Last weekend was the State Highschool Basketball Tournament.
We love to go to the games out at the Idaho Center in Nampa.
This year was extra fun because Capital High School won the District title and finished the regular season undefeated. They are coached by Paul Rush who was Taylor's coach all through high school. He coached Taylor on the Sophomore, JV, and Varsity teams and he is a really good guy.
Capital got the #1 seed for the state tournament and they defeated Timberline in their first game in the state tournament on Thursday afternoon,
then they defeated Lake City from Coeur d'Alene on Friday night.
Saturday night was the big championship game and Capital played Borah High School for the state championship.
Borah had won the state championship the past two years and I think everyone thought they would win again.
The Idaho Center was packed, standing room only.
Capital Student section
Tip Off
Borah Student Section
Capital trailed the whole first half and was down by 9 in the third quarter.
Coach Rush called a time out and after the time out Capital played really aggressive defense causing turnovers. They went on a 21-0 run and ended up winning the game 63-53.
One of my seminary students and Taylor's roommate's brother :)
Bowen Grange
Yeah Capital!
Go Eagles!
Monday night we hosted the annual "King Cake" party for our family.
It's funny how all our family dinners center around drinking, ie., Mardi Gras, Cinco de Mayo, and Oktoberfest ?
The food was delicious, Missy's yummy green salad, Carina's biscuits, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, jumbalya and John's shrimp scampi and lemonade to drink.
Jared and Carina
Jedd got stuck at the kid table
Missy, Claire, Aaron and Carina
Adam, Anders, Sam, and Ellie
Such a fun group!
Claire is so cute!
Jared entertained us with some card tricks.
Guess who got the baby in their piece of King Cake??
Ellie!
Sorry John, you didn't get it this year.
It looks like Missy and Miss Ellie will be hosting the King Cake party next year ;)
5 comments:
How we miss those king cake parties and Oktoberfest and all the fun gatherings! The food looks yummy and what a great group!
Your photos and description of the basketball game brought back memories of high school years when Caldwell was a contender against Borah and believe it or not, we won!
How fun! The food looks so good and I spy some cute table decorations too. :)
That is a fun group! Congratulations to Miss Ellie!!
What a fun King cake party! And you had such wonderful guests - I am so glad that Missy's family can be a part of Gabrielsen family fun. They love it!
What a great party!! The food looks really yummy. I can't believe all the people crowded into that game!
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