Another year another blog..follow my life as it takes twists and turns and I learn new things asI travel aroundtheworld... :)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
http://www.ekipa.org/index.php?p=av&i=&o=534
And here is the video interview for the article!
Don’t forget to pick up your daily Slovenian newspaper today :)
Thank you Uncle Mike! Love you and miss you and your family!! Hope you are all well and I get to see you this summer! xoxo
Lucky number 3!
We did it! We won the Slovenian Cup, we won MEVZA, we won the Slovenian Championship..check check check! Season 2011-2012 cannot be explained any other way but a complete success.
First time in the history of Maribor Slovenia that this has been done, not bad eh?
We won the best of 5 finals in 3 games, and finished the last match at home with quite the bang! The atmosphere was great, one of the best that I’ve seen in this gym, tons of fans and all very much in to the match. It was so much fun!! I would find myself just smiling non stop during the match as it got closer and closer to the end.
I couldn’t be more proud of this group of girls. There are friends and then there are teammates, a bond unlike any other that you can’t quite explain and being 5000 miles away from home in a foreign country only enhances that bond.
The love and relationships I have developed with this group of girls is very special and they make me laugh and enjoy life so much that I just feel so blessed to have shared so many great memories with them over these past two years.
I will look back on these memories years from now with such joy and happiness with everything that we have accomplished and shared. We did go through our bumps but that comes with every season no matter where you are in sport and life, and at the end of it all we can truly look back at how everything unfolded and see that it was all for a purpose to getting us to where we needed to be at the end.
I have grown and developed a great deal here in Maribor, in volleyball and growing up as a person; finding my place in the world. I am so thankful for everyone and everything here that has helped me progress in life. In life you want to be continually growing and becoming the best person you can be to make the greatest positive impact in the world, and I do believe I have been able to accomplish that here.
It is 3 days out from the win and the celebrations are coming to a close and it is starting to hit me that it is all over, it was a very fast season and we are all starting to go our separate ways, sad and exciting all at the same time.
Although I am incredibly ready for some American goodness and family time in my life, I will be staying in Europe for another 6 weeks to travel to Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Netherlands, Belgium, and France. This time will fly by for sure and it will be well worth all of the amazing places I will get to see!! But I guarantee you I will be sprinting to the airport by the time it is all over haha
So stay tuned for pictures and stories from all over the world over this next month :)
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Emotions running high much? ha this picture pretty much sums up our 2nd finals match to the T. It was a 5 game THRILLER at Kamnik. It was back and forth the entire night and in the end I had 27 points and we came out in the 5th game strong and pulled out the win.
This was a huge match to win on the road and to go up 2-0 in the best of 5 series. But our work is not yet done, we have one more win to accomplish before we move on to post season festivities and that game is on Friday at home! Can we just skip the next 2 days?? :)
This game will also be online LIVE! 6 pm our time and 10 am Colorado time.
http://tvslo.si/predvajaj/mariborcanke-se-korak-blize-lovoriki/ava2.132540212/
This link is the highlights from the last match and Click to the right on TV SLO 2 at match time!
SLO TV link (click me)
Click on this link to see a newscast of highlights from our first Finals game, it is in Slovenian but you can get a little bit of an idea of our match from the video :)
Also if you click on TV SLO 2, to the right of the clip, on Tuesday at 6 pm Slovenian time which is 10 am Colorado (MDT) time you can watch our 2nd game of the finals LIVE!!
Who’s cuter in the world than this precious sweet boy? Not a lot I tell ya. I can’t believe how big he is getting!! Getting pictures like these absolutely make my day :)
Annnd we won our first game of the finals, best of 5 series, tonight in 4 at home. :) Next game is Tuesday at Kamnik!
Thank you Aunt Con!! Love you! Xoxo :)
We made it! 8 months, a large amount of matches that I can’t even count the number of and not to mention all of the practices in between. It all comes down to Championship week. Best out of 5 Slovenian Championships starts this Friday! After going through the quarterfinals and semifinals without dropping a set, we have 4 days of good practice to prepare to complete the trifecta…three 1st place finishes for the year. Kamnik is our opponent and it will be a fun intense one I can guarantee that :) Updates coming your way soon…stay tuned!
