Great Success

I am so proud of the girls I coached.  I had 9 freshman and 3 sophomores on my team.  I am so thankful I didn't lose any of them because of grades or anything dramatic.  I can't believe season is over, but I am so relieved.  The girls finished with a perfect season.  We won every game in our conference and took first place in all three of the tournaments we had.  I did it.  After our first tournament back in September, I made it a goal to have a perfect season.  The girls deserved it with everything I put them through.  They were probably the only C-Team that did extreme weights and conditioning.  They are hopefully set with good foundation that will lead them success in their volleyball careers.  I know for a fact, the freshman will never forget this season.  I, for sure, will remember this season forever.  My first year coaching at Dimond, the school I have many volleyball memories at and learned so much with great coaches.  I am so glad to be a part of it all and give back.

Congrats girls for finishing first place in our end of the year tournament!  We did not get knocked out, but for our championship match, we played Chugiak.  Chugiak's C team is coached by my good friend, Chelsea Guarco.  They got knocked out of the winners bracket in the first round and fought their way back up to the champsionship match.  It was so cool playing against her team.  The best friends' teams playing against each other.  Anyways, after our long day of battling it out in a double elimination tournament, we decided to eat dinner at Red Robins.  We ate dinner as champions!  It was delicious!  I slept with a smile slapped on my face that night.  Here is our victory portrait :)

Champions!!

Yesterday, Cory woke me up and suggested we go to Eklutna Lake to take some photos.  A photo adventure.  I was groggy and still wanting to sleep, but I was down for it all.  We got ready in our warm clothes, made myself some coffee, and headed north.  We had no time for breakfast, so we had some McDonald's breakfast.  Cory also bought some flowers because his idea was to take these vibrant flowers with the dead, cold, environment surrounding it.  In Anchorage, there is no snow yet, but 20 miles north, yes there was snow on the roads!  We shifted into 4-wheel drive to go through the curvy and hilly roads to Eklutna Lake.  When we arrived, there was about 3-5 inches of snow on the ground.  It was pretty cold, but that didn't stop us.  We walked around the lake and through the woods to a creek.  It was actually really relaxing to be there, because it was dead quite.  The only noise I heard were the 4-wheelers driving by, but it wasn't much.  Here are some photos from our jaunt.

Oh, are those flowers for me? and the handsome guy too? :)

We had a very productive day.  We did some house chores, like laundry and grocery shopping.  We also rearranged our living room.  There is now so much more space now that we don't know what to do with our selves!  I love the new arrangement.  We basically flip flopped everything.

Anyways, I also made my little brother his senior Ad that goes in the yearbook.  I was very proud of it and it is going to be one of the most unique and neat looking.  Click on it for an enlarged view.

Until then!  Love, Peace, and Happiness <3