Elizabeth's turn.

The 5/6 year old league that Elizabeth and her cousin Josh are in is a lot more competitive and like "real" basketball.

There's Josh with the ball.

He's a great little blocker!

There's Elizabeth, number 10.

Elizabeth had a great time at her first game, too!