At least for a little while. Basketball is pretty much over. All the kids are done with school basketball. Josh played in his last basketball game of his High School career and was elected “Mr. Basketball” by the team on Senior Night. He didn’t get a lot of play time this year, but we were still proud of how he handled it and how he played hard when he was put in. Next week track starts for him. He’s a distance runner so will be running 1600 and 3200 meter races.
Rachel also finished a good year of basketball. She didn’t start a lot, but got in a lot of playing. She’s tough on the defensive end and works hard whenever she’s playing. She’s done with school sports for this year, but will be busy with her new job at C&R (a local grocery store) as well as playing on a competitive softball team this spring/summer. I’m sure she’ll also play some softball and basketball this summer with the school programs as well. As usual, she’ll be busy.
Zach is had a good year playing basketball as well. He also wasn’t a starter, but also got a lot of play time. He was always the calm-in-the-eye-of-the-storm kid out there, always picking up the others on the team (sometimes literally) and leading the team by his actions. He’s now playing some competitive ball with some of the other boys. They’re learning what it’s like to play the big schools. Most of the teams they’ve played the last few weekends have had several players that are over 6’2″ tall and weighing 180. They’ve played hard though and we’ve received quite a few comments about how well Zach has played. He’s running track (1600 Meter) this spring as well as playing on his competitive baseball team this spring/summer.
Becca also didn’t get a lot of playing time in her first year of basketball, but also played well. She was always good for several baskets and rebounds and is starting to get the hang of playing defense. It’s all in the footwork! She’s been playing on a competitive volleyball team for the last month and has had several tournaments. She’s the tallest on the team and does quite well up front. She’s also one of the better servers on the team putting in 80-90% of her serves. Volleyball is going to be her sport. She’s also started up in track. Don’t know what she’s going to do. She’s got that Etzler speed, so she won’t run sprints. She doesn’t want to run distance, so it looks like she’ll be doing some jumping. 
All in all, Carolyn are quite proud of our kids accomplishments and enjoy watching them play in their various sports. We’ve been blessed with good kids who respect the others they play with and against, as well as the coaches and teachers. God is truly good.
Carolyn and I are slowing down for a little while. I’m still working full time at CTS as well as part-time at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. It’s Lent, so we have services every Wednesday night, confirmation on Sundays after church, as well as other activities. The storm will begin again later this month with Holy Week, at least three track meets a week, business trips, baseball, softball, basketball, Synodical convention, as well as a vacation thrown in. Carolyn is putting in a lot of overtime lately trying to keep up with all the studies that ABC Labs. Maybe we’ll get some rest sometime. Like in five or six years when all the kids are out of the house!
I’ll try and post here from time to time to let you know what’s going on. You can also go to the blog I host of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church for a series on the Catechism.
