The Madness!

Every year my family has a March Madness tournament where we each bet a whole dollar. It started when I was in 5th Grade between my dad, sister Jess, and me. Becky was too young to care and my mom isn't too into sports. She said something like, "I'm cheering for Cleveland, no the Cubs, no the Bears," when talking about Superbowl XLI if that helps paint a picture. Since then my Dad and I have always had a bet, for a while it was just the two of us. Becky started joining the fun a few years later although her choices were based on the color of the uniform at that point. ;) My mom has even started joining the fun with very random choices. Somehow she won last year...

This year Ben and I filled out our brackets in about 15 minutes while in Hawaii because he HAD to check the scores. I curious as I was I wanted to take the time to fill out my bracket right. We still haven't seen everyone else's brackets, but it didn't turn out too badly for us. We'll find out in just over a week who gets bragging rights of winning the pool or at least picking the champion.

Sunday Basketball

Today I played in my second session of Sunday basketball, which is becoming a 1100 Sunday staple with my co-workers. We usually have enough for 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 games and play for about two hours. I played great compared to a couple weeks ago. My shot was "on" and I gained some credibility with a few of my co-workers. So in case some of you were wondering, "The LT can shoot!"

I felt like a new man on the basketball court because Casie sent my basketball shoes from home. It was getting pretty competitive and the running shoes just weren't cutting it. Who would have thought I would need my basketball shoes? Thanks Casie!

It is nice to be able to hang out with your co-workers outside of the work environment. No personal workouts to accomplish or deadlines to complete, just some competitive basketball among friends.