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No Excuses!

It has been forever since I have written in this blog, I would beg for forgiveness, but there isn't any excuse if you don't count working all the time and watching basketball when I'm not working! We have actually had some pretty exciting stuff happening for Miss Kinzi lately. She is currently being recruited for basketball by 11 colleges of all sizes. It looks like the race has been narrowed down to Boise State University, Gonzaga, or Western WA University in Bellingham. We visited Western last week and will be going on official visits to Boise State and Gonzaga probably toward the end of March. It is really exciting - she is really going to play college basketball! Sometimes I have to pinch myself to know it is really happening. Kinzi is so calm and collected about the whole thing - I'm glad 'cause her mom isn't! Her team is playing a district tournament game tonight in Ellensburg - if they lose they are finished - with a win they will have to win one more game to advance to the state tournament. The Boise State coaches are going to be there this evening, so we'll get to meet them in person. We have talked on the phone, and Jerry met one of the assistants briefly last week. Kinzi has been battling a horrible cold for about a week - she feels better now but her head is still full of yuck. She got hit in the nose on Thursday at her game - she said she had never seen so much blood at one time! She has a nice, swollen, jumbo-sized proboscis for a souvenir! I'll try to keep up with this better. Loves from Grandview! The picture is Kinzi with Eric and Edgar, a couple of her goofy friends.

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY!

Wow! We thought it was great that it had warmed up a bit to melt our snow, but now it is pouring rain out there! If it wasn't slick to drive on, I would prefer snow over this. It is yukky. The ground is already saturated so it's sitting on top of the ground. (I shouldn't whine, it is not flooding or anything) Our basement doesn't like this kind of rain, tho. I'm sure that after while we'll be down there with the shop vac and fans drying it up! On Christmas Eve Mom Poteet was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. She was very sick, and the hospital was the perfect present for her. She is improving every day. She will be there for several more days. We had a great Christmas day. It was very relaxing. It is so different when the kids get big and don't want to get up at 3:00! I miss those times, and I would gladly have gotten up that early again! Brian and Kristi and the boys came up for the afternoon, and we just lazied around. I'm sure they were up before us, so it was good to relax! I managed to get this picture of Brent, Tyler and Evan after lots of tries. Ty didn't want to pose that day - I ended up with lots of side-views of him! The one of Zacher is right after he got up - he's not quite awake yet, and Kinzi is always ready for a camera! Loves from Grandview!

It's C-c-c-c-cold!

This weather is not fit for man nor beast! I think the high was supposed to be about 9 degrees today. When Kinzi and I left for school this morning is was -2. Makes me very green when I consider the Kauai dwellers! We went to Brent's Christmas program at church on Sunday. It was a wonderful production. Brent played one of the wise men, and was also in the chorus. It was a musical, and the folks in charge really put a lot of effort into it - it was very nicely done. Brent kept yanking up his pants all through the whole play! Brian said his pants were not too big, but he must have felt like they were! I told Brian he needed a little black bottom to hold them up! It was really cute. Kinzi is playing very well in basketball. Her team struggled last week because 2 of their starters were academically ineligible, but she played awesome even though the cards were stacked against them. She got KNDO's game ball for Friday night's game! (One of our local news channels awards the "game ball" to an outstanding player each week - and Kinzi got it even though her team lost the game.) That was pretty fun to hear when we watched the news! I am putting in some defense pictures from Friday night's game against Wapato. #15, who she is guarding in the pictures, is actually a real good friend of hers. They played on the same team for some tournaments last spring. Kinda fun. Loves from Grandview!

Thursday afternoon

Well, we are our same busy selves! Kinzi's basketball jamboree was Monday evening to kick off their season. Grandview won both of their games. Kinzi played so good! It was fun to watch her enthusiasm. She is so much faster and more intense about the game than she was last year. She played fall AAU, but it was more laid-back and she didn't play sooo hard. It was really fun to watch her play so hard and be so determined. the whole team played so well together - they are going to be strong together if they can keep up what we saw on Monday. There are no pouters or whiners on the team this year, and that is a huge plus. If anybody has been around a group of girls for long, you know what I mean! They can be brutal, and a bad one can really be a stinky potato! The stars today are our animals. Chai is the siamese, Hyro is the black and white kitty, and Jake the dog. The kids say we spoil the animals more than them, maybe, but they don't have to make it in the world when they grow up! Loves from Grandview!

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend

We were real lucky this year and had two days of turkey! We went to Janice and Troy's yesterday for turkey dinner, and I did a repeat at home today. I had to work last night so it worked better for me to make the mess today. The girls played well at the state volleyball tournament, but they didn't place this year. We are sure proud of them. But... it's now time for basketball! The girl's jamboree against a few schools in the valley is on Monday, then they start with regular games. We are looking forward to some fun games! I've posted a couple of pics from the tournament, and one of Kinzi's senior pictures. Loves from Grandview!

Homecoming Slideshow

Well, I'm going to try to post a slideshow of homecoming this year. It's my very first try, so if it has woopsies, I'll just learn for next time, and we can all laugh! For anybody who missed the previous blog about it, Kinzi was a senior princess. Zachery performed one of his songs at the assembly, so it was extra special for us! The royalty got to choose what song was played for their presentation and introduction, and the one on the slideshow is Kinzi's song. I know it has already been a month, but I'm just now getting brave enough to try this. Hope you enjoy it! Luvs from Grandview!