The Griffith Family: The end of Basketball Season

The basketball season for 2011 has ended:(

For Alex, (sniff, sniff) his career at

Upward has ended as well. He played for six

years and next year he will have to

play for a community league

or for a local junior high school-we aren't

sure how that works yet!

We have loved the Upward program through

the local Baptist church and have met

many wonderful people there.

The boys decided to put up their jerseys

for each year that they played!

As you can see, Alex has 6 years and Josh

has 3. We look forward to a few more

years for Josh!

The jerseys are reversible so the years that the

boys played together, they each picked a different

side to put up on the wall.

As I said we have loved the Upward experience AND

we have so appreciated all the friends and family

who have come to watch the boys and

cheer them on!

Poppop and Nana get the award for biggest

fans, with the most games

attended!! Yeah:)

This year the program tried to have some
fun little activities during half-time.
Michael won the free-throw shooting against
someone else and got $2 in
Upward bucks to spend at the snack shack.
The favorite treat there, was a
milk shake!
Way to go, honey-you're the man!!!

Alex and his team after the game. He had two
high school guys as coaches and they did
a great job encouraging the boys in basketball
and in their walk with Jesus!
Great to see young people with a heart to
share Christ and teach basketball!

Josh's team after the game, awaiting a snack
and their stars. Each game they are given
a star to encourage their playing-best offense,
defense, Christ-likeness, sportmanship, etc.

We love that the boys are able to play on the team
with friends they know-it seems each year we
have been able to request being on a team
with someone we know and it has
been a blessing!