RAL Basketball Awards

The RA Long Basketball team had their awards banquet tonight, and Jillian received several, including the Coach's Award, the Scholar Athlete Achievement Award (for 4.0 GPA), the Outstanding Scholastic Award (for team GPA average greater than 3.5), and a Varsity Letter.

Jillian is 15!

Well, technically she turns 15 tomorrow, but we had her birthday party tonight. Lots of family and friends came for cowboy chili, beef stew, chicken tortilla soup, cornbread, and salad, followed by Mom's chocolate cake (below) and ice cream.

Bridget helped put together a quiz about Jillian:

She received lots of thoughtful gifts from everyone:

And we got lots of quality Kennedy time:

Guadalajara B-day Dinner

The calendar was too busy this week, so we took Jillian out for her birthday dinner at Guadalajara tonight. Of course, she wore the sombrero and the staff sang to her.

Afterwards, we went to Baskin-Robbins for dessert.

Women's History Month Play

Bridget was the narrator for a series of short vignettes about famous women, starring neighbors Hazel and Ila. She also manned the lighting (dimmer switch).

Bridget: "Our play included Frida Khalo, Florence Nightingale, Anne Frank, and Maria Tallchief."

Getting Some Vitamin D

It hasn't been often that the sun has been out and warm enough to go outside, but today was the day ... the kids went outside, joined by the neighbor girls, to play some volleyball, basketball, football and hopscotch.

Erika's B-day Party

We celebrated Erika's birthday (and return to teaching) last night, and got lots of quality Kennedy time ... she was smiling and laughing almost the entire evening.

Presidents Day Volleyball

We made it a little family trip to Eugene and Springfield, Oregon, to watch Jillian play with her LC Elite 16's volleyball team. The first day started slow, but ended with one of their best matches against Spiketown, earning a 2nd place finish in Round 1, which put them in the top 16. The second day was a little rough, as well, finishing 3rd in pool. Bracket play had them winning match 1 but dropping match 2, to finish 10th overall out of over 40 teams. Jillian had a fantastic tournament all-around, serving near 100%, making tough digs, and providing beautiful sets. Here's a couple pics: