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Garrett's field trip to UTA

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Garrett's first field trip of the year was at UTA for a Lady Macs game. It was very fun, packed with other field trips and full of super heroes.  Greta had a sleepover with Nana so she had curls in her hair when she came home. She also had a new toy waiting for her. she has been loving little slides. 

A little basketball...

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Our church hosted a neighborhood basketball night last week. UTA's basketball coach (Scott Cross) goes to our  church, and he agreed to bring his players to the church in hopes of playing with some of the neighborhood kids, who tend to live in low income apartments and have a tough home life. The night was a success. Lots of church kids AND neighborhood kids showed up for b-ball and hot dogs. The UTA players were all very nice, and the kids all immediately warmed up to them (especially Gus!). We got there about the same time a group of 7 or 8 UTA players got out of their cars. Garrett looked at them (all at least a minimum of 6'5") and said "I not playing basketball with THEM". He was a little intimidated. Luckily, his buddy, Heston, was there to keep him entertained on the playground. Gus, on the other hand, had NO fear. He pretty much just interrupted this little game, already in session. This player was really sweet, and just dribbled with h...