Basketball Season 2016

Justice finished up his 1st Basketball season. We're way proud of him for being brave & trying out new things. It was lots of hard work 4-5 days a week. And his knees paid a little bit of a price but good job, kid! Xo

Basketball Begins

Justice decided to play Basketball this year. Makes his Daddy proud!! 😊It's his first time on a school team. (He even double booked himself for 2 weeks while he finished up Football season. Whew! Glad that's over!) Let's go Mustangs!

BBall Adventure in Boulder

This week got a little busy & then all of next week- Brett will be out of town. With my birthday on Sunday, we decided to make Brett's BBall Tournament our Family/Birthday Adventure.

After work, we headed down to Boulder for some pizza @ Joe's Pizza. A little Ma/Son Shop on Main street. They took forever but it was so fun to hang out with the family & visit with the owner. Their Italian Sodas are to die for!!!!!

We have seen signs several times for Boulder Hot Springs.

31 Hot Springs Road

Boulder, MT 59632

I made a few calls to get some more info. It turned that it worked out perfect for us to get in a swim before we headed to Brett's game. The old mansion is pretty run down but looks really cool.

The kids had a blast swimming!!! It started to rain but the water temp was perfect so it didn't put a damper on our night. They had the outdoor pool as well as hot tubs in both the dressing rooms. {except the indoor ones are clothes optional so you take a chance at a peep show if you go inside. LOL} Fun times!

Brett had a late game at the high school in Boulder, MT. They ROCKED it! Way to go, team!

Check out Liberty's cool hair color after the mineral pools. Awesome! It's like she's apart of the X-Men or something! ;)

Fun times with the family! XO

Seamons' Basketball Court

It has been a huge and expensive project that has taken several weeks but we officially now have a Seamons' basketball court in our yard! Here's the process we went through.

We debated for several weeks over where to put it. We measured, marked it with flags and moved them all a couple of times before we made a final decision.

While we got it excavated and leveled, we also brought in 6 truckloads of dirt to even out our backyard a bit.

Then it was time to find someone to do the concrete. We called several people and ended up going with the guys who did our basement floor. We were going to do a lot of the work ourselves and then have them just come back and pour the concrete. But we finally decided that it was too big of a project to experiment on so we let them do the whole thing. They first came and framed it up:

Next they brought in gravel for a base and leveled it out:

Here's a closeup of how they framed up the base for the hoop. We had a 4 foot hole to be filled with cement. 

Next they place Re-bar sheets all across the court.

Here's a closeup of the edge. We allowed for an extra 2 inches of concrete on all the edges.

Then came the Cement work.

First the poured the base for the basketball hoop. They stuck it 4 steel poles in the concrete and then placed a metal pad attached to 3 foot base screws onto the top. That hoop isn't going anywhere!!!

They worked in 4 separate sections. They would spray it down first and then pour in the cement. Then all the guys worked together to spread and smooth and level it out.
Corner 1:

Corner 2:

Corner 3:

Corner 4:

They came back later that day and used a machine (that little green thing on the left side of the court) to smooth out the top.

The next day they came and took off all the forms. Whoala! A Basketball court: {We still need to bring in a lot more dirt to slope up to the court but we shoveled a bunch of dirt up against it to cover the gravel areas after the form were off.} For now- it works!

The next week, Brian came and helped Brett & the kids put up the hoop.
{Side story about this hoop: About 12 years ago, Brett & Dixon found this killer deal on commercial grade hoops. It was "too good of a deal to pass up" so they both got one. We have lugged this HUGE, HEAVY bugger everywhere for the last 12 years and through 4 moves. The box has been falling apart the last couple years. I'm actually surprised that we still had all the pieces. But here it is and it's gorgeous!! Only problem is... that how the heck are we ever gonna find a matching one that we can afford for the other side???? LOL}

Justice and Brett figured out how to get the rim and net all hooked up. Then Brett made the final tweeks to the adjustment handle. It's pretty sweet!

We are pleasantly surprised but everyone LOVES it! They are out there all the time playing basketball games (like Lightning), roller blading, and riding their bikes. We're so excited! Good choice, Mom & Dad!!! Next up... Fort, Zipline or grass???? Decisions, decisions!

BYU Game with Winwards

Thanks to the Winwards for inviting us over for the BYU vs. LMU game. We love getting together with people. You guys are awesome!

The Boys' Basketball Season

Brett had the opportunity to coach Justice's Basketball game this season. They learned a lot and had a great time being together!