NCAA pool

The NCAA tournament ended and with it, so did the first annual Melanson Family Bracket Challenge. Mike took the crown, but the it was contested the whole way. At the point of the final four, all but a couple people had a chance. The best scenario had Tom, TJ and Josh all rooting for the same champion with different final scores. It came down to Mike and Tom. Kansas hit a 3 with 2 seconds left to force overtime after Memphis blew 3 free throws. Because I can't effectively use a calendar, I ended up in Sacramento and missed the first half of the game hosting a dinner for work. I guess it did save Julie the pain of having to watch another night of hoops though. I have to admit that I was rooting for Memphis so that Tom could have taken the title. It would have been great to have the winner be someone who didn't even watch the final. Congrats to Mike. Enjoy the year long bragging rights.

I discovered that I can no longer guard the crossover on Saturday. I went one way and my back went another. It lead to a weekend of Icey Hot, Advil and back spasms. With it being conference weekend, it worked out pretty well. Not much moving needed. We were kicked out of the house for a couple walk throughs. During that time, we bought the kids tennis rackets. Hopefully it will be something they enjoy this summer since we will be spending most of it around home. Sunday morning we had the Erickson's over and worked on the packets that Jenny sent out to the family. Entertainment for the kids and me, mostly me.

This week Connor and Court had the same field trip seperately. They both headed down to Portland to hear the youth philharmonic. Julie accompanied Connor's class. I'm waiting for the trip to Franz bakery. That's more my speed.