Category: Family

On a more upbeat note, may all the Priesthood-holders in the family keep an eye out for me during the Priesthood session of Conference. All the BYU-Choir guys are singing. I’m really excited to do it!
Be there or be square.

Hey everyone,

So, Andrea and I are looking for a new car. We were going to the Creamery on Ninth last night, and as we were in the left-turn lane, the driver in the lane closest to us stopped so we could turn. We couldn’t see anyone else coming in the other lane, so we started to turn, and another car came and hit us.

So, no one was hurt, and the other car wasn’t too damaged, but the front of ours was pretty wasted. So they towed it away, and the tow truck guy said since it’s moderately old and has moderately high mileage, our insurance company will probably want to just total it. We’ll see what they say.

So I talked to the guy we bought it from, and he’s working on a couple of cars that I’ll check out next week. So we’ll see how that goes.

So let this be a cautionary tale to you. Watch out for those left turns.

CV Basketball update!

Well, the season is over for us but that its all right. Actually it’s not. Anyways we won our first game last Friday (the 16th or 17th or something) and then got into the quarterfinals and lost. Details are ensuing. Continue reading I Guess It wasn’t Destined to Be

So with some prompting I decided to post this update about b-ball here in the great CV. We finished the regular season by beating Rough Rock 68-64 and red Mesa 63-61 and ended with a 20-6 record. 20 wins is pretty cool. We lost a coin toss and ended up 3rd place even though we were tied in conference record. We had the first game of the regional tournament on Wednesday and we played Valley. We had a horrible first quarter but then woke up and ended up winning 65-48. I scored 17 in my last game at home.

After that we went up to Many Farms on Friday and Saturday for the rest of the regional tournament. Rough Rock upset St. Johns so St. Johns isn’t going to State for the first time in probably twenty years. But that’s not the reason I mentioned Rough Rock. I mention them because we played them first and even though we were coming off of a five hour bus trip and only had twenty minutes to get dressed and warmed-up, we lit them up in the first quarter. They got close a few times but we ended up winning 58-45. The first seed, Williams, lost to Piñon so we played Piñon Saturday. We played after Williams lost again, this time in overtime to Rough Rock, and our girls lost as well. Kind of funny thing is that Willliams went in as the 1 seed and left as the 4 seed. Hoo hah. We played Piñon pretty well even though we were down 25-24 at half. But that was pretty good because Piñon scored 31 against Williams in the first quarter. In the second half we were back and forth and were tied 46-46 at the end of the third quarter. We fouled out their three best players in the fourth and we ended up running away with a 65-51 win. So we won the region tournament and go into State as the #1 seed. Plus we ended up with the best record in the region with only three losses. Hoo hah again.

So after that I shot in the three point contest but I was one behind the leaders. Too bad, I hit 7-15 and they hit 8-15. But they thought the guy said eleven for me so I had to tell them they had it wrong and that I didn’t really win. So brownie points for me. What do I care if I don’t shoot in the State Three-point competition, I’m going to State anyways. For the third time, hoo hah!

So the kids are home from school for the 2nd straight day. It’s like really cold or something here. After an unusually warm December with only a tiny hint of snow, the start of February is starting to remind me of my Montana days. It’s 0º F right now at 10:30a. The high today is supposed to be around 15º, which will be the first time we’ve even been in double digits in 4 or 5 days. Yesterday when I left for work, it was -10º with -22º wind chill. I love it, when are you all coming to visit?

Anyway, schools are all closed because of the temperatures. Yesterday part of the problem was that half the busses wouldn’t even start in the morning. We’ve been pretty lucky as we’ve had no problems with either of the cars. I think I’m the only one in the family who doesn’t mind when it’s this cold though. Becky and Ashlee are ready to move today I think. Nick probably doesn’t mind the cold though since he’s just been hanging out with a friend playing both Lego Star Wars games.

So, Matt, how did you guys do in your last week of the regular season? When is your first Regional game?

Go Cowboys!

Well since Josh alluded to my winning a contest in the 4th comment (?) on my last post, I guess I’ll update once again.  Yes, it’s true, my friend (Mike Bux) and I won a contest for a radio ad.  We were supposed to make an ad for a local car dealership and OnStar so we just recorded a scripted exchange about a few features of OnStar.  We submitted it and what do you know, it won.  So we won $500 and we get to split $300 so I get $150.  And that’s pretty cool.  If you want to know about it, ask Josh.  He found the article on line that talks about it pretty quick so it might still be in his history because right now I can’t find it.  if I do, I’ll post a comment on this post.