On Thursday we had another basketball game and this one was against our in-county rivals, the Canyon View Cougars. I don't know what was going on, but we were not playing the way that we should have. However, our girls stuck it out and won by three. It was way closer than it should have been. My girls always get nervous when the play Canyon View. It's weird. I don't know if I will ever understand a girl's psyche. I had to leave after the Varsity game, but I learned a little later that our JV team, who had lost to Canyon View's JV the first time, also won by 3. This week we have our biggest threat, the Mont Harmon Pirates. The girls always seem to get up for that game. That will then conclude our regular season and put us into tournament next week.
After the varsity game, my wife and I left to go up to Salt Lake City. My wife's sister just had a baby boy, so we went to visit them and to see how everything was going. There was quite a funny story that went along with the birth, but the gist of it was that when all was said and done, the baby was born about 15 minutes after my sister-in-law go to the hospital.
Then on Friday, My wife had to have bone block extraction and placement in her mouth for preparation of an implant in a few months. I took her in at about 9:30 am. She was out of it. They gave her some medications that would help knock her out for the surgery.
Well, it worked very well. She fell a sleep in the car and was out of it until I picked her up at 2pm. She does not remember that day very much. She really like where she goes for that. It is called
Redwood Periodontics and they do a great job. My wife thinks that Dr. Summerhayes is one of the only doctors in the state the could have done this surgery since she is a very extreme case. Needless to say, she can't eat any hard foods for a while. I can't wait until all this for her mouth is done because than I can get my eye lasered. That will be a good day.
On Saturday we went to my wife's uncle's funeral. There was a service held down in Provo and then he was buried up in Salt Lake. He was a great man who finally succumbed to Alzheimer's. It is comforting to know that we will be able to see him again, along with all those who have passed before us and that
families can be forever.
On Sunday we went to a baby blessing for another sister-in-law and then drove home. It was interesting, during the weekend we saw the whole spectrum of the earthly life. Although there was not a whole lot of "fun" this weekend, it was still a good one, being able to see family and friends, but in the end, it is always good to be home.
This past week was the 3A state championships for basketball. The boys team from Emery gave a good effort against number one ranked Bear River and was even tied with them with 45 seconds left in the game and then succumbed and lost by 6 points. The girls defeated their first two opponents and was playing in the championship game. My wife and I decided to go up and watch the game, which was on Saturday. Out of all the girls pictured here, I have coached 15 of them. I feel very grateful to be able to help these girls develop into the players they are now. So in the championship game they were leading most of the game, until about 4 minutes left in the game. The final buzzer rang and the Lady Spartans lost by 1 point, 32-31. It was sad to see. To be so close to a state championship and it within your grasp, only to not quite reach it. The seniors I feel the most for, but there were only 3 that played in the game. The rest will be back again next year and will probably have a great chance to achieve the pinnacle of 3A girls basketball in Utah.
On Thursday we had another basketball game and this one was against our in-county rivals, the Canyon View Cougars. I don't know what was going on, but we were not playing the way that we should have. However, our girls stuck it out and won by three. It was way closer than it should have been. My girls always get nervous when the play Canyon View. It's weird. I don't know if I will ever understand a girl's psyche. I had to leave after the Varsity game, but I learned a little later that our JV team, who had lost to Canyon View's JV the first time, also won by 3. This week we have our biggest threat, the Mont Harmon Pirates. The girls always seem to get up for that game. That will then conclude our regular season and put us into tournament next week.
Well, it worked very well. She fell a sleep in the car and was out of it until I picked her up at 2pm. She does not remember that day very much. She really like where she goes for that. It is called Redwood Periodontics and they do a great job. My wife thinks that Dr. Summerhayes is one of the only doctors in the state the could have done this surgery since she is a very extreme case. Needless to say, she can't eat any hard foods for a while. I can't wait until all this for her mouth is done because than I can get my eye lasered. That will be a good day.
Tonight our girls had a game against the Helper Rams. It was a pretty easy win and our team looked pretty good. All of our Varsity members scored, which is good. It was fun. That meas that our Varsity is still undefeated with tournament coming in a few short weeks. Our JV had another tough loss. They are coming along though. We just need to go work on the basics and if we get those down, they would be allright. Our next game will be against our in county rivals, Canyon View Cougars.
