Love, basketball and green eggs

 We finally had our valentine's party two weeks after Valentine's Day!  Caleb and Luke had both been sick on the actual day and it took a while to get everyone together again.  Caleb loves his buddy Abby!

 Here we are in front of the valentines boxes, with a basket set up for Winona, Wade, and Weston who couldn't be with us on that day.

 I don't know whether it is more fun giving out valentines or looking in the boxes once they are all full!  I caught Gracie and Abby excitedly going through their boxes together.

 We had a much smaller group than usual for our party so we were able to all sit around one table and play one of our favorite games, Apples to Apples.

 Now that Luke is reading, he loves this game!  He keeps track of how many green cards everyone has and is always up for another round.

 Here is a picture of Luke through the glass at the Rancho Sports Center right before the start of his last game of the season.  Watching a game behind a glass wall is definitely a strange but funny experience.  The parents are always screaming out commands for their kids and the kids can't hear anything! (Not me of course! :)  )

 Along with coaching his own team this past season, Bill insisted on coaching both Luke and Dylan's teams.  He told me many times how much he enjoyed working with these boys.  They won all of their games except for the last one. 

 Luke loved having his dad for a coach, and really loved getting to go to both his and Dylan's practices throughout the season.  He was the smallest and youngest on the team but kept a great attitude.  Bill praised him the most when he dove down on the floor for a loose ball, and in the last game, when he ran straight through a bunch of kids to make a basket!

 Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!  In honor of his birthday, I made green eggs and ham for breakfast and read the story to them.

 Caleb did not understand what I put in front of him, but after calming down, he finally took a bite and realized that it was his usual scrambled eggs!  I have no pictures of Luke because it took him all day to warm up to the idea of eating them, and finally finished them at dinner.

 "Say, I do like green eggs and ham!"

 I had no problem with Gracie, she was so excited that I actually bought ham (one of her favorite things) that she had no problem with the color.

Dylan is always just happy to have food in front of him, no matter what the color.