Basketball season arrives

Last night was the first basketball game for Tavin's 4rth grade team. It was her first "real away" game, ever. I had to keep the book for our team, so I was challenged to get any good pictures, but Tavin is in the center in the blue shirt looking away. The game was extremely nerve wracking, the girls lost in overtime 22-20. Tavin had 8 points, including the first and the last. At the end of regulation she had a steal, break away layin (missed), but got her own rebound and got a last-second shot off, that just missed. In this league, pretty much anything goes, but there are some very aggressive girls that adversely, and illegally affected the outcome of the game. And that's all I have to say about that. ;) Everyone plays equal amounts of time, and we look forward to Tavin learning about team play and having a good attitude, no matter the outcome. :) Another part that surpirsed Kevin and I was the crowd turn-out. There was at least 100 people there and they were ROWDY! It was very fun.

One week prior to last night, I surprised Tavin with a "mother-daughter" weekend at Lincoln City. This was part of her 10th birthday gift. We stayed in a hotel room, ate at Kylos on Friday night, Tavin enjoys good oysters just like all other rational people, and watched at least 6 movies in our room. Did I also mention we visited the outlets? Tavin was very much in the mood for crab, so for dinner Saturday night we hand picked 2 crab (live at the time) from a fishing boat on the old bayfront in Newport, bought 2 forks at the Goodwill store for $.39/each and made our own table in the hotel room with our own crabs. YUM!! You'll notice the window is actually open, not because of a crab smell, but because of the fair weather. When at the coast, one must be able to see and hear the ocean, or you may as well stay home.

A very rare picture, as it contains me. However, for the benefit of my daughter and for the sake of memories, I sacrificed my vanity. We were able to walk on the beach, but didn't find any glass floats or notable sea shells. Hopefully our summer will include a few days on the central coast, I guess we'll invite the rest of the fam too, even the boys.