March Madness, Micheli-style

Okay, so I know it's April, but I thought I better post something about March Madness in the Micheli family. We had a FABULOUS time with the tournament this year. Here are a few highlights:

First of all, we watched most of the games at Tony's parents' house--not because he's a mama's boy, but because if you could choose between this TV. . .(it's very OLD and SMALL)

and THIS one. . . (It's very LARGE and HD)

let's be honest, which would you choose?

But when I was at home watching during the day, I decided to do a project that I could sit and do while in the room with the TV. Here's what I came up with. I really love making baby quilts, but I hadn't made one in over a year!

Our ward had its 2nd Annual March Madness Ward Party. Of course, the kids had to dress in their basketball attire for the festivities. They had a great time going around the gym to all the different basketball-themed stations.

This is how Mariah felt about having to LEAVE the ward party.

The kids really got into the spirit of things, and when the games weren't on TV, they did a lot of basketball playing of their own. Here is a warm-up for one of the many games that were played in our basement.

And no game would be complete without a FANTASTIC half-time show by the girls!

Finally, I can't help but toot my own horn just a little (since I'm sure this is a horn I will never have the priviledge of "tooting" again). I WON our family bracket pool. I have no idea WHAT I won (if anything), but I'm going to at least take the bragging rights. P.S. Thanks, Duke. Nobody else in the Micheli clan believed in you, but I did!

Here's the awesome giant-sized bracket that was displayed for the entire tournament at Tony's mom and dad's house. It kept us all up to speed with what was going on.