the games are a foot, sort of.

well, no one ever said the life of a coach was easy. today was the first day of tryouts for the mens competitive basketball teams. which means today was also the first day of drafting. we got to draft 5 players for our varsity team. we got the number 3 pick for the first round and got our first pick for that. he was really good at tryouts, a great point guard. our second pick got taken by someone else first round. then second round we were number 7 pick, we ended up getting another really good player, a post. (you know they are good players when you pick them and other coaches moan because they got picked). however, this player, unknown to us, was one another coach (or actually his assistant coaches) really wanted. they knew him. he had been on their team before. so, while we finished the rest of drafting they texted him and told him to change his practice time availability. he did. so they showed the coordinator a text from him saying he could only practice at their time, so after 5 rounds of drafting we lost our second pick draft. that was a pain. so now we only have 4 players (when we should have 5). it was a hard day. but i am excited to get back at it again tomorrow. we got guaranteed first pick tomorrow, plus then normal rotation in the rest of the draft process as well. so we'll get 6 picks tomorrow instead of just 5. not to mention, the coordinator ended up giving our second pick to the one other coach practicing at the same time as the two conniving assistant coaches. so we were glad they didn't get our pick after going behind our back. it was just a crazy day. we ended up spending almost as much time drafting as we did at the tryouts. it is going to be a long 2 days thursday and friday. i am excited though. it was fun getting to walk around checking out players and talking to them. layton, our head coach, picked lauren and my favorite guy for our third pick. that made us feel good. i have on guy that i still really like, he would work for a post, but i have to convince him he wants to practice at 6am. haha. it is going to be hard to sell that one, but i feel really good about him. he was awesome, was quick, bigger than most the other guys, and played well with others. he impressed me. i don't know if that is saying much, i still feel like i don't know very much, so i don't push my picks as much, but i am excited to get started with the practices and games!!

scripture of the day:
my new mantra that i have adopted for the rest of the basketball season, especially during drafting:
Article of Faith 13: We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured all things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

today i am thankful for:
* a coach who cares about what i think.
* new experiences.
* attending a school with a variety of opportunities for growth and learning.
* fun roommates.
* people with manners.

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she shoots, she scores!.

for the past couple of semesters lauren and i have discussed how much fun it would be if we coached basketball together. well, this is lauren's last semester and we decided, it was now or never. i was looking at a student update email from school when i saw it, "coaches needed for men's competitive basketball." i took my computer in to lauren and showed it to her. we gave each other a look and then emailed the guy it said to email. the next day we went in for an interview with him (yes, the competitive leagues up here are pretty serious). he talked to us and we talked to him. we were nervous because we have never coached before and we wanted to make sure we thought we could do it, make sure we were comfortable. after talking to him for a while we decided it might be better if we were assistant coaches. the next day after that we went to a training meeting for coaches, took our first response safety test, and met the coach we would be working with, layton. he seems really cool, and is excited to have us for assistant coaches. also, he informed us that he wanted to be able to focus most of his energy on the varsity team, and so he made us the coaches of the jv team, which is crazy, but exciting! i have never done anything with the school before, and definitely never done anything like this before! coaching? who ever thought i would be a coach, or even assistant coach, for a basketball team. insane! so, long story short, you are now looking at a new assistant varsity coach for the men's competitive basketball league at byu-i as well as a new jv coach for the men's competitive basketball league at byu-i!

a picture of me from family photo day, no blog should be posted without a picture. :)

looks like it is going to be a crazy semester after all. i have a meeting today, a meeting tomorrow, and then wednesday - friday we have tryouts and get to draft our players. then every week (starting next week) i have practices from 6-730am every tuesday and thursday and a varsity game every friday as well as a jv game every saturday. who said being off-track was easy? haha. i am excited, and nervous! i can't wait, i think this is going to be an awesome semester!

scripture of the day:
D&C 8:10 Remember that without faith you can do nothing; therefore ask in faith. Trifle not with these things; do not ask for that which you ought not.

today i am thankful for:
* lauren and her willingness to do crazy things with me.
* trying new things.
* faith.
* a new ward and new people.
* an old ward and old people who still bless my life.
* recipes.
* strength.

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project pinterest.

there are always so many cool looking projects on pinterest that i think to myself, "hey, you should do that." but then, i never do. for some reason, it is easier not to do projects than to do them, who knew! well, i got back up to idaho, and i found myself thinking more and more about this project i had seen on pinterest. (here) i decided, why not do it! i don't have much else going on since i am off-track and still looking for a job. so i decided to make myself a magnet make-up board. i was off to DI in a flash, i went straight to the picture frame isle. the picture frames were in short supply. then, at the very bottom of a pile of frames i spotted something. at first i thought, "that's gross." and then i remembered i would be painting it and realized, "ohh, i would really like that." so i grabbed it.

$1.50

i love the embellishment in the corner!

then i decided to get some glasses to put my tall lanky items in, mascara, eyeliner, brushes. i found one that i loved! it was like an octagon, and then a short round one i thought would work well too.

$2.00 for both

after that i stopped at walmart and bought some spray paint. i also bought magnets. then it was off to porters to purchase some fabric, metal sheets, and glue.

had to buy some metal for the magnets to stick to.

then over the course of two days i spray painted, glued, taped, and finally finished!

again, love the corners, it makes it look more vintage.

we had fabric wars in my apt, i had two to choose from, this one won!

sorry it's blurry, but this is what i see on my wall every day now.

i really like it! it looks pretty, it's functional, and it is just fun to wake up and see something i made on the wall. so don't be afraid of those pinterest projects you want to try! just try them! i think you'll love it.

scripture of the day:
Lamentations 3: 40-41 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands unto God in the heavens.

today i am thankful for:
* cute ideas from random strangers.
* making good choices.
* the wonderful people in my life who bless me.
* a (very early) ride to the airport, last week, from mama johnson.
* a ride home from the airport, last week, from sam basilius.
* amazing new (and old) roommates who make me smile and laugh.
* comfy beds.

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