Blackham Update (January 2017)

Blackham Update~ Mon, Jan 16, 2017, 8:56 PM

I guess I haven't done a Blackham update since before Christmas. We saw everyone then, so there was some catching up Christmas Eve. 

Just a heads up on Landon's homecoming ... it will be February 12. We have a 1:00 meeting. No obligation if you can't make it. We'll have a little open house afterward. Landon actually finishes up his mission January 30. Gray is going to fly down to Mexico, meet up with him and the two will tour a bit and visit some of the people in his areas and such. They will arrive home Feb 6 at 7:00.

With Landon coming home, we needed to make a space for him (as we'd given away his room when he left). We did have a spare room downstairs that had been my scrapbook room, the kids lego room, a den for Gray ... then had become the room where we just stashed stuff. It was FULL. It took a couple of months, and one thing lead to another and I ended up hitting the shed, food storage room, game closet, closet under the stairs, upstairs closets ... as I re-arranged things. What was worth keeping, and what were we getting rid of. I made posts to the neighborhood, DI runs and a few things for family. But ... the great room rearrange is DONE. I just did a blog post on the topic too.

Basketball is in full swing. Keaton hadn't been having much fun, not getting many minutes (seriously, like ONE minute in a game). But over Christmas, he really impressed the coach at practice and since then has gotten in the game more (and playing the point guard postition, which he has played for years, but had never been given the chance here on the sophomore team). 

Callahan starts Varsity and on tough games playes pretty much the entire game. He's known more for his assists than points, although he still gets those too. The star of the team is Stockton Malone Shorts ... you can tell his parents obviously knew he would be a player when he was born. Official region play started in January, and we are 3-0 so far. Tough games against Bingham (got the first home court win in years! That game was SO intense, into OT, Callahan made a clutch three in overtime) and then OT again against West Jordan. Dad mentioned seeing Keaton's game against Cottonwood ... that one was a pretty easy win for the Varsity team too.

Callahan and the Varsity/JV team went to a tournament in Arizona after Christmas. Colton and his Wolves team played in a tournament that week too, while it was a hiatus for normal play. As of January, the schedules are swinging again. Cal and Keaton play most Tues/Friday, Colton usually has two games on Saturdays (one with each team, but some weeks have a bye, while other weeks have double headers, so it still varies) and Cooper has one with his Junior Jazz.

We had the folks over for New Years, although we started later than usual as Gray and the little boys went to the Jazz game that night. It's the second time Gray has receieved great tickets ... 2nd row, with the dinner before, parking included. Cooper is a bit spoiled now ... he didn't even care to go with his nose-bleed Junior Jazz seats.

Gray just got back from a trip to Florida for a home builder's convention. This one was for a full week, as he and a couple of the other guys were attending some "green" classes. Grayson said it was like being back in school! Unfortunately, he has been hit with several Meneires episodes of late, and had one while on the trip (had to lay unmoving in the car while the other two guys went to dinner). We are really crossing our fingers that there are no attacks for his Mexico trip ... especially for the short time he is traveling alone!

I think that's it for the Blackham news ...