Thatcher, AZ

Ryan Shupe….again!!

So if you have been reading my blog, you’ll know that I went to a Ryan Shupe concert a few months ago. So it was perfect timing...meant to be. They had a concert tonight in Thatcher! So of course we had to go! They never cease to amaze me...such talented performers. And this time we got a picture with ‘em!! I got to stand next to Banjo Boy...bahaha!

Snowb and I went with my parents and on the way home, just as we turned onto our street my dad got pulled over by a cop. Sonya and I were laughing the whole time cause my dad just chuckles and my mom says she’s going to walk home. Oh man.....haha! That would sure look good! Turns out the cop was a friend of the family (that’s the good thing about living in a small town, but bad thing for the cop) so he just told us to slow it down. Great ending to the night!

Squeak Squeak Squeakity Squeak

I’m hoping now that I’m back in Arizona where there is warmer weather my voice will have a chance to recover a bit. It’s been awfully squeaky lately, but is bound to get worse. So sometimes when I’m talking a certain word or phrase comes out in a high pitched squeak. The weird thing is that this only happens in the winter….the colder it gets the squeakier my voice gets. This has been going on for years. It’s not the best situation for teaching or coaching basketball either. The other day in practice a girl asked me if I was losing my voice….. nope, not at all! At least I can laugh with them!

So here’s the story…… Five years ago I went to Mexico with my older sister to study Spanish for 3 weeks. We were living in Cuernavaca, right outside of Mexico City. Well, I got a cold while I was there and after that I have been squeaking ever since. The Mexican air must have done something to my vocal cords ;) Kinda strange…..

Home for a Week

I get to be home a whole week for Thanksgiving! There’s no school Wednesday through Friday of next week so I just decided to take off Monday and Tuesday as well. I was badly in need of a break from everything. So Snowb and I flew home Friday night to Thatcher, AZ. Unfortunately our plane was delayed an hour (we always get the luck…) but we made it home. I’ll keep you posted on the goings on of the week…they should be fun fun fun! I know some of you wonder what ever there is to do in Thatcher….. just you wait!

First Basketball Game

Yesterday was our first basketball game of the season and my first game to coach. In honor of the big event, my lovely roommate Allison made me a basketball pumpkin pie! Check out how cool that is!

So the big game was in Price, UT about a 2 hour bus drive each way. Every Friday I will have a game with us playing first and the boys after us. Compared to us, the boys are way better. We lost our game last night 53 to 22.....they didn't play very well. We have lots of work to do! I wish that we had been able to start practicing much earlier. Plus, we only have practice for an hour and a half 3 days a week.....not much. I'll take what I can though. I'm really loving it!