Inspired by the Globetrotters

Scott just completed week #4 of basketball. His team has a 45-minute practice each Saturday, followed by a game. The first 2 weeks, Scott didn't touch the ball in either game. The third week he made his first basket! And here is the report from Scott about his last game:

Dear everyone,
At my basketball I shot 2 baskets ! How I did my first basket was… One of my teammates was trying to shoot but missed, then I caught the ball and shot. How I did my second basket was… One person from the other team was trying to shoot and then, I caught the ball and ran the whole court and shot.

From Scott
P.S. That was my fourth game.

As a witness, I have to say that second basket was impressive... He dribbled the entire length of the court and made the shot! Coach Bell and Ganskie would have been impressed.

Whistle Sweet Georgia Brown while you read this...

Scott and Drew had a little boy bonding time on Monday. They were able to go see the Harlem Globetrotters at Arco! I was a little jealous, but happy they had the chance to go. Of course, Scott thought the funniest part was when one of the Globetrotters pulled down the shorts of one of the Generals. Hilarious! And it never gets old...

We're Going for a Sleigh Ride...

...Everybody outside! Sleigh ride...WOO!

You will only understand my intro if you grew up listening to the Osmond Family Christmas album, as my family did.


So while in NH, we all went on a sleigh ride! Actually, because there wasn't enough snow at the time, it was really a wagon ride, but it was still fun. And COLD! Trevor wouldn't wear gloves, so his poor little hands were frozen. At the end of the ride, we got out and SANTA was there! He even had one of his reindeer with him! There were also a bunch of giant characters, like Rudolph and Frosty. Charlotte blew us a way, willingly giving hugs to every single one. This is the same girl who was terrified of Minnie at Disneyland and asked for month afterwards if Minnie would "hit her". Uh, not sure where that came from. Anyway, here is the evidence of Charlotte's new friends:






After our visit in the village, we roasted some gigantic marshmallows, then headed home. So much fun!

Our First NH Snow "Storm"

It is catching up time... Our Christmas trip to NH is just going to have to be a bunch of posts. So here goes!

The first day we were there, it snowed! Scott and Charlotte have played in snow, but have never actually seen FALLING snow. I was upstairs getting ready, and Charlotte came running in with her snow hat, gloves and underwear. At the first sign of flakes, Scott and Charlotte stripped off their clothes and came tearing upstairs to get their full snow gear on...



We definitely made the most out of that 1/4 inch of snow! We asked Cindy if she thought her neighbors would mind if we shoveled the snow off their driveways to get a little more for our sweet snowman. I'm sure the entire neighborhood was laughing at the crazy California relatives... Fortunately that was not the last we saw of snow! (more to come later)

CostCo Christmas 2010

This subject deserves it's own post. I have too many friends who ask, "So what was the haul at CostCo this year?" To catch some of you up if you don't know what I'm taking about, my dad established a male-bonding tradition that happens ever Christmas. Every year all of the males 3 and older go to CostCo and anything they see that they want that is edible, Dad buys. See this past post from 2008 for Scott's first trip with the boys.

So fortunately there is a CostCo close to Cindy's house. Rather than list all the things they bought, I'll just let you look at the pictures. Do ya think Scott is pleased with his choices?

By the way, more catching-up posts from the holidays to come soon!