Basketball misery

Bill's only form of exercise at this time is playing ward basketball. Every season he is injured. Frankly, I'm tired of the injuries. He has hurt his ankle, his pinkie finger, his thumb, dislocated his ring finger (now he can't wear his wedding ring), and (last week) pulled his calf muscle. I told him not to play on Wednesday night, but he won't listen to me. He said he would be careful. He came home with bruised ribs, and I saw him wrapping his ribs this morning before going to work. Will he ever learn? Pretty soon he will be in a body cast. He will still want to play basketball because "we have a good team this year." Men.

Science Fair part 2

Karl participated in the district science fair. He was awarded honorable mention. Because he was the only one who did a computer science project, he moves on to regionals. Intel also awarded him $200.

Science Fair

Karl participated in a school-wide science fair. His project was to program a decision-making program on the computer. His Grandpa Southwick made up the program years ago, but it needed updating for today's technology. Karl has been studying computer languages and took on the project. He had to test it out on people to see if they were more confident with their decisions after using the program. Overall they were. At the school he won best in show--the only thing they awarded! He now advances to districts.

You all know Karl rarely shows emotion. When he finished his program and it actually worked, he was bouncing off the walls with happiness. If he would have been alone in the house, I'm sure he would have done a happy dance. He makes me laugh. We are very proud of him and the hard things he accomplishes.

DI thrives

Bill and I had some things to drop off at the DI before Christmas. They recently opened a new one in Layton. We pulled in and had to wait in this line! There are about 5-6 cars ahead of us in both lanes. I guess everyone was cleaning out the old to prepare for the new.