Greely Tournament

Our 12 year old is presently in Greely, CO, north of Denver at a basketball tournament...... without us! We were planning on going up Friday and coming back late Saturday night and leaving him to ride home with someone else on Sunday. However, we found out on Wednesday night that the tournament doesn't even start until 6pm on Saturday night. It is a 7-8 hour drive from here so we couldn't go. The most anxious part about letting him go is that there are mt passes that they have to go over in the snow tomorrow night. He rode with two men, one of whom is a lawyer and one who is a highway patrol officer and for whatever reason, I felt better know that the officer was going along b/c he is from north CO. They arrived safely and we've talked with Mason several times but it's so hard missing out on his games. If you happen to read this before Sunday night (2/28), please say a prayer of safety as they travel back tomorrow night. The personnel committee heard about it all and told Mike he could take off and they wouldn't count it as a vacation day, but knowing that we are heading to San Diego/Mexico in one month kept Mike from taking them up on their offer. We had such mixed feelings about the whole weekend because of what it would cost to spend the weekend there. I finally gave it all to God and this is how He worked things out. So I trust Him to care for Mason while he's gone and will stop worrying as I write this! HA!

Landon was disappointed that we didn't get to go so he got a special night last night with his parents at the movies and eating out. When asked if he liked the feeling of being an only child, he replied "NO! I think I would hate it!". He picked up on my anxiety of Mason traveling on bad roads and has been somewhat worried about his brother. Haven got to play with Alaina last night so she didn't even realize what she missed. Special thanks to my friend Sandi for keeping her. Landon said that he wanted to have a relaxing day and do nothing today so that's exactly what we are doing! Hope you are enjoying your day also!

Here are some pics from Kristin of Mason's snowboarding at Durango Mt. Resort......