Gym

Hello all,

The weather has decided to plunge the KC area and most of the US into a deep freeze. As of 3 o'clock this afternoon it was 16 degrees and falling. When we left the house at 7:00 for the gym, it was 10 degrees. It was absolutely frigid. I took the kids to the basketball court to work on ball handling while Jen went to her kickboxing class. The main goal for tonight was working on keeping the ball on your hip. Ali and Zac both have a tendency to push the ball out in front of them and not control it. That is fine when you are in the open, but if you need to stop, the ball does not stop with you. Both kids did well with these drills and enjoyed running back and forth. We then passed the ball and hit a moving target. Again, both kids did well at their exercises. With the final 15 minutes of the hour we went upstairs and walked on the track. Well, I walked. The kids ran to show off how fast they could run. They CAN run fast. They just can't run fast for very long.

After the gym, it was time to head home and get cleaned up from the night. Ali and Zac both took bathes upstairs. After bathtime, they read some books with Mom. We watched a little bit of TV and then it was off to bed. It was a great night. The only thing wrong with it was the temperature. Hopefully this arctic air will move on and we can at least be in the 30's.

-Andy