BYU Volleyball and Physical Therapy

On my birthday, Adrienne gave me a "Voucher" that promised she would take me to a BYU Volleyball game. Last Friday she made good on the promise and we went to see the BYU vs Stanford game. It was a blast. We got there early and were able to sit right on the baseline. Normally we are in the first or second row by the net, but this offered a whole new perspective. You could see just how much the ball moves on those rocket jump serves. The best part was that BYU won!!!

I've been doing physical therapy for right knee tendinitis over the past 3 weeks or so. My therapist believes in "soft tissue remodeling" to help build your body back the way it needs to be. It's truly not a pleasant experience, but it does seem to help. Also there are exercises and stretches that I do to help the overall process. The good side of enduring the physical therapy is that I am now able to play volleyball again, but I have to stop if it hurts again. If you want to get an idea of what I'm talking about...do a google search on ASTYM or Graston physical therapy (two different ways to do the "soft tissue remodeling"). I don't think you can understand just by seeing it online just how unpleasant, and painful, it is.

Fun Date Weekend

After a long week of work and busy-ness, we got a nice night at home playing cards and eating dinner in the family room.

And on Saturday we were able to go to BYU with some friends to see the Living Legends, an ethnic dance group. We went with the right friends too because our friend Dan who is half Navajo and half Apache recognized most of the Native American dances and could tell us about them. We also took Jason to Olive Garden and finally converted him to the diverse tastes of the pasta palace. Who can resist alfredo and bread sticks? Not me!

Jason is slowly taking care of his painful knee. Too many days without volleyball and basketball have finally pushed him over the edge and he can now be found with a thick rubber band doing thigh-master type exercises. We are both hoping the process will be worth it so he can join the family traditions of sports again (and not just watching them on the sidelines with Adrienne and friends).

We wish congrats to BYU football for ending 12th in national rankings and to BYU volleyball for starting their season out strong. We can't wait to see you next weekend against Stanford. GO COUGARS - HIT IT HARD!

-- Thinking of you all, Adrienne

CPR Certification

Adrienne and I got certified in CPR a couple days ago with Heidi and Trevor. It's pretty nice to have a friend that is an official instructor. We should get our cards in the next couple of months.

My new work is changing offices at the end of this month. I'll finally have my own space and it will be much better for all the employees.

I'll try to write more in the weeks to come, but we've just been so busy lately.

BYU Bowl Game

Well, this is a little late, but I wanted to make sure I did a post about the BYU bowl game this year against Oregon State. We came in as 3 point underdogs, but won 44 to 20. It was a crazy windy day and our team adjusted to the conditions much better than our opponents. Oh yeah, and it was FREEZING.

Here is a photo of the flag they used during the Star Spangled Banner. The band and cheer leaders had to come out and help the servicemen hold it down because the wind was blowing in gusts up to 50 miles per hour.

The second shot is just to prove I was there. You can see the far sideline is emptying out because the game had gotten out of hand by this point.