Basketball, Basketball, Basketball...

And more basketball...

We have been watching it, playing it, and talking about it constantly for over a month.

Austin working on his jumpshot...

The boys...

The boys have LOVED LOVED LOVED it....especially since it involves Austin new hero, Mark Pope. Mark is the scoutmaster in the other ward (we used to be one troop - but now that we have a great scoutmaster in our ward (good job babe!) - who got our boys their own troop - we do our own thing some of the time, and combine most the time) - well, Mark is a total celebrity to these boys. Besides the fact that he is like 7 feet tall - and has huge feet (doesn't every boy dream of being super tall and have big feet???) But, he played basketball for big name college and even pro-ball for a while...wow - talk about having the coolest scoutmaster around!!! Now, Austin can say he has the 2 coolest scoutmasters around - Mark Pope and his Dad....lucky kid.

Anyway, the scouts decided to put on a basketball tournament for the stake. It was awesome!! The guys had fun - and so did the boys - it was a complete success!! So, here are some pictures of our "guys team" - our ward ended up with 2 teams - blue and red. Between the semifinal game and the final game, the two scout troops played each other - they had a blast - it was a lot of fun, for everyone!

(I love that his jersey's were dresses for most of the boys!)


Getting tips from their pro, I mean leader!!



The stinky sweaty red team that came in 2nd place! Good job guys, they were even short-handed!