We are celebrating at the Murphy house! Three of the kids are playing basketball this year on the 5th/6th grade homeschool teams. After many weeks of practice, they had their first real game last night and they won! As a momma, I was just so proud to see them show some confidence on the court, knowing how nervous they really were to go out there (especially the boys since this is their first year). Above you can see Jaybird (#35) and Spiderman (#25) in the action. Also special to me is that my man has been helping coach this year and I marveled as I watched his passion for the game and the boys come shining through. Amazing!
Below you can see Goose working for a rebound. She has made some great improvements from last year (and even scored 3 baskets last night). I wondered how the girls would do as some of the strong players from last year were too old to play this year. I suspect that it actually empowered them to know they had to stand on their own instead of looking to the older girls to carry the game. Coach Chang has really done a great job with the girls.
With hungry kids in tow, we made a special stop at DQ for some good food after the game. Eating out is a pretty rare treat for us so they felt quite honored to go celebrate with a hard earned, junk food meal. Can you believe those proud smiles? I can, I bet mine was even bigger. :)
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