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Bored = Scored!

by Kyndra
This past weekend, we found ourselves very bored ... well, mostly this means that I was bored. Shaun generally can find things to do with his time better than I can. On Saturday night, this "boredom" led us to the mall and we bought a board game called, Spy Alley. We had fun learning how to play and hide our secret spy identities from each other while we sipped some hot tea. After all the fun though, we decided it might be a 2 person + game. On Sunday, Shaun learned that the San Antonio Spurs were playing the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento later that evening. He knows how much I love to watch NBA games, so he threw out the idea that we go. I thought he was crazy, but I was SO tempted! He found some fabulous seats (on the front row right behind the Spurs - hello) for a sweet deal. We went for it, and before we knew it, we were headed to Sacramento! (It's only 2 hours away).

We made our way into the stadium and down to the FRONT ROW - we were giggling like school girls ... we have never been so close. We were 5 feet away from Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli, Greg Popovich, Michael Finley, Fabrizio Oberto ... ok, ok, I won't name all the Spurs players! It was so exciting though. Oh, I forgot to mention that Shaun made me (at least this is my story now) wear my Dirk shirt. The whole night I was totally embarrassed to take off my jacket ... but at least I was secretly "Loud and Proud!" Although, I didn't manage to hide it the entire game and the girl sitting next to me said her brother saw us on TV and was like, "Why is that girl next to you wearing a MAVS shirt ... weirdo!" That made me feel goofy - but at least I was noticed on TV, right?!! We had a thrilling time, and it was a close game - Spurs won by 2 points!! Oh, and Duncan totally looked at Shaun and me when I pulled out the camera during a time out - that was fun for me - I hope he saw my Dirk shirt! :)

Our first row pics are here.   I have to say that the Spurs are not my fav team - c'mon, I'm sold out for the Mavs! But, we had to go support anyone representing Texas up here in the Northwest! 

 

Party at the AAC!

by Kyndra -
2007 is a big year for my Dad – he turned 50 on October 17^th. I had to do something special, so I got tickets to the MAVS vs SPURS game. My Dad loves basketball … he grew up playing it and has coached for over 25 years. He was my coach growing up. He introduced the sport to me at a young age and by first grade, I was on the elementary girl's team at our school. I can't believe we had organized school sports in FIRST grade back then, but it was great. We lived in Oklahoma then and girls played 6-man ball. It's fun to hear the stories from my friends' parents about how impressed they were that my Dad was able to get a team full of six and seven year old girls to dribble, pass, shoot, score, and WIN games time and time again!! Needless to say … we were pretty good back in the day! J

When we moved to Dallas when I was in fourth grade, we soon became Mavs fans, even though they were no good! I remember going to the Mavs-sponsored basketball camps at Reunion Arena called – "Hot Dogs & Hoops." Good times.

  So I was glad to celebrate my dad's 50^th at the game tonight. And, (not meaning to sound too cheesy or anything) I am really thankful to have grown up playing basketball. The biggest lesson I learned was to be diligent and practice hard – the hard work paid off in the end (8^th grade MVP ya'll!)

Most of all I am thankful that my dad was my Coach and that he believed in me.  That makes a meaningful difference in my life.

FYI, the real "Jet" Terry had a good game tonight, combining with Stackhouse to score 28 points off the bench.  6th man of the year, for sure!   

Spring Break!

Kyndra gets a Spring Break this week! Yahoo!!!

Many kids from IBC were recently on break this past week, so things around IBC were kinda sparse.  So many staffers with kids were hanging out at home. 
So, we did some staff get togethers where families could come - it was great!  Reagan Pugh came in town and so we ended up haning out a bit.  Very cool.

Anyway, HERE'S a video I made after we did a rootbeer float staff get together on the back patio of IBC.  For entertainment, we mixed dry ice into half empty bottles of Sprite and watched them explode!  Cool Spring Break fun!

and, this week should be even greater (especailly for the crazy school-involved kyndra!).
peace and all good,
-shaun