Andrew's NBA Contract

A few weeks ago Andrew called me and said that he just signed his first NBA contract! I was SO confused and thought that he had decided to make a 360 degree career change to become a NBA basketball player. Luckily, that was not the case but it was something even better. The Jazz have been coordinating with BYU's Statistics department to hire a few students to do a few projects with them. Since Andrew is in the first Sports Analytics class at BYU and has been helping BYU's basketball team, he was chosen to work with the Jazz as a consultant. He had to sign this five page contract pretty much saying that he could not tell anyone what he was working on for the next five years. What he can say is that he is helping the Jazz with their scouting for the upcoming draft. (I know super vague) This job came as a HUGE blessing for us. It also is going to be GREAT for his resume since he can now say he has worked with a professional sports team.

I'm so proud of Andrew and all the hard work that he has put into finding the best career for him. He has been working on getting into Sports Analytics for two years now and to finally see some reward for that has been awesome.

Hopefully little blessings like this will continue to happen as he starts school at NC State.

Weekend in St. George/Vegas

Two weekends ago we headed down to St. George/Vegas with our friends Russ and Ellen. It was the perfect weekend to go because the WCC tournament that BYU plays in was that weekend. Andrew has always wanted to go the tournament and every year it just does not work out. So this year we decided to just go for it and have some fun! 

We went down on Thursday night so we could have more time in St. George to just relax. We woke up Friday morning and headed out on a bike ride. I remember this bike ride being super easy from when we used to come do it over Spring Break when I was in high school. I forgot that I was WAY more in shape back then!! It was a lot harder than I remember it being but it has motivated me to start getting active again! :) So we biked about 8-9 miles from the house to Tuachan. We came home and had some great homemade pizza by Russ and then watched Hunger Games 2 and Gravity. The whole day we just kept saying how awesome everything was from the weather, to the food, and the memories we were making. The Lego Movie theme song became the motto of our trip..."Everything, is AWESOME." If you haven't heard it, head to youtube and it will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

Saturday was the day of the game and we headed to Vegas. This was only my second time in Vegas and I remembered why it is not my most favorite place to visit. Luckily the arena that they played in was really nice after you had to walk through the crazy smoke filled maze of the casino. We got there early so we could watch the game before BYU. I'm so HAPPY that BYU won because it made the trip that much better. After the game we headed straight back for St. George for dinner and to watch Ender's Game. 

We're so glad that we got to spend some time with our friends before we leave for North Carolina. The weekend was great and "Everything was AWESOME!"