Zoo pics

There are two new little chimps at the zoo!No, those are not the ones I am talking about:)
Casey's blog inspired me to post some pics of our zoo trip last week.
They're not really new, this is just the 1st time we've seen them. Both of them were out playing. This is the female, she's 1 year and a little more crazy than the male. He won't be a year until this summer. She would come up to the glass and play with the kids.
Sorry for the poor quality. I was having trouble taking pics through the glass.
She would put her lips up to the glass and then smush her face down the glass, making funny faces. Just like a little kid!

Here she would put her hand up to the glass wanting Jordan to put her's up there. So neat!

Basketball

Well I am finally posting some pics from basketball, just as I promised. Weeks of trying to put into use the things taught in my photography class, and this is the best I get! I've come to decide that it's almost impossible to get a good pic in that gym!
Today was their last game and we missed them both due to Todd's injury and mostly Jacob and Jordan being very sick. Stomach bug...yuck! I finally called dr last night and she called in some pills for the vomiting, otherwise it would have been off to the ER. They were not to have ANY thing for an hour after taking the pills, but Jacob wanted a drink soooo bad. I let him have little sips. He would call out every 10 minutes, "Can I have a big drink now?"
So, Jacob wakes up this morning saying, "I feel good. Can I have some 7-up?"
Takes big gulps and drinks it down (ignoring my warnings). "Wow, I can take big drinks now!"
Few minutes go by, "Oh, that 7-up made my belly hurt." He's out in 5 minutes and sleeps for 2 more hours.
Wakes up, "I feel good. Can I have some 7-up? I need to go to my game! My team needs me, they are probably running out the curtain now, let's go!" Uh, it's 10:45, the game was at 9.

Jacob can dribble pretty well, with either hand too. He just can't quite get it up there when shooting it. He would usually pass it to someone who could though. He's a great team player.

Pivot! Yes, he pivots...it's too funny. He will try to set a pick too. All of this he learns from Todd coaching Jordan. He pays attention when it comes to sports. Sometimes I think he gets it better than the 5th - 8th grade girls Todd was coaching, my daughter included.

Yes, I did say 5th through 8th grade! Jordan plays point guard, has for several years. She can get around those girls (that are twice her size) and get the ball to the goal. She just can't shoot it over their heads. They are just too tall, and nothing against the girls, they should be taller than her....they're in the 7th and 8th grades! She's in 5th.

This pic just cracks Todd and I up. Upwards is all about matching teams & players up by skill. But what about size??? I think an 8th grader against a 5th grader might be stretching it a little:)

Oh, I almost forgot...I mentioned Todd's injury and many of you are probably wondering. He sprained his ankle very bad. Yes, AGAIN! But it's the other ankle this time. He was scrimmaging with the girls Thurs night and rolled his foot. This one is worse than the one at the lake. I am going to have to buy him some "special" shoes.