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 Forty one years of life on this planet. That is very hard to believe. 

 For my birthday, my kids all made me cards, with wonderful comments. They were very excited to give them to me. After breakfast, we went sledding at grandma and grandpas land. I had a lot of fun with those kids. They are good kids. 

It was a beautiful day to be outside on a peaceful section of land, with out the noise of the world. 

After lunch we went to the church and shot hoops. Kids are getting too good. Didn’t even give me a break on my birthday and let me win. 

Kalinda had to work, but she brought home some good food for dinner. Chicken and steak fajitas. 

The day could not have been much better. 

Magrath Grade 4 B-ball

 Wade has worked pretty hard to get better at basketball this year. Not only was he on the Raymond team, but also on the 4th Grade community ball team. He played more ball in 3 months than he played his whole life previous. 

His golden achievement was playing at halftime during the heart breaker boys game. He got the feeling of what it will be like to play in front of big crowds. 

Unfortunately he didn’t make a basket but his presence was felt on defense with a few steals and rebounds.  

Good job buddy! 

Raymon Basketball

 This year, Macie and Wade have been on 2 community basketball teams. 

In Raymond, they were on the same team and had to learn a lot about the game of basketball. After 4 months they both came out stronger players. Wade’s defense has got stronger, and last night we saw Macie shoot the ball strong from further out.  Although they did not win any medals, they put in blood sweat and tears to make it through. 

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 2023 Super-bowl

We have been making it intersecting by picking winners and other items throughout the game. 

This year was a good time and great food. 

All the Magrath family got together and made their picks to win the first family Super Bowl trophy. 

The chiefs won 38-35 over the eagles

Our little Kansas was pretty happy. But the big winner was Macie. 

Trophy and $10 to the Goose

Spelling Super Star

 In late January, Wade ask us for an expensive war set made by BMC. this particular set was 1898 US war vs Spain at San Juan hill. The toy set cost over $100.00. Yikes that is a lot. This was an opportunity for Wade to work to earn this toy. One of Wade’s weakness’ is spelling. His notes and writing is very hard to read due to spelling. My challenge to Wade was to spell 95/100 words at the end of February. 

His first attempt he got 5/100. He was very depressed thinking that he would never succeed. I spend a lot of time working on words and studied many hours. 

On Feb 10, wade took the test and got 83/100. What an improvement!  Wade studied the words he got wrong and attempted the test again  

On Feb 11, he took the test again and scored 95/100. 

To his surprise he got his toy that day