Before each game, the players pray. This is my favorite shot of all that Bruce has taken so far.
Our youth pastor, Kurt, is one of Clay's coaches and stands on the far left. Clay is in the blue in the front near him. And Kurt's hand is resting on his son Ben's back. I've mentioned here before that Clay and Ben have formed a fun friendship. They've enjoyed a couple play times together, and we're hoping that Ben will come for a sleepover this next week, but only if his baby brother isn't born that day.
Clay had a lot of "throw ins" last week. Sadly, I know nothing about basketball, and had to ask him just now how I should word that correctly. In the picture below, he's throwing one in, but I like to call the shot "How many Moodys can we fit in one frame?" First, on the left there's Bruce's uncle Gene, then his dad Roy, and his cousin John (who has the big job of organizing Upwards at our church). Spencer and I are even hiding there behind the hoop.
Last year, Clay was on the same team with both his buddies, Tyler and Nick. This year, all three of them are on opposing teams. Last week, he and Tyler played against eachother. In the picture below, Clay is on the far right and Tyler is the blonde nearest him.
This week, Clay and Nick played against eachother. I think the boys enjoyed playing as oppponents as much as they liked being teammates. Whenever they were paired up to guard against eachother, it was so fun to watch. They'd run around like crazy. Boys!!
Tyler's parents, our good friends Danny and Carolyn, each coach an Upwards team. Danny coaches Tyler's, and Carolyn coaches their daughter Taylor's. But when Clay played them last week, Danny was out of town so Carolyn filled in for him. She's a "pro" basketball player, having played in high school. She was firing out commands to Clay during the whole game.
What's so great about Carolyn is that when Clay would shoot, she'd look so hopeful, as if he were her own son. You'll see what I mean in the picture below. My kids love her. And she's been a great friend to me.
The next pictures were taken from today. He had his jersey reversed to gold for this game. When each kid enters the court, they play music, blow smoke and announce their name. Those kids are stars!
Clay was much more into the game this week than last week. Here he is guarding a boy named Joseph, who was in scouts with him last year.
And even when he was on the bench, Clay was pretty gung-ho, cheering on his teammates.
One final picture from today.
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