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Basketball Tournament

This weekend was the tournament for Aiden's team (11-12 year olds). 

Game #1

They WON!!!!!

Celebrating after their win!!

 Saturday was game #2.  They had a hard loss.  The game was very close!

The team is still smiling after their loss :(
They had a great Coach and a really fun season!

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Pizza Party

Aiden's basketball team had their end of the season basketball pizza party this week

Getting his medal.  Coach was commenting on how Aiden is a whole new basketball player this year!
A totally different kid on the court from last year!!

All of the kids on the team voted for the MVP of the team and they voted for Aiden!!!!
This was such an honor and one of Aiden's proudest moments!

IMCOM Basketball Championship Tournament 2016

Connor's team got picked to play in the Championship Tournament for all of Europe.  The games were played in Hohenfels, Germany (about 10 hour bus ride away) so we went on a road trip!!!

The kids and  I actually rode on the bus the with kids!!! :)
Jeremy couldn't come because it was opening weekend for Guys and Dolls.

We stopped at a really nice McDonalds somewhere in Austria.
It had a beautiful view of the Alps and beautiful waitresses!
I had to post this very awkward picture of the boys getting their picture taken with her! lol!!!

First night we found a pizzeria in the town where we stayed.

We forced the kids to communicate without their phones! lol!

Kallmunz, Germany.  A very beautiful, charming village where we stayed.

Day 1.  SO EXCITING!!!

He has fans!!

Warming up

Introducing the Celtics

First things first!  Pledge of Allegiance.

I hardly took any pictures of the kids actually playing .... it was too intense watching them to take pictures!

We are awesome!

We played 3 games on Day 1.  This was the score after our 3rd game.  We were actually down by 15 at half time and then caught up right at the end.  With 1 second left we were still down by 1 point and then we made a basket at the last SECOND! 

The victors of Day 1

A nice German restaurant that night to celebrate!

Whitney and one of the players little brothers were inseparable on this trip!  They were too cute!!

The next morning looking out our window.  The sun was shining just perfectly!  It's gonna be a good day!!!

The goal for the day:  First Place!

The final score of the final game.  WE WON!!!!!

The IMCOM Basketball Champions!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

He earned this medal!!!

He earned this too!!! lol!!

Coach happy as a clam on our way home!!! :)

Pit stop on the way home... somewhere in Austria

We had a welcome home party waiting for us in the parking lot!!

All the proud parents who couldn't come with us over the weekend. 

Such a great team and great coaches!!  

I'm so proud of Connor.  This was his first year playing basketball and he gave it his all!!!

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All A Honor Roll

Aiden is extremely conscientous about his grades.  Last quarter he got the A and B honor roll (Barely missing the all A honor roll) and was determined to get the all A honor roll this quarter - which he did!  He has sure handled transitioning to Middle School WELL!!!

Good Job Aiden!!!  We are so proud of the hard work you put in to make this happen!!!

Basketball

This was the last weekend of games and both boys happened to have their games in Aviano.  

Both teams won!!!

Love these two!!!  And I LOVE watching them play basketball!!!

40!

Jeremy already went to the US to celebrate his 40th birthday and refused to let us do anything for him on his ACTUAL birthday!  It was kind of a bummer.  He worked all day and then had to go to play practice all night.  I was able to sneak in a quick lunch date with him at a wonderful Italian restaurant and then the kids and I surprised him with a cake when he got home from practice (not pictured).