WU basketball, life as a coach's wife

The basketball season is under way! The Washburn University men's team is 2-1. They've played two exhibition games (University of Nevada-Las Vegas & UMKC) and three "real" games. The pic is from the KU game last Thursday. (I tried to get him coaching in the huddle but it's kinda far away). Matt's having a blast! He loves what he's doing, fulfilling his passion, coaching basketball full time! And it's definitely a full-time job. They travel a bunch and he frequently forgets to tell me that he's going to be gone overnight until the day of...but I'll adjust. It's a transitional time for us. I just can't wait until I have an actual teaching position that I can immerse myself in. :) Maybe student teaching will be good practice for that?

MHS Cheer at CheerFest 07 in Olathe

I should have zoomed in more so it's kinda hard to see, but you get the idea. There were a few stunt bobbles, but nothing I was angry about. :) This is the first time MHS cheerleaders have ever gone to a festival and only the 2nd time some of them have prepared a routine. Most were brand new to this kind of thing! Dedra's choreography is alway fabulous so I thought we got robbed a little. Their average score was 87/100 which gave them a "2" rating--think choir and band festival rating. Hopefully they learned from watching other groups and will continue to improve.