March 2018

I just thought this was funny - like having them labeled in case they get lost in the big store.

Regular season basketball is over, but now it's time for  AAU (ameature athletic union) Basketball. Both Cole and Heather have joined AAU teams.  Since it's not a school or community based organization, parents have to pay - unless you have a good group of parents and players who are willing to do some fundraising to help offset the costs of uniforms, registration fees, and tournament entry fees.  Heather's team organized a Spaghetti dinner held at Glover Town Hall, Saturday March 24th.

 There were tons of deserts.

 I used Mary's recipe for Maple Walnut cake.

 There were two seatings. The girls took a break in between to have their dinner. 

 The dinner raised about $800.  They also have been selling raffle calendars, visiting local businesses asking for donations, and had a silent auction.

Here they are in their first AAU tournament game in Cabot, wearing their nice new uniforms. Saturday, March 31.

 They lost this game against Cabot...

 but in the same tournament, won this game against Lamoille at Berlin Elementary.

 After this game we had a little time to visit the Berlin Mall and found the Easter Bunny.

 And have silly pictures from a photo booth.

Saturday March 24th, Cole has his first AAU tournament. They lost their first game and won the 2nd.

 Cole looks like a giant compared to his teammates.

 Also on the 24th, winning this game.

 On the 31st, 2 games in Hardwick (so do you see how this went: Heather a game in Cabot at 8:00 am. Then in Berlin at 1:00. Cole 2 games in Hardwick 4:00 and 7:00. Somewhere in there, I also managed to get Wayne to his girlfriend's house in Westmore.) Anyway, true to their pattern, lost the first game, won the 2nd.