We have another great week of school and our last week of volleyball. We have been working hard on our school work again. I accomplished the feat of passing three tests this week. Actually, I am still waiting on the results of the third test, so we will see! Kolt has been diligent in finishing an English paper and taking a test in English also. He has two big tests in Chemistry and Biology that he has been studying hard for.
We had our last week of volleyball this week also. For those of you who don't know, I coach the freshman volleyball team at Bonneville High School. This is my first year coaching a school volleyball team and have learned a lot about working with schools. Kolt is an official volunteer assistant as recognized by the district. We have enjoyed working with our team of 10 girls and even get to enjoy some time together, when Kolt doesn't have class. Tuesday we played Preston. We won 25-7, 25-8, and 25-15. I had fun playing girls in some new positions and a few of them might get a chance to play in this new position again because they did so well. Thursday we played at Blackfoot and we won 25-8, 25-8, and 25-12. The girls learned this week how lucky we are to have a successful, established program. Friday, we had a fun practice. Kolt was finally allowed to play with the girls in some of the drills. He has been practicing for a few weeks because he wasn't "allowed" to practice until he showed he could keep up with the girls with correct technique. Kolt thinks I'm being too hard on him, but volleyball players will know what I'm talking about! The girls had a great time, and Kolt did a great job. They all thought it was the best practice of the year, and I've heard over and over again that I should've let him practice all season! The website for Bonneville Volleyball is www.bonnevillevolleyball.net if you want to check it out!
Saturday we had our year end tournament. Kolt and I had a good visit with the bus driver on the way up. There were only 6 teams that were at the Madison tournament. We played both Blackfoot and Skyline in pool play early Saturday morning. Once we started the tournament, we reffed as many games as we did play. It was a slow afternoon. We won all three games in the tournament, making us the champs of the tournament and finishing our season 26-0. The last game of the tournament we played Idaho Falls. We came out and won 25-18 and then entered the infamous volleyball lull. We got down 23-22 and didn't have a fight in us. In the final game to 15, we battled along, but by that point, Idaho Falls had gotten a lot of momentum. I called a timeout at 12-13 and the girls seemed a little rattled. Their coach might've been a little too! The girls came out of the timeout with a good fire under their bellies and won 3 straight points in a row to win the match 15-13. It was a very rewarding day! We had a few tears at the end of the day, and it was sad to think the season is over. We've had a very talented and passionate team. They are going to be very successful in the next few years! After the tournament, I had a parent from the Idaho Falls team come give the team a very nice compliment followed by a request to spend a couple hours with her daughter before club this spring. Hopefully, I will find some time for that!
Wednesday we went and watched my cousin's football game in Rigby. Jay plays for West Jefferson's team along with my cousin's boys, Clay & Quincy. We enjoyed visiting with Uncle Jared and Aunt Trish. We just don't see them enough! Friday Tyler had his homecoming football game. He did an awesome job! We are so proud of the player he has become and more importantly, the man he has grown to be! We are excited to see him serve a mission in the next year! Bonneville played Century on Friday and won 42-7. We had a great time at the game with Mom & Dad and Kevin, Ashley, Ashley's dad, Paul & Evan. We love spending time with family.
After Thursday's game in Blackfoot, Kolt drove down and picked me up early from the school. We hurried back to Kolt's parents' house to stack hay in their barn. We did a load that night with Shane, Angela and his brother-in-law, Landon. But we came home at 9:30 to get some homework done. Shane was worried about a storm Saturday, so Kolt went back Friday after volleyball practice to finish. They think they had over 500 bales. Kolt has been pretty sore between stacking hay and playing volleyball. Kolt served 2 baskets of balls on Wednesday while he was practicing at the gym. The next morning his back was very sore! He was so sure we needed a new bed, but I kept assuring him the bed was just barely bought this spring. Finally, at about 10 that morning, he texted and realized that it was all the volleyball playing from yesterday. We have had a good laugh about that this week.
One of my volleyball players Whitney Johnson who is also on student council asked Kolt and I to chaperone the high school Homecoming Dance on Saturday night. We chose the 10-12 shift; we had a good time seeing some of the varsity volleyball team and were sad we just missed Tyler leaving the dance! The student council put on a great dance at The Loft. We also had a good visit with the new vice principal, Mr. Duffey.
Sunday we went to our new ward for the first time together. We are in the Iona 10th Ward. Kolt enjoys seeing lots of people he knows in the Ward. Tyler gave a talk on President Monson's talk in the Priesthood Session of General Conference. He talked about men changing and refraining from judgment. He shared one of his favorite quotes that is always on my Grandma Lindley's fridge, "We need to learn to be more tolerant of those who sin differently than we do." Daniel Jones also gave a talk; he is leaving on Wednesday for the Texas Houston East Mission. We had a good Sunday School lesson from Wes and Ashurity Jones about the coming of Christ in 3rd Nephi. Kolt really loved it and has been talking about the fulfillment of Samuel's prophecies all day. After Sunday School, we went to a friend's talk in church. Trevor Empey graduated from Bonneville with us in 2010 and just returned from a mission in Tijuana, Mexico. We sat by Andrew Smith's family. He did a great job, and Kolt loves talking with him in Spanish. We went up to his house for dinner. We had a good talk with the missionaries serving in our area, Miss Reddish (our wonderful Student Council advisor from Bonneville) and Savanah Coon. Savanah graduated with us, married Eli Coon, and has a sweet 6-month old named Remington! We love Eli & Savanah and I had a great time catching up!
We are looking forward to the District Volleyball Tournament this week and are excited for some good volleyball. Kolt and I are also starting a new job with Americans for Prosperity in a call center with a political poll question. We will be doing that for the next three weeks! We just don't have enough to do!
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