The family, along with 200,000 other people, spent the weekend sweating in Spokane and watching Hoopfest. Spokane puts on the largest 3 on 3 basketball tournament in the world every June. This year there were about 6,400 teams, taking up a large part of the downtown area. The temperature on Saturday was in the mid to low 90's. Add in the aforementioned 200,000 people and the heat radiating off the buildings and blacktop...and it was hot. The boys and their friends had a lot of fun though.
Sunday was even hotter than Saturday, but the boys were kind enough to be eliminated from the tournament Saturday night so we didn't have to go through it again on Sunday. They just played in the pool most of the day. The temperature on the way home reached 107!
Friday night the kids played with glow sticks. Here's Carson and Liam getting crazy
Saturday morning before the first game
Colton wondering when will it be time to go back to the pool
Alexis blowing by the defense
Mariah shooting a jumpshot with Kobe watching
Kobe playing some defense
Christopher shooting a jump shot
I like this picture. Jamie caught the ball right when it hit the pavement.
Jason going up for a lay in.
And Kobe's highlight of the day, playing in the park with Henry. We were excited to get to visit with Peter and Amber Friday night and Saturday afternoon. They brought Henry home from Liberia last winter and we were able to meet them back in February. Kobe and Henry looked very cute sitting by the river. I ran and got the camera to take a picture. Before I could snap a shot a duck flew over and got Kobe so he's getting up to run back to Amber for a baby wipe.
You'll have to check out their blog. They are just starting up an organization to buy handmade goods from Liberia and sell them in the US to help provide Liberians with work and an income. Business has been slow to return to Liberia, and the most recent unemployment numbers I've seen are around 85%. Hopefully they will post more details soon!
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