A Decade

I can't believe it, but my little Jocie is turning 10 years old on January 22nd! I have pondered this for quite sometime and have come to the conclusion that I'm am in complete denial that she is coming up on this huge landmark of a birthday! It seems like only yesterday that she was asking me for apple juice in a sippy-cup while watching Elmo's world....or reading her a book while she sat on my lap sucking her thumb and twirling my hair!! (tear)

We started to celebrate her monumental day this past weekend. Her grandma and grandpa Adolphson stayed with us for the weekend. On Saturday night we all went to church. We were happy that Boppa and Grandma Barb happened to be staying in Eden Prairie for the weekend because they got to join us too! After church, we invited the aunts, uncles, and cousins (that were in the area) to join us for dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (birthday girl's choice). While at BWW, the manager got on the microphone and announced her birthday, made her stand on a chair while everyone sang Happy Birthday, and then run around the entire restaurant getting high-fives from people :) After the dinner extravaganza, we headed back to our house to have some cake and ice cream. All-in-all, it was a great time.

On Sunday, Jocie had a basketball tournament in Becker, where her team played in a total of three games. The first game was a tough one. The team we played had already been in over 15 tournaments (this was our first tourney due to a cancellation), so we basically got dominated :(
Jocie had the one and only basket of the whole game. The second game was great! I think the team really improved from the first game and played with a lot of intensity. We won that game 28 - 22 (Jocie had 8 points!). The last game was a nail-bitter! We were down right away 12-0, but Carl rallied the girls and ended up leading most of the second half. In the end, we lost by three points, but the girls really played well, and we were all very proud of what they had accomplished!