Basketball Practice

Today was my first day of Varsity Girl's basketball practice. It was maybe a little harder than I expected it to be, but still pretty good. It was terrible and fun at the same time. Yes, I know that sounds weird but let me explain. 

The terrible parts: After the first half hour I was convinced I'd throw up from all the strenuous work. 

I was the only girl on our team who has never played on a basketball team, and it was easy to tell. 

I was REALLY BAD at suicides. 

I was the only one who couldn't touch my toes. 

Sounds pretty terrible, right? Okay, well despite that it was really fun. 

The fun parts: I won a game of knockout.

My passes weren't half bad. 

Everyone on the team was really nice.

...and even with all the problems I just LOVE basketball and so it was fun. 

So yes, I am majorly out of shape and have a lot of work to do, but it was awesome. That sounds weird, but is true :)

*Brooke*

Volleyball

Today I watched my homeschool group and my church's school compete in volleyball. I was kind of hoping my homeschool group would win, but they didn't sadly. Oh well. It was enjoyable to watch! There were 2 JV games and 3 Varsity ones. I could NEVER play volleyball myself since my arms would get tired in seconds, but it looks fun to play anyways :) Oh, and I wish I had taken the picture above like most of the picture I post, but that one just seemed to fit the subject so I posted it instead. :) T T Y S!

Brooke ;-)

Bowling...

After not practicing in over a month and feeling really tired today, you can assume I didn't do fantastic in the bowling tournament I was in today, but I still had fun! :) My friend Andrea and I were just a lane apart so we were easily able to see each other during the 3 games. I didn't make it to the next round after my third game, but my brother Matthew did, and so we have to wait to find out the results. He might have won, or at least gotten close to it, but we don't know quite yet. It was a long morning being at the bowling alley from about 9:30 to 1:00, but it still went pretty well. When Andrea and I got eliminated and weren't bowling, we drew a picture of a weird person, played tic-tac-toe, and took funny pictures... oh, and we also bowled in slow motion on an empty lane without our balls. ;) We also bowled backwards, and bowled in fast motion, so we were kind of having too much fun. ha ha :) That was probably my last tournament for this year since I'll instead be playing basketball, but maybe I'll come back to bowling in a year or two... but then again, I think I have more fun talking with Andrea then I do bowling. ha ha :)
-Brooke

Last Day Of Olympics

I can't believe the Olympics are almost over. It seems like it just started! Oh well. It was fun to watch! I personally spent most of my time watching track, gymnastics, and swimming but the other sports were good as well... except a few... it might just be me, but is water polo REALLY boring?.. I can't believe how much they showed it!... and their headgear was REALLY weird looking as well. They looked like bonnets with headphones on their ears! They were kind of funny ;) I also don't like equestrian very much... I feel bad for the horses! The people are the ones who get the gold medals, but the horses do all the work. LOL :) Of course, I don't know what the horses would do with the medals if they got them. Now I loved to watch synchronized swimming, but was also creeped out by some of the people who did it... especially a two person swim done by Russia, where they were dressed up as dolls with tons of makeup, and scary faces. They were kind of scary, but fun to watch. What are your favorite and least favorite Olympic sports? Please comment!
-Brooke
P.s. Oh, and thanks so much to everyone who has been commenting!

Summer Memory #1

The day I finished my SAT for 8th grade, we got in the car and headed to Bradenton, FL, for the Pepsi Bowl Tournament! As my first memory of the summer, it was a pretty good one! I know that technically it was in early May but it was still part of my summer break. :) For those of you who don't know, this past year I was in a bowling league. When they were picking people to go to the tournament I was not very good at bowling, but the week they were picking I somehow did really well for myself. I was surprised I made it, but very happy! :) The week before the tournament I was practicing a ton, and doing worse than I normally did at bowling! When I got there though, I did really well! My brother Matthew and my friend Andrea and her brother also made it to the tournament which was nice since I knew someone there. Andrea and I were about 25 lanes apart, but whenever I got to a good breaking point I tried to run over and say hi! I played 6 games of bowling, and the bowling alley was really weird compared to how they look here, but it still went well. I love competition, so it was lots of fun. 

I kept looking for a good picture of the bowling tournament, but on all of the pictures I was bowling with terrible posture, and so I decided that one of me walking away from the pins was good enough :) Anyways, to sum it up that was one of my best, and first summer memories.

-Brooke