Thanksgiving 2008

I am so grateful for Thanksgiving. It is an awesome time to spend with your family, and catch up on each other's lives. This Thanksgiving, my cousins, Brian and Mary, their two kids, Josh and Abby (my second cousins), and my Uncle Jim came over to the Hemauer house hold for a lovely Thanksgiving linner (lunch and dinner). We went none traditional this year and had BBQ Spare Ribs. Everything was exceptionally delicious. Later in the night we had pumpkin pie and an awesome Oreo Cream Pie made by my cousin Mary. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Now who is ready for Christmas? :)

FIRST BASKETBALL VICTORY!

WOO HOO! The Lady Stallions did it! We beat Kino (away) today 55-24! Our team is looking awesome! I got to start as strong forward, but played point guard and off guard through out the game. With this being our first game, no one knew quite what to expect, but we brought our "A" game and took home our first victory! I did pretty well with having two 3- pointers, one 2-pointer, and I was five for five on my free throws. That is a total of 13 points! I am so proud of these ladies, and I am looking forward to my next game on our home court against Powell (4 pm). It will be nice to have people cheering for us and not against us! We love when people come to support us! GREAT JOB LADIES!

Little "G" is 8!

Last Saturday was Andrew's 8 birthday party! He had 7 of his little friends over at our house for a two hour celebration. We had a bouncy blow up house that everyone enjoyed. The party started at 4 (for the little kids) and went to 6 pm. Melissa and Ryan tagged along for the first two hours to babysit with me. From 6 till about 11, all of our close family friends came over. I think the older kids probably enjoyed the bouncy house more than the younger kids, but in the end everyone had a blast! Andrew got a ton of gifts (mostly things that will annoy his sister like dart guns and balls). OH! And you cannot forget Melissa and I's lovely party hats and matching scarfs. Although the idea was for us to wear them, they got passed around to all the kids. HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY LITTLE "G"

ASU GAME!

This post is a little late, but on Friday the 21st, part of my old basketball team (the Lady Jets) and my brother Trax's current basketball team (the Net Rippers) went to the ASU girls and boys basketball game. The games were awesome, and everyone loved being surrounded by the rowdy ASU fanatics. Here are just a few pics from the game!

Breakfast with the LADIES :)

On Tuesday last week, we all had that wonderful little break in the middle of the week. I hope everyone had fun sleeping in, while the Shepherd girls got up at 7 am for their basketball practice. Afterwards, we all planned to walk to Village Inn for a lovely late breakfast. The breakfast was great and we all had some good laughs. Not all the girls could attend, but about half of our team did. We couldn't get enough out of Jen's humorous eating (yes, someone's eating can be quite hilarious [this hints the shake picture of her slurping it using only her tongue]). Everyone had a great time, except Marissa, who left early to go home (she was battling the stomach flu). I am hoping to make this a tradition for morning weekend practices! I LOVE YA LADIES! I hope none of you shoot me for putting you on here all sweaty and gross. :)

Updates :)

I am sorry I haven't been updating my blog very much lately. My life has been extremely hectic, but I finally have the time to sit down and create a post.

Basketball season has officially started. I made the team, along with eleven other talented young athletes. I hold the legendary number 24. Actually I don't know if it is legendary, but it makes the number 24 seem very special (just kidding). I am looking forward to our first game at Kino on November 25th. I would really appreciate anyone who can come out and cheer our team on. If you need a schedule or some game times, I can most certainly get those for you.  :) Currently, we are practicing 12 hours a week. Practices are very physical, and we do a lot of conditioning. It is a drag, but I know our team will only improve if we practice, practice, practice. Oh, and we can't forget to mention those lovely 6 AM practices twice a week! I know the whole team looks forward to those, and I am sure the parents do too!

Also, twice a week I practice with my orchestra director, Mrs. Chilton, in order to prepare for my Regionals Audition. I know that Regionals is extremely hard to make, especially as a freshman, but I think it will be a great learning experience for me, even if I don't make it. The audition consists of playing all 3 octave Major and Minor scales, and their arpeggios (memorized). I also have three etudes I have to play. During the audition, I will also have to sight read, but sight reading is my most favorite thing in the world to do (that involves music), so that shouldn't be a big hassle. The whole audition is out of 2,000 points. As you can see, I have my work cut out for me. The audition is the end of January, and Mrs. Chilton says that I am in great shape for it being November.  

School....what can I say? School is school. I am maintaining all "A's" as of right now as we approach the end of the semester. My teachers must all be on the same cycle, because this week I had three big projects due. I sometimes wonder if they do that on purpose just to stress us out? Overall, school is well, and not too stressful. :)

This was probably one of the more boring post to read, but I appreciate who ever took the time to read it. Please leave a comment if you can. I love reading comments on my posts, even if they are pointless! Thanks! :)