My First Trophy as COACH

Last weekend was the final tournament to end our basketball season. We took 3rd place!! I was hoping to do better and we could have taken 2nd place or even 1st, but it pretty much all came down to luck.....

The tournament was double elimination. We played our biggest rival right off, Paradigm (the bracket was totally messed up). During the season they beat us twice and we beat them twice. This was the most exciting game that I'll probably ever get to coach. It went into DOUBLE overtime and.... we barely lost 26 -24. The crowd was going wild too.

So we fell into the losers bracket and easily won the next two games, Provo Canyon School 30 - 11 and Merit 52 - 29. It was nice because as a coach I was able to play my 2nd and 3rd stringers tons and give them more playing time. It was a brutal tournament schedule though, because the 3 games I just told you about were played straight in a row. My girls didn't even get a 10 minute break! Man....

The next day, Saturday, we had an 8 am game against Paradigm.....again! This was also a really good game. It went back and forth the whole time, but we just couldn't do it. We lost to them again 43 - 40. I'll tell you what, we are two really evenly matched teams! I love playing them for that reason. Basically either of us could have won both of those games (the first one & this one), but we just weren't lucky I guess.

My girls were disappointed to lose to them again, but I think they were happy with where we ended up. They played AMAZING!!! If you could have seen these girls at the beginning of the season and then see them now, you'd see a difference of night and day. They have improved sooo much. I'm proud of the progress they've made, both individually and as a team. I'm already looking forward to next year!

This trophy is proudly on display in my classroom. Pretty big for 3rd place, eh? Oh, and next year I'll be coaching volleyball as well. They asked me just the other day. Should be exciting!!

Look at that teamwork!!

25 Random Things....About.....Me!!

1. I like to wear my moon boots any chance I get and will look for any excuse to do just that. 2. I absolutely hate scary movies and refuse to watch them. 3. My new hobby is basket weaving – haha! 4. I NEED sun to survive and I love not just warm, but hot weather. 5. I would like to learn French one day. 6. I have eaten lots of disgusting things like: pig skin soup, frog legs, snails, blood sausage, raw candied egg yolk, baby eels, and something with thick black hairs in it to name just a few…. 7. I absolutely LOVE being outside! Can I please move my classroom outside? 8. I plan to soon buy myself a longboard and mountain bike. 9. I admit I like doing dares and/or pulling pranks on other people – that’s pretty much all I did in high school. 10. I spoke at my Junior College’s graduation (Eastern Arizona College)…..way to represent! 11. I have lived in Mexico twice and Spain twice. 12. I have traveled to 15 different countries and can’t wait to add more to the list! I’m addicted to traveling and absolutely love it! 13. My favorite music is jazz, even though I pretty much like it all, like seriously. My music taste is pretty eclectic. 14. I like to joke around with others and see how gullible they are – some people would say I’m a liar, but I’m totally NOT – just a jokester. 15. My middle name is really Adventure and I love them! I like to explore new things/places. 16. I love anything that’s NEW. I like watching movies I’ve never seen before, trying new food, going new places, reading new books, moving new places, meeting new people. I think you get the picture. 17. My favorite food is hummus. 18. I have a favorite candy for every holiday. Valentine’s Day – cinnamon/sugar jelly hearts. Easter – robin’s eggs. Halloween – candy corn. Thanksgiving – candied turkey (haha, just wanted to see how gullible you were). Christmas – peanut M&Ms. 19. I bought my first pair of high heels this year. You see, I’ve always been taller than all the boys. In high school they didn’t catch up until my Junior year. But who cares?! 20. My secret wish is to become a photographer for a travel magazine/book. I love using my artistic side and taking pictures to see what I can come up with. 21. I had a 4.0 until my Junior year in college…..smarty pants! 22. I used to serenade my roommates (and in fact whole apartment building) with a song on the guitar written by ME! It was more for laughter than real entertainment. 23. Anything that has to do with science, biology, anatomy fascinates me. 24. I wish I could be a lifetime student at a university and study history, science, math, photography, language, business, and politics. I LOVE SCHOOL!! 25. I have an inflatable raft that I like to take out anywhere – the ocean, the lake, small ponds, the river, even swimming pools! Everyone should own one! 26. I like to whistle my own tunes.

Dot, Dot, Dot...

So I've noticed as I write that I have a trademark...
It's dot, dot, dot...

Sometimes it's hard to actually show your personality 100% in writing, not saying that it has anything to do with dot, dot, dot but I enjoy the challenge nevertheless. I've enjoyed keeping this blog for you, as well as my own benefit and loved it even more when I was in Spain since I really had to describe things well for you to capture the culture.

So anyway my favorite thing to do when I write is use dot, dot, dot.... I guess maybe because it separates me from other writers. If you look down through all my other posts I use it in every single one! haha!

JAZZ FESTIVAL!!!!!

Lisi, Snowb and I were able to be in Copenhagen, Denmark for the famous Jazz Festival last summer, which we LOVED, and so we jumped at the chance when we heard there was going to be a Jazz Festival at Thanksgiving Point this weekend. It was a little different than what we expected, but it turned out to be very entertaining and fun!! Jazz is my favorite type of music so I thorougly enjoyed myself!

We were expecting more of a Big Band show with singing and what not, but this was a performance to end a 2-day high school jazz festival. BUT, they did bring in some of the big guns. I don't know how much you're into Jazz or if you'll recognize these people, but they're verrrrrry famous.

John Faddis.....famous trumpet player.....this guy is quite the character! He was being a goof all night and cracking jokes. If you watch either of these videos, definitely watch this one and you'll see what I mean about being a goof (he's the one on the right). This isn't from the Jazz Festival, but just a little something to give you a taste of him.



Frank Catalano.....famous sax player.....very talented! This is probably his most famous song, which he did perform at the Jazz Festival as well.

Head over Heels

I'm head over heels in love with wearing my high heels. I've deprived myself for 25 years because I thought I'm too tall to wear heels and didn't want to be any taller. In high school I was taller than all the boys until about Junior year and even now I have the same problem. I think it's just guys in Utah.....

BUT, then I decided, who cares?! I'm taller than everybody anyway so what's another inch or two gonna do? haha! So I recently bought my heels and have become more confident wearing them. I've always wanted some. I like the click, click, click sound of them.....

I wore them to the grocery store the other day and I was seriously taller than every single person there, but oh well, right? They are fun!