March . . . is it really already the 20th?!?

March is really getting away from me. Maybe because I've been out of town for so much of it. Here's a little rundown.


The first weekend in March, Tony and Connor headed to Cody for regional basketball for Tony's team, and Mylie and I went to Casper for the weekend to watch my little sisters, Olivia and Tessa, play in their state tournament. We met up with Tami, Violet, and their adorable babies and all spent the weekend together. Mylie loved the swimming, the shopping, and the baby holding, and endured the basketball games. She even paid enough attention to know who was winning at various points in the games.

Mom and Daughter weekend

The cute babies that came with us: Sedona (Violet's) . . .

and Owen (Tami's).

Cokeville had an outstanding tournament and ended up winning it all! I was so excited for them! Now all my sisters have won a state championship in basketball. (I'm allowed to brag about others, right?)

Coach (Dad) and Scorebook keeper (Mom)

Crazy Tessa--This girl had an outstanding game in the semi-final, scoring 18 of the team's 32 points, including 4 critical three-pointers. Guess all the years of summer shooting paid off when it mattered most!

Livi shooting free throws in the championship game. She's a senior this year, and she sure went out with a bang, scoring 22 points in her final game and getting the state title to go with it!

Proud dad with his baby girls. He has now coached 6 state championship basketball teams.

The following Wednesday after school, we loaded up the van and headed back to Casper--this time to watch the 3A/4A state basketball tournament with our whole family. I didn't take any pictures there, but all three kids had a great time. They loved staying in the hotel for three nights, spending just a little time in the mall, eating the "special" treats and things I brought along, eating out once a day, going to the park, going swimming THREE TIMES, and going to 12 basketball games over the three days. They were all so good. Even Mariah does great in the gym. As I realized that she had just endured 12 games in three days, I started wondering how many basketball games she had been to in her life. She was priviledged to be born just in time for basketball season and so she has now had three seasons and I estimate . . . . about 90 games! Crazy, I know. I can't even begin to figure out how many games Connor has been to--most likely over 300.

We got home late last Saturday night from that trip, and acquired three extra children early Sunday morning, who stayed with us until yesterday morning while their parents were on vacation. My sister-in-law, Angela's, kids are really comfortable at our house, and the kids get along great, so it really wasn't that big of a deal. All except for the fact that I was gone for two days in the middle of that for choir tour with the high school choir. I play the piano for the group and volunteered myself to babysit before I knew when the tour was. Oops! But Tony picked up the slack, taking a personal day to stay home from school, getting them all to bed at night, and then having them all ready in the morning to go to another of his sister's house for the day. How I love that man! He is amazing.

Last night, we finally just relaxed a bit, enjoying some good food (tortilla soup--yum!) and some college basketball. Whew! And now I'm not planning to leave town for a good couple of weeks. Although life is busy at times, I wouldn't have it any other way. And finally, to end this post, a typical couple of minutes in the Micheli home for those who are interested. (Connor doing something extreme, Mylie coloring, Mariah being silly, Mom looking busy, and Dad enjoying it all.)