Utah Jazz All-Star Alliance (Hoop Camp)

We held our first Utah Jazz All-Star Alliance Basketball Camp on Saturday and it was a hit!  The Jazz donated a pair of Donovan Mitchell shoes for each of our special needs athletes.  It was well attended by both our special needs friends and volunteers.  Ben ran the show on the court and I was the go to girl for solving issues and handling the back end stuff (registration, pictures, lunch and organizing the shoes).  The whole day was a success, and there were also some very special moments never to be forgotten. 

Camp Picture

Priceless moment with our MVP, Tim.
We made it on Fox 13
Sports Page the next night.

Kirby, his family and the "Making Good" production team came to volunteer!

We made lots of new friends 

and brought along some old friends

The athletes each got a pair of
Donovan Mitchell shoes!

 

SLCC ladies basketball team lent a hand.
Some East High and Cedar Valley men's 
basketball players also helped out.

60 pizzas

Fun teams that will never be forgotten.

11 Years!

Our lives together have been a wild ride, but I wouldn’t want to navigate this crazy life with anyone but Ben! XO

Lunch and a movie!
10 Rings

Mountain Biking

This year we added a new sport to the schedule.  Tiago joined the mountain biking club.  I'm so glad he has found something he loves to do!   His first race was in Price, Utah and it has a beast of a hill.

On your mark, get set...

Go T!

Leading the pack

Up the hill

Switchbacks 

Making a pass

The finish line!

Westlake Volleyball

Alyssa made the Westlake JV/Varsity team and she is so happy!  I love watching her play.  She has definitely improved since she began this journey a few years ago.  Go Lyss!

She plays middle

This was bound to happen.
It happened the first week of practice 
but she didn’t tell her coaches.
She played through the pain. 

The team has a new head coach.
We really like her so far.

Hoop Camp Portland (Day 3)

Cut!  It's a wrap.  Day 3 was more filming, and Hoop Camp fun!  The show won't air until Spring, but I'm really excited to see how our episode of Making Good turns out.  

Ayzha and Abbey!

Kade's smile could light up the world!

Little stud

The littles

Ben's still got it!
Coaches Game

Ben getting the crowd involved

Q was good little dude so he
got to help give out the awards.

"Making Good" (Hoop Camp day 2)

 A few months ago I watched an episode of "Why I believe".  They were highlighting Kirby Heyborne who is the star of a show called "Making Good" among other popular LDS movies.  Each episode of Making Good highlights a non profit organization.  As I was watching him talk about the show, I had the thought that I should try to reach out to them to see if they would be interested in doing an episode on Hoop Camp.  I really didn't think I would get a response, but a few days later I did.  One of the producers reached out and wanted to know more.  We exchanged a few emails, met with the production team on a zoom call and next thing you know, we were on a flight to Portland to film the show.  I'm excited to see it when it airs.  We might not make the final cut, but the goal is to spread the word about Hoop Camp.

Kade is one of my favorites,
his smile could light the world!

Jack and the crew were fun to work with.

I was on picture duty most of the day.
I gotta get more pictures of Ben and Ayzha.

Drew is amazing

Love this cute boy

Hoop Camp Portland (Day 1)

We had the opportunity to participate in a 3 day Hoop Camp in Portland.  We had a lot of fun and made a lot of new friends.

Q was a stud!  He made sure every
kid had a chance to make some baskets.

Sarah was a joy!

"Level Up" was amazing!
Qyntn didn't want to leave.

...and Ben was in heaven!
I had a lot of fun too!

We had about 100 participants

Q is a good little baller!