B-ball, girlie girl tom boy, and Cityfest

WARNING: this is a long post, you've been warned, that's all I need to say.
First up, Basketball. Our family rediscovered a new pasttime. We all enjoy a friendly game of around the world. However the rules are ever changing thanks the the kids but we just go along with it. Funny story behind this picture. Shortly after it was taken, I went inside and put my sneakers on, which did improve my game by the way. Right after our game of b-ball ended Michael and I left to go on our date. It wasn't until we were at the sushi place when I realized I had not changed my shoes into my cute little green sandals, but instead I had on my old sneakers. But it didn't spoil our fun, we had a great time and my feet were nice and comfy.

 Most things come easily for Anna, but not this game. She is so competitive and became very frustrated when her ball didn't make it in the basket. There were tears, and lots of them but she persevered and eventually made a few baskets.

 this picture just cracks me up because of Pepper. He is always in the mix. He certainly is part of the family, there is no denying it.

 Michael shooting hoops.

 Jadon making some baskets.

 Camden is very good at the game, he made more baskets than the rest of us.

 Next up, girlie girl tom boy. Or is it girly girl tom boy. I'm not sure the correct spelling of girly/girlie. Anyhow, Anna is our adventerous, fearless, willing to try anything, thrill seaker type of girl. She likes boy things and does not proclaim to be a girlie girl, but then I see something like this and it makes me smile. Notice the glitter gloss sticking out of her pocket and the fingernails that she painted all by herself. I do believe she has some girlie girl in her, she just doesn't want to admit it.

 Her new favorite color is black, it used to be pink, then purple, and now black. Not sure how I feel about that one.

 She may have had glitter gloss in her pocket, and fingernail polish on her nails, and her hair pulled back all pretty but she was playing her brother's car racing game on the x-box. The wilder the better with this one.

And last but not least, Cityfest! We have been looking forward to Cityfest for several weeks now and today was the big day! It took place at Tempe town lake right off of Mill avenue. The part we were most excited about was the skateboarding/BMX bikers/motorcross demos. Camden was most excited and could hardly contain his excitment. Here we are waiting for the show to begin.

 Practice runs.

 While waiting, Anna got to make a gospel bracelet.

Almost time Camden, almost time.

 Free giveaways, we got a free skateboarding DVD.

Then the show finally began. First up, skateboarding. My dad let me borrow his telephoto lens and it came in handy for the skateboarding pictures since they were kind of far away from where we were standing.

Next up, BMX bikers. They were even farther away, thank goodness for the telephoto.

And last up, the crowd pleasing motorcross!

Notice the baby Ava sticker on the bike. It got me thinking that if I had a loved one who did motorcross, there is no way I could even watch them perform. It almost gave me an anxiety attack and I don't even know them. I am assuming by the baby ava sticker, that this biker is a dad. 

 Had some fun with photo editing on this one and I like it!

 My heart just sinks when I see these ones. I took these on my normal lens because they were literally right in front of us and above us, super close. A little too close for my comfort.

And that's all folks. If you stuck with this long post and read the whole thing, pat yourself on the back. What a good reader you are!