Vacation 2007

It seems that the older our kids get, we only take a vacation that revolves around their activities! Koal's Lubbock Rockets basketball team made it to the BCI Nationals in Lewisville. We decided we would make a long vacation of it. We left Sunday for the lake (pictures below) and ended up at the tournament on Thursday.
Koal's team is made up of boys from all over the area. Lubbock, Andrews, Plainview, Petersburg, Idalou and of course Slaton. They did much better than we thought they would do considering the competition. There were teams from Mississippi, Arkansas, Oregon, Tennessee etc... It was tough for Koal considering his height. There was a 12 year old that was 6"2'! They ended up playing for consolation, but lost. We are so proud of ya Koal!

Each team could pick their best two three-point shooters to enter the three-point contest. Koal was picked and boy was he nervous! The contest was from ages 11-15 years old. To our knowledge, there were only three 11 year olds and Koal was one of them. And to top it off, he had to go first out of everyone. He made three in 30 seconds. The winner was 14 years old and made 10 in 30 seconds. Koal was so disappointed that he did not do better, but we told him he will be ready and not so nervous next year!

Notice the "sleeve" like Alan Iverson (Denver Nuggets) and A.J. Abrams (University of Texas) that Koal is wearing!

Here is some of the competition!

And of course, I had to recruit some cheerleaders! We worked on chants the first day, and by the last day the parents had made the girls cheer uniforms! They did a great job!



Lake Buchanan

We went to the lake the first part of our vacation. Ky and Koal caught tons of fish!

I can't believe he is holding those!

Hayden spent most of his time at the dock trying to catch perch. He did spend some time on the boat and caught this white bass!

Kutter took his very first boat ride! He did not like the life jacket at all!

Going!

Going!

Gone! Too much excitement for one day!