Basketball!

For the last few months the Madsen family has been living and breathing basketball, basketball, basketball.  It didn't matter the time of day, if you asked Sport where his Daddy was, he would reply "bap-ball".  It's a pretty safe guess. 

Well, it all recently culminated with the Regional tournament in Douglas and then a trip to the State tournament in Casper the following week.  Brandan's team had a really great season, but unfortunately at the very end of the semi-final game during Regionals, the team's point guard broke his arm after taking a fall.  We lost the Regional championship game and struggled to regroup at State, where we won one game and lost two others.  My boys took it all very personally.  They gave the players tips in the hallways of the hotels and cheered them loudly and specifically during the game.  Colt took the Regional championship loss hard.  After the game he walked over to one of his favorite players and sadly said, "Jett, bad game".  Jett is a good sport and so he consolingly said, "I know".  Colt slapped his forehead, slumped his shoulders and despairingly cried, "But it was the Championship!"

Breeze was catching up on some z's under the radio announcers table in the bleacher at Regionals.

If it is possible for the boys to love something more than the games, then it is definitely the hotel pools.  Even Lil Sis took several dips. 

 

Dash is always inspired by whatever his Dad is doing, so it really hasn't been surprising that he has become basketball obsessed.  This means that everyday after school all the boys play basketball in the kitchen.  This continues until dinnertime, starts up again as soon as Dash is finished eating and goes until a ball knocks over a plate of food.

The court.

Shooting hoops

 

Rebounding is complicated, and occasionally dangerous.

Dash marked the floor with different foul lines each labeled their name.