January happenings

It's the last day of the month and there's not a lot to report - but it's been awhile since I've blogged, so.... here's a little something.  :)

Mercer's basketball season came to an end.   He seemed to really enjoy it.  He played for our city league in a group of kids ages 6-8.  It was quite a step up from the rec league he had been playing for the past couple of winters.  This league is a lot more competitive.

Mercer was one of the youngest players on the team, but the "assistant coach" sees a lot of promise in him especially after he's in this age bracket two more years.  We'll see!  


Enclosed are a couple of pics taken at the end of the season.  There were formal photos scheduled on a game day when everyone was in uniform, however, the photographer did not bring a memory card and could not take team photos.  Thankfully, a parent took a picture at one of the last practices!  There's a "normal" picture and one where the kids are yelling the team name:  go Tarheels~


Isabella started something new:  she started taking a tumble tots class.  This is a class that we signed Mercer up for when he was almost 3.  Seems like a good winter activity to do with young children with lots of energy!  So far, she's enjoying it.  (she looks pretty grown up here, though.  boo!)

We held soup night this year, however, we did a much more compressed version:  we held 2 soup events before my school went back into session.  I've been working a lot (for two green building job deadlines this month).  Todd's been interviewing for new church projects and meeting contractors to build those that he and his colleagues have already designed.  (In fact - he's been there just over a year and is loving it there.)

Over the long weekend, we did get the chance to spend an entire day together just having fun... we found a warm day and went to the zoo.  Isabella is an animal lover.  She enjoyed seeing animals.  The lemurs, giraffes, and gorillas were some of her favorites.  Mercer and Todd got to see a gecko - in the reptile house - stretch out his tongue and snap up a fly about a foot away from him in his cage.  They were there at the PERFECT moment to see this.  As cool as the animals were, the kids really seemed to enjoy the playground(s) the most!  Well, the playgrounds and the carousel.  Isabella had this look on her face (not quite captured here) of amazement and happiness.    It was a really great day!