Taylor- School Basketball

Like I said in a previous post, we are eating, sleeping, and breathing basketball.  Taylor plays for 2.5 teams (her normal travel team is "off" for the winter but still holds random practices), and she literally practices or plays 7 days a week- sometimes twice a day!  It's insanity, but thankfully Taylor loves it and wants to do it all.

The main team she plays for is her middle school team.  This was one where they had about 55 girls try out, and 7th/8th graders could make the A team, while 6th/7th graders could make the B team.  It's not super common for many 6th graders to make the B team, but Taylor made it!  She plays games typically twice a week at middle schools all around our county.  

Right now, we're about halfway through the season.  She has loved being a part of this team.  She's made so many new friends!  I'll have to brag a bit on Taylor.  She is rocking it out!  She starts, she has been the leading scorer for most, if not all, games.  She has stepped up and not backed down when under pressure.  She has hit some shots in close games that have sealed the games, which is awesome for her.  She has definitely grown in this area!

Here are some pics and videos of her season so far!

This was from a video... Taylor hit so many shots that game and they had girls triple teaming her at the end- haha!

Taylor's friend, Ella, came to cheer her on.

They have big sisters (on the A team) who get them goodies throughout the season.  This was a sign Taylor's made for her!

Three out of the 6 middle school teams are really not good, unfortunately.  For those games, the coach lets the non-starters play most of the games.  This is how Taylor felt about that! ;)

The girls have gotten to do a lot of fun hang outs.  Usually parents aren't at them, but I was there for dinner one night!

Here are some videos:

NYE

New Year's Eve was fun!  Both Sydney and Taylor had a friend over, and Parker spent the night at his friend, Kellen's house, up the street.

The girls had so much fun, and 3 of them stayed up until after 6 AM.  Taylor had played 2 bball games on the 31st and just couldn't hang!  Based on the laughs and funny TikTok videos I saw the next day, it's safe to say they had a good time.

PLUS- UGA beat Ohio State right when midnight hit, so that was a fun way to start the year!

This picture cracks me up ;)

December!

 Besides all of the Christmas and basketball fun in December, here are some other things we did:

Launching elves at church

Gorgeous

Santa came to school!

Poor P man was out with the flu and missed the week before Christmas... and all the school fun! :(

Hanging with buds before Taylor's tourney game

Uncle Peter and Liam came to cheer T on!

Sydney before her knee MRI

Carter's bday party

Parker and Liam at the GT basketball game

Our elves came back!

The elves brought a gem stone advent calendar

Hanging out with Kelly and Addie... Taylor has topped Kelly!

Carter's Christmas party

Pre-school picture

Sydney got student of the month!  So proud of her.

Parker- Basketball

Parker started playing on a new travel team in October.  His old coach from rec league was asked to coach for this program, and Parker and two of his teammates made the switch.  The boys are all really good independently, but coming together as a team always takes time.  They've come a long way in a couple of months!  I see good things for their future.

Parker is a very different player than Taylor, which is fun to watch.  Taylor is more of an offensive player- she's more of a shooter and you won't find her rolling around on the floor for the ball.  Parker is more of a defensive player- he isn't the highest point scorer, but he is fast and isn't afraid to wrestle for the ball.  It's fun to watch the two different sides of the game!

Here are some pics and videos of his season so far! (He's #4)

Nothing like a rolled-up mat for a bench!

Here are some videos: