Basketball!!!

The last two Saturdays we've managed to venture out and actually enjoy some ball games. For some reason this year we've had more going on and haven't made it to as many games as we'd probably like to (especially that Rand would like to.)

A couple Saturdays ago we headed up to Salt Lake to see the Jazz play the Hornets. We had nose bleed seats...but I've become accustomed to watching the games at the Delta Center that way. We went with some friends and met up with Rand's cousins. It was definitely fun to see them! It happened to be the first game after Larry Miller had passed away, so they did a tribute to him before the game and it was pretty cool.

After the game we noticed that coach Jerry Sloan gave the ball to Derron Williams and had him take it to Larry Miller's wife. That gave me a lot of respect for Sloan. He easily could have walked it over himself to someone he is obviously friends with...but he wanted one of his star players, and team leaders, to be the one to do it. I think he wanted Derron to set a good example to other players and to fans watching. And sure enough, on the news that night they highlighted Derron giving her the ball and gave him all the credit (but we're going to give credit where credit is due!)



Then this last Saturday we headed to the BYU vs Utah game (the big rivalry). One of the guys I work with set up a tent on Wednesday afternoon and camped out until Saturday so he could get good seats. Other people at my work, as well as Rand, all took 'shifts' at the tent so we could all get good seats. We ended up in the seventh row and it was a blast (especially because BYU won!) It was a 'white-out' game so everyone wore white. Some guys behind us also painted themselves all white too. That's a littel much for me!
Amy and I