HoopFest 2009

Frankie and I made a trip to Spokane, Washington so he could play in Hoopfest with his best friend Mack. Hoopfest in Spokane is the world's largest 3 -on-3 tournament in the world. They had over 6,600 teams signed up this year varying in all ages/ gender/ abilities. The whole atmosphere of the event is a pretty cool thing and we hope it is something we can take our girls to someday when they get a little older. I can just see all three girls out there on the court with their curly hair bouncing up and down:).
What made this trip even more fun was getting to hang out with Emily (Mack's wife) and her amazing family who was soo wonderful to us during our stay there. We truly felt like we were a part of the family. Emily's parents, Pam and Bill, live in Spokane so they had us over for dinner both Friday and Saturday night and let me tell you...that Pam CAN COOK! Everything was soooo good and I might just have to fly out there again sometime soon so I can eat more of her chocolate chip cookie pie. All the laughs we had over Emily and her two brother's childhood stories gave me a pretty good ab workout that should last me for awhile:)
This year, Mack came up with the great idea to name the team "Pam's Team" which was a very special tribute to Emily's mom, Pam, who is a breast cancer survivor. You could definitely spot us out of the crowd in our pink shirts, and we had a various number of people come up to us and tell us how much they appreciated the support and awareness that we were bringing to breast cancer. It was a GREAT weekend!

The Cheerleader and the jock. (get it right...Frankie is the cheerleader...I am the jock:)

Check out that action shot:)

Let's get this game started!


I didn't know Mack could jump that high!

TIME OUT! We need a breather! Jeff (Emily's brother), Mack and Frankie

Playing Ping-Pong at Jeff's office in between games.

The Gentlemen~ Jeff, Mack, Bill and Frankie

Bill, Pam, Mack, Emily, Frankie, Mel, Mark and Jenny