Jackson Hole Volleyball Tournament 2013

Well it has been four long years since I've played in the Jackson Hole Volleyball Tournament.  I was so happy to finally be back.  I was pretty excited for our team that I had handed picked to come play here.   Scott's parents came to see us while we were up there.  We had to first stop in Kmart to buy a coat for Rachel because we totally left our coats sitting at my parents house in Poky when we stayed there last night.  After that we went to check in and then I headed to the community center to be with my team.  We ended up having one of the 1st games of the tournament and I was glad to be able to get the first one out of the way.  We only had two city games together as a team before we went so we started off okay but ended up having a really rough tournament. We played the three toughest teams in our bracket that first night.  Yes we played well but ended up losing all our games.  After a good night sleep we were ready to play again.

 Rachel was our cheerleader but not really.  She didn't want to cheer.  She just wanted to play under the bleachers and then would talk to me in between games.

 Our team: Alyson, Denise, Janel, Diedre, Amy and myself.

Being ready to receive the serve.

 I'm passing the ball

 Hitting the ball over the blockers.

Rachel had so much fun hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.  They were going to leave before the tournamnet started but she whined and they changed their mind and came back to be with Rachel a little bit longer.  She's totally goofing around with them.  

Grandpa laying down and Rachel decided she needed to lay on him also.

Hanging out with mom while she was keeping score.   Rachel loved being able to just go around and talk to anyone who wanted to talk to her.  She had all the teams laughing and telling us how adorable she is.   We ended up being in the lower tournament but it was good for us to have that many games together.  We played a total of 21 games in two days.  We were happy that we weren't the first out of the tournament.  We made it to the third round in the tournament.  I do have to say I was kind of glad to be finally out.  I was so tired and my muscles had started to stiffen up I could hardly move.  We as a team went to see the other Boise team that we are friends with.  They just happened to be playing the Utah State team and won them the first game.  We were exctied about it.  The Utah State team actually had bad attitudes and so we were glad they were getting worked.  Our Boise team ended up losing and so after that they had to play the other Boise team.  I was like well my family is hungry so I went and picked up Scott and Rachel and we went to eat at the Merry Piglets.  We had about a fifteen minute wait but oh it was so good once we got our food.  The volleyball tournament is always fun but oh the food at the Merry Piglets is totally what I was excited for.  After that we went to our hotel and I waited for my teammates to finish eating and call me to go soak in the hot tub.  We soaked for about an hour.  It felt so good.

This is what I woke up to after the tournament.  A nice big blister on the end of my toe.  OUCH!!!

The next day I of course wanted to go shopping since we had played so much volleyball we just didn't have time to do any of that yet.  Rachel was a bear and ended up in the car with Scott while I shopped.  We ended up getting her this shirt.

I'm the Boss No Questions No Arguments We will just do things MY WAY!!!

She was really mad that we couldn't find a sweat shirt with strings in them.  She thought we should buy her an adult one so she could have the strings.  I'm guessing they are choking hazards for kids because there are no kid ones with any strings.  We found one she would finally wear.  We also went to Kmart and bought a bunch of clothes on clearance for her to wear this coming winter.  Lots and lots of dresses.  We eat at Bubba's and it was really good.  Rachel and I shared a steak but really she eat the steak and I had the salad bar.  On the way home we got to see the mountain goats.

 Lots of them on this mountain but I just got a few of them in the shot.  It was so awesome to finally stop and see them up there.

Eating at Subway

Rachel and I went to eat at Subway the other day.  This was the 1st time I've ever seen Rachel actually eat the sandwich like this.  Usually she just opens it up and picks at the inside or dumps out the inside to just eat the bread.  She is growing up so quickly it's crazy.

 Eating her sandwich like a big girl.

Enjoying some lunch with Mommy.

Easter Decorations

I made these jars for Halloween and Christmas.  Kristi helped me to figure out another word to use so that I could use these for Easter also.  I loved how this turned out.  I definitely like the pastel colors better than the starburst jelly beans.  I will be doing pastel in all of them next year.  I of course have to do different M&M's because Scott doesn't like the peanut ones but I do so I do some of each so we both have something to eat after the holiday.

Sleeping

You all know how I love to get pictures of Rachel sleeping in different positions.  Here are a couple different ones from where I have found her.

 I had put Rachel to bed but when I went to check on her just before I headed to bed I found her curled up in the rocking chair.  I don't know about you but I think it totally does not look comfortable at all.  Needless to say I moved her back to bed so we could both sleep through the night.

This is nap time watching TV.  I had told her I wanted to take a nap and so she could watch TV and should take a nap also.  I woke up and she had made herself a bed on the floor in front of the TV and had a friend sleeping with her.  So stinking cute.