We all enjoyed our first day in Boise yesterday exactly the way we wanted.
For Annie, it was to fly in last evening from Seattle and meet us here at our rental with her rental car with only 14 miles on its odometer.
Bill and I were watching the ZAGS game when she arrived here.
Willie and Debbie spent their day moving from school to school watching girls basketball State tournament games. We joined them in the morning for the Lakeland-Bishop Kelly 4A contest.
Happily, Lakeland represented North Idaho well with a win in a close and hard-fought game.
Every year, for several years, Willie and Debbie have stopped by Starbucks near Timberline High School to pick up some coffee for two ladies who work the scoring table.
It wasn't until two or three years into the tradition that they learned one of the ladies had been one of my students back in the 1970s.
Cathy Crandell had served on the Monticola staff AND, more importantly, for basketball junkies, she had played on the first-ever modern day girls basketball team at Sandpoint High.
Besides that, her Aunt Anita Schoonover had been the perpetual fan years later when Willie began coaching girls basketball.
Lots of ties, and, by golly, it was fun for me to walk in there and see a former student I probably haven't seen for at least 30 years, maybe more.
To say that Cathy was surprised to see me and to see her annual cup of Starbucks would be an understatement.
It's a fun tradition and it was fun for me to reconnect.
Cathy and her friend Pat are staples at the State 4A basketball contests.
After watching the Lakeland game, Bill and I watched most of the first half of the Shelley-Columbia game.
Shelley is the only undefeated girls basketball team in Idaho. Last year the Sandpoint Bulldogs defeated them and won the State title.
It's a little different story this year, but it's neat to see your son present to watch the sport he so loves and to receive kudos from friends he's made over the years at these tournaments---including a comment from the Lakeland principal telling him that he runs a "class act" with his basketball team.
It's not just the wins and losses that define the sport.
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After leaving the tournament, Bill and I took Bridie and Foster to Morrison Park where lots of other dogs, being walked and playing, presented a new dimension in young Bridie's life.
The little farm dog had her first big city experience, and she adjusted.
Our day was topped off by a Love family dinner at the Ram Restaurant where we enjoyed visiting and watched the end of the Gonzaga victory over Loyola Marymount.
And, then we all came home and slept well.
The agenda for today is uncertain. I know there will be more basketball for Willie and Debbie. Annie may do some geocaching, and Bill and I will roll with whatever unfolds.
It's just plain fun and so important to enjoy this family time, as you'll see below.
Happy Friday.
Hug your family and hug your pets.
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