Buzzer Beater To Remember

Thursday night was the night the Utah Jazz played the Cleveland Cavaliers and King James at home. There was a little hope inside of me that maybe they could pull off the win, especially coming off of a 29 point win against the Miami Heat and Dwanye Wade, but there was still doubt. I mean Lebron James is the man the Michael Jordan of this time and he is unstoppable when he turns it on which in fact he did with about 2 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter when the Jazz were up by 6 or 8 points. He brought them back and the Jazz saw themselves down by 2 points with seconds left to play. Passing and creating movement, the newest signed member of the Utah Jazz, Sundiata Gaines was passed the ball and shot for the 3-pointer to decide the game!!! Believe it or not it went in at the buzzer! Sundiata Gaines was only signed to play with the Jazz on January 5th and this is his first NBA 3-pointer, great way to start it off if you ask me. Even though the Jazz usually have me wondering, pulling my hair out, and stressing they mostly come through and that's what makes me an avid Jazz fan. I can never give up on them. Here is the clip of that 3-point shot! Watch it and you will probably watch it again. My Dad and I sat in the living room and of course I was screaming. It was an awesome game!

I Present to you... "The Class of 2006"

As you can see the title of my post is... I present to you... "The Class of 2006"

You may be confused because it is now 2010, not 2006

I titled this post that because it seems like just yesterday I was switching my tassel from one side of my white graduation cap to the other and graduating from Park City High School

Feels like I am just starting college when in fact today

I STARTED MY LAST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE!

Yes that is correct, only one more semester for Miss Ali Knudsen

I will probably have to remind myself of this every time I enter or think about my classes and the fact that

I will not have a Life this semester

and I repeat I will not have a Life this semester!!

Just to let you in on my schedule I will lay it out for you:

I have 19 credits this semester, which ok normally I take 16-17, but 4 of my 5 classes are 5000 level and 4 credits!

I am working 2-3 days a week and doing an internship

Yes I will not have a Life

For some reason I am ok with that because I have made it, I will be done after this and even though I may think that it isn't possible for me to be a real responsible adult come May it is kind of exciting.

Think about it for a second...

For 16 or 17 years it has been school in the fall until summer, then summer break then school. It was a set for sure plan, I will no longer have that. It scares me to death, but it gets my adrenaline going and excites me!

So bring it on, I have made it four years and one more semester is nothing!

So here is to:

To Do Lists (I am obsessed with my lists)

Long nights studying

Long essays and short papers (Which let's be honest at this stage in my college career are a piece of cake)

Class attendance

Class "Friends"

Exams

Assignments

and last but not least Graduation!

Oh to the days where I stood out front of my house to get my picture on the first day of school in my new first day of school outfit, the yellow school bus, recese, school lunches, assemblies, kick ball, PE classes (That are required), Coloring, and so much more! I'll I can say is I am thankful for all my education!

xoxo, A

Here is the Class of 2006 and my in my white graduation gown

'Twas The Night Before Christmas

As I watched my Nephews and Niece this morning, it made me reminisce the magic of Christmas and this time of year. The magic of all the lights on the trees, the mystery of Christmas morning, and it made me think about all the traditions we use to do as a family. Here are some that I will love forever:

Christmas Eve:

-Torch Light Parade
-Sibling Gifts
-Acting out the Nativity
-Watching Luke 2
-All the sisters sleeping in the same room
-Setting out our stockings
-Martinelle's and a big Christmas feast

Christmas Morning:

-Waking our parents up through the heating vents (now we have cell phones)

-Lining up youngest to oldest in the hallway waiting for Dad to start a fire and getting ready for us to come out

-The excitement of seeing all the presents set up and put out

-Getting our favorite box of cereal next to our stocking

-Christmas Omelets

-Sledding behind the car

-Skiing as a family

-Making a luge

-All waiting to use the shower and put on our new clothes or out fits

Christmas is truly a magical time, not only because of Santa and the excitement that goes a long with that, but because it is a time where we celebrate the birth of Christ. Someone who has truly influenced all mankind and has shaped the way many of us live our day to day lives. There is magic in this time because it is not only a time of family, celebrations, and festivities, but a time of remembering and celebrating the birth of Christ. Christmas is still magical for me because of the people I am surrounded by and the love that pours out. It fills my soul. It fills my soul even though I have suffered a great deal of loss the past two years and this time of year brings not only joy, but grieving. I sat at Matt's grave today and an overwhelming amount of sadness filled my soul, my whole being. I miss my best friend, I will always miss him, I will miss his smile, his laugh, the way he talked about things, the way we talked, his passion for life, for everything he did. I love him and miss him with all of me. This time of year brings back those many memories with friends, with Matt and his presence is still here, but it isn't the same. Will it ever be the same? I love Christmas and I love all of you. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

Allegiance

On this day, Saturday November 28, 2009 the Utah Utes and the BYU Cougars face each other in the most anticipated game of the season, every season. It is known as the Holy War. I have been asked numerous time who I am rooting for considering I have lived in Provo the last two semesters and do attend most of their games as well as the Utah games, but my blood runs red through and through. I will cheer for the Utes and hopefully they will win! 

Let The Battle Begin!

Thank You!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY Y'ALL!! 

Hope your day was full and bright! It was a beautiful one! I am thankful for you, for my family, my friends, snow, the place I live, a college education, and so many other things! What a great day!

(I loved this and I hope you do too!)

Rubik's Cube Extravaganza

I know that Halloween was almost a month ago and I have not posted pictures, but that is only because I don't have very good ones, just ones from my phone, but it is better than nothing!

This is the rubik's cube in progress, hand stitching those squares was not easy and was time consuming. Thanks to Mama K, things moved a lot faster

My beautiful shots right after finishing the project at 11:30 at night! It was well worth the work, but I was tired and over it at the time! And when I showed my Dad he asked well you don't look like a cube! Great Dad, great!

Finally Halloween night! This was at the end of the night, but Sally (my amazing hairstylist at 7Sundaze) did my hair all curly and big with an intercate braid in the front (cubish?), but seeing as my hair does not hold curls very well it went flat! I was one cute Rubik's Cube if you ask me!

xoxo, A

Internship

Yes on top of everything else I got an Internship!!! It is with Utah Sports Action or "Utah's Source for High School Sports"!! This is a new website that provides all the information needed for high school athletes, teachers, fans, parents, college recruiters, and the media. It is still up and coming, but it should be great. I am really excited about promoting this website because I think it is a great resource for high school athletes and college recruiters, I wish it would have been around when I was in high school. 

What you get from the site:

- Highlight videos

- Scores and Stats

- Players of the week

- Schedules

- Pictures

- Articles (some by me!)

- Player biographies

Check it out and see what you think! I will be helping with events, advertising, promoting, writing articles, and just informing people about the site in general. So please check it out if you are interested at all!


xoxo, A