These smartphones can be the most convenient way to get pictures of everyday life, but these pictures are also the first ones to get forgotten. Here are two updates from my phone.
Taisei just finished his first season in basketball. He surprised me with his ability to dribble and shoot. They both can use work, but I had no idea he was playing and getting better with his friends at school. He was a big scorer throughout the season, and defensively, surprisingly aggressive. He's good at driving to the hoop, but needs some work on layups and finishing. His highlight was a shot he made from just inside the 3-point line that everyone happened to see. I think he liked the cheers. :) All the kids got better and most of them were able to score. I was an assistant coach again, so it was a fun season for me as well. We were far and away the best team, probably because we had a lot of practices and none of the others teams seemed to practice. We had 3 kids that were pretty good (Will, Noah, and Taisei) and a whole bunch of others that got a lot better as the season went on.
Mirei's tradition of using her head as a bumper hasn't stopped. The weekend before Christmas she was rough-housing with Taisei, he bumped her backwards into the piano bench's sharp corner. She ended up getting 3 stiches next to her left eye. This one hurt. You can see the bruising all the way around her eye. We ended up at the InstaCare on Christmas day to get the stitches out. Mirei is still our happy girl as you can see here. After the accident happened, she didn't cry about it again.
Here she is waiting to see the doctor. This is the brand new IHC InstaCare by our house. Pretty nice.
Getting bored...
Finally the doctor came!
The funny thing is that I was on a business trip the day it happened. I was on a flight home from S. Korea, laying over at Detroit. Between the time I took off from Detroid and arrived home in Salt Lake, Mirei had gotten stitches, and Wami's tooth had gotten chipped (while at the InstaCare). With me being gone, it was extra bad trying to get to the InstaCare and the dentist - kids, naps, day before the weekend, etc. Luckily, some friends close by (Allison and Stephen) came over on short notice. Wami said it was one of the worst days. But now we can look back and laugh. We just have to somehow remember that every crazy day, which seems like everyday, we'll be able to look back and laugh about as well.
Taisei just finished his first season in basketball. He surprised me with his ability to dribble and shoot. They both can use work, but I had no idea he was playing and getting better with his friends at school. He was a big scorer throughout the season, and defensively, surprisingly aggressive. He's good at driving to the hoop, but needs some work on layups and finishing. His highlight was a shot he made from just inside the 3-point line that everyone happened to see. I think he liked the cheers. :) All the kids got better and most of them were able to score. I was an assistant coach again, so it was a fun season for me as well. We were far and away the best team, probably because we had a lot of practices and none of the others teams seemed to practice. We had 3 kids that were pretty good (Will, Noah, and Taisei) and a whole bunch of others that got a lot better as the season went on.
Mirei's tradition of using her head as a bumper hasn't stopped. The weekend before Christmas she was rough-housing with Taisei, he bumped her backwards into the piano bench's sharp corner. She ended up getting 3 stiches next to her left eye. This one hurt. You can see the bruising all the way around her eye. We ended up at the InstaCare on Christmas day to get the stitches out. Mirei is still our happy girl as you can see here. After the accident happened, she didn't cry about it again.
Here she is waiting to see the doctor. This is the brand new IHC InstaCare by our house. Pretty nice.
Getting bored...
Finally the doctor came!
The funny thing is that I was on a business trip the day it happened. I was on a flight home from S. Korea, laying over at Detroit. Between the time I took off from Detroid and arrived home in Salt Lake, Mirei had gotten stitches, and Wami's tooth had gotten chipped (while at the InstaCare). With me being gone, it was extra bad trying to get to the InstaCare and the dentist - kids, naps, day before the weekend, etc. Luckily, some friends close by (Allison and Stephen) came over on short notice. Wami said it was one of the worst days. But now we can look back and laugh. We just have to somehow remember that every crazy day, which seems like everyday, we'll be able to look back and laugh about as well.
2 comments:
Wow, I can't believe how bad that looks. Poor Mirei. Or maybe I should say, Poor Wami! I like her sense of humor in capturing all those pictures of bored Mirei playing on the hospital bed, though.
Wami is always welcome to call when you are out of town and she needs help ...
I can't believe Samuel and Mirei did that damage to their faces so close together. So sad!
That is neat that Taisei's skills were improving, just playing around with his friends.
Mirei's bored photos are so funny! Especially the grabbing the light and the upside down looking between the legs pictures!
Taisei's team sounds like some of the ones Adele and Samuel played against. Adele and Samuel need to Taisei to teach them how to play!
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