Volleyball

The REAL end of volleyball for our family There is something pretty beautiful about being part of something bigger than yourself. It teaches you humility. It teaches you camaraderie. It teaches you to work your heart out to be a contributing part of the whole because you don’t want to…

It just so happened that Claire’s very last season game was HERE IN THE DESERT. How amazing is that? So not only did we get to go watch the game, we got to hang out with the team for a team dinner the night before. You see, one of the…

We decided if our girl is playing college volleyball the whole family should get to see her in action. I mean, when your school has stuff like this in the halls, it’s kind of fun, right? Ha! (Elle got there earlier than we did and took that one up there),…

Our college girls have a whole lot of life-moving-pieces going on up there in Provo, so let’s do a little update on that. Because we got to do a quick overnight visit last weekend. Claire had moved from the dorms at BYU and that whole all-engulfing experience she adored so…

Guess what? THE UVU VOLLEYBALL SEASON IS OFF TO THE RACES! And look who showed up on their instagram feed “11” days before the first real game hits (on Friday): Our own “#11.” (You can see the whole season schedule HERE.) I just love that these two high school teammates…

Let’s go back to April. It started out with General Conference for our church…a weekend I adore, mixed in with a brunch with neighbors, a mission report from Grace for other neighbors: …and a mission report to extended family as well: I wrote all about that weekend (and my favorite…

I know it seems like I’ve said “this is the end” like forty-two times, but you’ve got to admit, this volleyball journey has taken us on a ride! From thinking she was done after high school season to thinking she was done after club season to deciding to play in…

You see, we all really thought Claire was done with volleyball. She put in the work. She talked to coaches. She turned in film. She got some sweet offers. That whole volleyball recruiting rigamarole. And it was a GOOD learning process. Dave and I were pretty impressed with how she…

I don’t know how to wrap up all these years of volleyball for Claire. I don’t know how to wrap up volleyball for our whole family for that matter. This sport has been such a big chunk of life for us around here. There have been years when it has…

Claire happened to have a tournament in California starting a couple days after Grace returned from her mission. So we got to all go watch her together. So fun for Grace to see the level of play and to get in on some of this volleyball action before we reach…