aims time

Whelp, it's another lovely day for an AIMS testing. I am in room 204 at DVHS with Virginia Johnson (friend and math dept. chair). I produced the coffee, and she signed her life away picking up the test forms. I believe that's fair. Today is writing, and tomorrow is reading. I'll be able to post a bunch more today and tomorrow...should be worthwhile. I might even get some reading done. Work? What's that? I just have to be in the room, make sure they don't cheat, and have all the materials they need to do their best. That's it. Otherwise, I can do as I please, for the most part. I think I'll pour myself another cup o' joe. Cheers!

forty-three and thirteen

115 - 106, and Stat kicked butt. Stat had a season-high 43 points and 6 assists. He also added in 16 rebounds to give himself a double double. He even stayed out of foul trouble, that is, other than the technical he was given for waving his hand at the ref after a bad call. Just for waving? Yeah, that's all...and it wasn't even a grandiose wave, either. A little rude? Sure, but nothing warranting technical. Kurt Thomas only played 5 minutes this game. Sad to see that he's still struggling to recover after all this time. We need him ready for the post-season, though, so get some rest, big guy. Nash put in 14 points and dished out 13 assists for his double double. Phoenix (43 - 13) had Atlanta (22 - 34) down by 14 at the end of the first, but the Hawks came back to make it interesting, even leading a few times down the stretch. The game was within 5 points at the end of the third quarter, but the Suns finished the fourth strong, outscoring the Hawks by 4 and winning by 9. Joe Johnson (former Sun) looked really good out there. This Hawks team has lots of potential, and it's a young team. They just aren't at the level of the Suns...yet. They could be just the Eastern Conference team to watch soon enough. The next game is tonight in Indiana against the Pacers (29 - 26). GO SUNS!

two weeks in review

It's been a while since I have written anything on here. Adam told me to write again and I said I would if he made a decision about dinner and my parents coming over here. He did so I am keeping up my end of the bargain. So a lot of things have happened since I wrote last, but it kind of feels redundant to talk about them because Adam already has...but he said I should do it anyway because I am different than he is so I will do it anyway. It seems like a really long time ago but High School winter camp was 2 weeks ago. Camp was really awesome this year, God answered prayer in a big way (He is a big God, right?). We have been praying for a while that God would change lives and save people at this camp, and He did! We had 15 students baptized when we came home on Sunday night. Some of them were saved at camp and some of hem rededicated their lives. It was such a great thing to come home and not be done. It was the first time that we have done a session on Sunday evening with the whole church. I really think it was good for the students and the parents, so everyone was on the same page and conversations could stem from the shared experience. It was a very good weekend, it was fun too. The dumb games and the hoedown. One of my girls had a cold while at camp an she decided that it would be nice thing to share it with me so I got it when we go home. Wow, it seems like a long time ago...moving on...So valentines day was this month. I got some flowers for me from Adam, they were very nice (thanks babe). And he gave me a very nice card and a sucker (thanks to one of his students, it was good too). Valentines day is nice but its really not that big of a deal. Its not like I don't know Adam loves me, he doesn't have o get me extra things on specific day to tell me that. I think that its just a scam from retailers to get people to spend more money. Ok, that was way too much time on that subject. So the family all came into town on Wednesday of last week. Beth, Joe, and Jon stayed with us and Vaughn and Kathy stayed at Irene's. It was a nice weekend with them here. Thursday night was here with Kathy's family, it was fun, always entertaining. Friday was pretty much all day wedding stuff. I took Charles and Allison's wedding that night, and was doing prep and pictures the majority of the day. It wore me out but I was really glad that I was able to do the wedding. I think the pictures turned out well, I hope the newlyweds agree, but if they don't they actually get a chance to retake their wedding pictures in May. Saturday was a fun day at the park. We took a large group photo of everyone while the out of towners were in town. Then we played games and hung out the rest of the evening. Sunday was church and Grandma Van's 100 birthday get together. We were late or both of the above events. We were going to go to HS group on Sunday morning but we didn't make it out of bed in time so we just went for second hour service. And we went home to let Aidan (and me) take a quick nap before Grandma's. We didn't quite make it in time for that either...which was kind of sad because they were going to have Adam do the opening prayer or lead some of the singing. Oh well, not a big deal. Grandma Van's party was really nice. She is pretty amazing, and hat is reflected in all the people that she has touched over her century of being alive. It was really nice to hear the stories that were remembered, and sing together thinking of all the she is going to join soon. It was kind of sad too, I am never too sure why believers cry at things like this but we do. I just pray that the nonbelievers that were there were touched by the love of Christ and the witness of Grandma Van. Monday was the trip of a lifetime to he Grand Canyon. It was the longest trip to the canyon I have ever made. It was cold, there was snow, there were cars and there was lots of parking. I think that's a pretty good summary of the day. I am not really sure how God intended to show His glory through that day but I am sure that he did somehow...I will get back to you on that one. On Tuesday I made a run to the airport and had a few other things hat needed to be done. Tuesday night was when everything caught u to me, I was (still am) sick through all of this. I don't think that all of the running around helped, but that ok, that's what the weekend was all about. So Tuesday night was the first night I didn't have something going on and I was very tired. I am still trying to heal from this cold...wouldn't you think that 2 weeks would be enough to feel better-good grief. And now Aidan is sick too. He made it for so long but then he got the flu. He had a fever and no appetite and threw up...a lot. I don't do so well with puke, it usually makes me puke too, but I made it through without throwing up. Aidan is now doing better but not 100%. He is such a good kid, he has only been kind of whiny and slightly more cuddly since he has been sick. I had a tea party this morning, but no one showed up except for my mom. That's ok I guess, I had some outside orders before the party and hope to get some more tomorrow. I felt kind of bad but Kelsey said she didn't care and got to do everything anyway to help train a new person. i guess that's all to talk about for now...I am going to have to write more often if I don't want this to take so long every time...

forty-two and thirteen

The Suns had a tough team to play. The Timberwolves (25 - 30) were hungry for another victory over the Suns (42 - 13). The Wolves were the team to end the Suns longest franchise winning streak of 17 games earlier this season. The Suns were down by five at the end of the first, but got themselves up by 12 at the end of the half. The Suns and Wolves tied each other in both the third and fourth quarters, ending the game with the Suns' 12 point lead that they had enjoyed at the half. Kurt Thomas looked like him might have injured his back early on, so he only played 13 minutes with only 3 point and 3 fouls to go with it. Nash missed a double double with 9 points but 15 assists. Stat had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Marion had 27 points and 14 rebounds. The Suns won 116 - 104. The next game is against the Hawks (22 - 33) down in Atlanta Sunday at 4pm AZ time.

forty-one and thirteen

The Suns (41 - 13) took on Boston (13 - 40) in Phoenix back on Wednesday. After whomping on the Clippers so bad the night before, it was a little disheartening to see that the Suns struggled to push away from the Celtics, the worst team in the NBA, with just about the opposite record of the Suns. The Suns did pull it out at the end by 10, 118 - 108. Stat had an awesome game with 32 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. Barbosa had 26 points, while Bell adding his own 20. Nash had a double double with 14 points and 13 assists. Marion also had a double double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Suns take on the Timberwolves (25 - 29) Friday night in Minnesota.