Days With the Duerksens

The boys' season ended in the semi-final round of sub-state.  After beating Canton-Galva, they had to play Little River - the #1 team in the state.  They played a little better against them this time, but it just wasn't enough.  Caiden showed so much improvement over the last half of the season, and his work paid off.  This was exciting news over Spring Break: Even though Caiden's season was over, we got to cheer Ty on as Hesston battled for a state championship.  We were able to snag tickets for all 3 rounds of the state tournament - the last 2 rounds being played at the Hutchinson Sports Arena - such a fun atmosphere!  They did, indeed, pull off their goal of winning state!  We are proud of you Ty!

 Today, apparently, marked one year since the WHO declared Covid-19 as a global pandemic.  We were heading into spring break, just like we are today, and didn't know what would come next. All I knew at the time was that things were shutting down and I needed to make sure to head to the grocery store after school to stock up on some things - including toilet paper (of which there was very little)! One year later... *I have had my first vaccine (next one comes in 2 weeks) *Chelan had his first vaccine just today *My parents have been fully vaccinated *Chelan's parents have had their first vaccine *High school teams are able to finish their state basketball tournament (after abruptly ending after the first round last year) *We are looking forward to a golf season, which didn't happen last year *Caiden and I will be shopping for a tux tomorrow for a prom he is helping to plan *My students are all back in class in-person after several rounds of remote learning due to quarantine ...