Three Point Shot

Today was Josiah's first basketball game of the season. He has been anxiously awaiting the start of basketball again, which he loves.

During the game, he made a 3 point basket. I lucked out getting the video. It's over in a heartbeat, but if you watch carefully, you can see the ball soar right through the net. You can also hear me scream, "YES!" in the background.

Maori Haka War Chant

The Priest's Quorum (16 to 18 year old Young Men) at church needed a skit about courage, so one of the missionaries (who is of Tongan heritage) taught them the New Zealand Haka War Chant. They performed it together, with Elder Ika leading it. Elder Ika chanted in Maori, and not English. They slapped their legs pretty hard. My son said his legs were bruised the next day!

One of the Maori words sounded like a really bad English swear word, but it really wasn't.

I had taken the video off because it had stopped working, but I'm posting it again.

Happy 2010 !

After taking our teenage son to a dance, I spent the rest of the evening at home on New Year's Eve with my husband. We were watching "The Music Man" and fell asleep sitting side by side on the couch. I'm not sure what woke me up, but we slept through the end of the old year! We woke up briefly for a short time and said, "Happy New Year!" to each other, but went to bed shortly after our son came home at 1:00 a.m.. Thankfully someone else was to bring him home. Evidently neither of us would have been awake or alert enough to be out driving.

Obviously we're not exactly party animals, either.

Still, I really hate being out on the roads late on New Year's Eve, anyway, because there is a higher risk that there will be drunk drivers on the road. Even on New Year's Day (afternoon) when I went out to run an errand, a car was weaving all over the road. I guess he hadn't finished celebrating. If he didn't turn off that road, he would have gone right past the police station. I can't help hoping he got nailed by the cops. I chose to go another way, though, so I'll never know. Several years ago a friend was killed by a drunk driver. I wasn't about to stay in the same vicinity with anyone who was weaving from lane to lane.

With the new year come resolutions. Mine? I'm just dusting off the ones from last year and trying again!