DUNK BALL

HOW CAN YOU RAISE FIVE SONS WITHOUT THE HELP FROM SPORTS? WE SIMPLY COULDN'T DO IT.

WHEN THE BOYS WERE YOUNG, THEY LEARNED EVERY SPORT. THEY COULD ALL SWIM AND COMPETED IN SWIMMING RACES.

IN ONE OF OUR HOMES WE LIVED BY A GOLF COURSE, SO THE BOYS ALL LEARNED TO GOLF.

TODAY THEY STILL GOLF AND ARE VERY GOOD AT IT.

BASEBALL WAS THE "SPORT" OF CHOICE WHEN THE BOYS GREW UP IN SO. JORDAN. WE USED TO SIT ON OUR TRAMPOLINE WHICH WAS ON THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY OVER LOOKING THE BASEBALL DIAMOND TO WATCH THE GAMES....IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

SEVERAL BOYS PLAYED FOOTBALL. JOE PLAYED CENTER AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN THERE WAS SOCCER, RACQUET BALL, KARATE, SNOW SKIING, WATER SKIING, WACKET BALL..YOU NAME IT THEY DID IT.

BUT.....BASKETBALL WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BROTHERS FAVORITE.

OUR LIFE REVOLVED AROUND PRACTICES AND GAMES. WE LOVED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE... AFTER THE GAMES WE WOULD ALWAYS GO TO WENDY"S FOR THEIR SALAD BARS...(REMEMBER THOSE?)

THEN CAME CHURCH BALL..OUR BOYS WERE THE STARS.. WE WENT TO REGION MANY TIMES..

ONE DAY MARK CAME HOME WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS. HE GOT A BONUS FROM WORK, AND ASKED THE FAMILY TO JOIN HIM IN A FAMILY COUNCIL.. WOULD THE BOYS LIKE TO HAVE A BOAT OR HAVE A SPORT COURT?

YOU GUESSED IT...MARK AND I WERE SOOO.... OVER RULED..THE SPORT COURT WON...AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MANY HAPPY HOURS..THE BOYS WOULD PLAY IN THE RAIN AND SHOVEL SNOW JUST TO PLAY..

THE BOYS FRIENDS WOULD LAUGH AT MARK BECAUSE , HE HAD A RULE THAT COULD NOT BE BROKEN...LIGHTS OUT AT 10:00 P.M....SO MANY TIMES MARK WOULD YELL OUT THE WINDOW

"THE PARTY'S OVER"...THEY ALL JOKED HOW THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THAT ON MARK'S TOMBSTONE.

ONE SUNDAY DURING FAST MTG. OUR BISHOP GOT UP AND BORE HIS TESTIMONY AND THANKED THE HEUGLY FAMILY FOR THEIR SPORT COURT.. HE SAID IT KEPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS OUT OF TROUBLE.

WELL, THE TRADITION CONTINUES... ONE OF THE BROTHERS NOW HAS HIS OWN SPORT COURT . SO ON SATURDAY A GAME WAS PLANNED, WHERE THE BROTHERS WOULD PLAY AGAINST THE EMPLYEES OF ONE OF THEIR WORKPLACES.....THE HEAT WAS ON.. THE COMPETITION DEFINITELY THERE....

AND THE WINNER WAS?......COME ON...WOULD I BE BLOGGING IF THE HEUGLY'S HADN'T WON...

THE PICTURES ABOVE ARE OF MY BOYS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG ON OUR SPORT COURT.

THE PICTURES BELOW ARE OF OUR

GAME ON SATURDAY....

CHECK OUT THE BLEECHERS...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? THERE WERE SEATS FOR ALL THE SPECTATORS..

IT WAS ALOT OF FUN, AND BROUGHT BACK A FLOOD OF MEMORIES...