Zebra Camp

After the week long Rocklin camp, the following week was the Lincoln High "Zebra" basketball camp.

Joshua took this camp last year and was the MVP. This year, although they didn't award an "MVP", he definitely shined. His best friend, Bryson took this camp with him this year and they had a lot of fun.

The head coach along with some of his highschool players remembered Joshua from last year and were excited to see his skills being even better than last year. His basketball sense, footwork, shooting, ball handling, and offensive/defensive skills were obvious. They were mostly impressed with his shooting and his quickness driving to the basket.

Joshua and Bryson stood out at the camp and by day 2, the coaches had to separate them because they said it wasn't fair for the two of them to be on the same team during scrimmages. Joshua and Bryson pretty much dominated the camp!

Next up, I'll be posting details to the Placer Youth Basketball Camp (another camp that was taken the week after the Zebra camp!)

Rocklin Thunder Basketball Camp

This was the second year for our boys attending the Rocklin Highschool summer basketball camp. They both fully enjoyed the camp again.

Both boys received awards. The funny thing was that Jayden (again being the smallest kid out there), won a ton of awards! He is afterall the "shooting machine". He rarely missed a shot in all of the drills and contests. His efforts and skills definitely paid off. He won the "superman layup" contest, the knockout contest, and was also awarded the "hustle" award. His coach and the other coaches said he had the best shot and great ball handling skills. They were very impressed with his level of play and attentiveness. He came home with a Rocklin bag, a nice hooded sweatshirt, and other goodies. He was a star!

Joshua also came home with some new gear, including a tshirt, sweatbands, and 'hustle' socks. He too won the "hustle" award in his division and his team were the champions in the 4th grade division.

We're proud of them both but most of all we're happy that they had such a super time at this great basketball camp!

Spring Season of Hotshots

Here's Jayden and his Kindergarten team, the Pistons. (they were missing 3 players on this day).

Jayden is playing in the non-competitive league so they do not keep score. Even so, Jayden keeps a record of his own stats and he was consistent in this second season of playing. He had 8-10 points per game!

He has a great shot like his big bro and good ball handling skills so just like Joshie he can play the shooting guard and the pointguard.



Here are the "Celtics", Joshua's Hotshots team and Lance's 5th season coaching. The team did well with 7 wins and 1 loss!

This was Joshua's best season by far. His confidence has increased and so has his aggressiveness. He's our sharp shooter for sure!

School's Out....Summer's In...

The year came and went. It was a terrific year for the boys academically and socially.

As usual, both boys received amazing grades for the year. We're very proud of them both!! They made great friends and had the most awesome teachers.

They have a full schedule of activities for the summer to keep them busy from basketball camps, art classes, summer session of Hotshots, weekly trips to the library, possible swim lessons, and GATE enrichment programs. In addition to all of that, of course they'll have plenty of playing time with their friends.

Soon I'll be writing how the summer is over! 1st grade and 4th grade will be here in a blink of an eye.

Here's wishing everyone a happy, fun, safe, exciting summer vacation.

Jayden's Kindergarten Graduation

On June 5th, we attended Jayden's kindergarten graduation It was a very cute program. I can't believe how quickly this year went by!

Here he is pictured with Mrs. Pennington, the best kindergarten teacher we could ever hope for. After over 35 years of teaching, Mrs. Pennington retired. We were so blessed to have both of our boys be a part of her class. She is definitely one of those teachers whom we will always remember and think so highly of. She put in more than her share of teaching and all of her students and their parents are extremely thankful and grateful for her kind, loving, patient, genuine, and gentle teaching methods. What a wonderful experience Jayden had in kindergarten!

Congratulations to our little graduate and his memorable and successful first year of elementary school!