Well I had to check when the last posting was, and I am sorry, not that everyone is waiting on a new posting, but it has been since the start of VB camps.
Volleyball Camp at University of Portland was a BLAST. Lost my voice the fourth day in and learned a lot. Came home with approx. 20lbs of Nike gear courtesy of Joe Houck and Mike King. It was great to be spoiled rotten because of the talent you have to teach and coach a sport.
It was wonderful to see Mrs. Erin King, early in her pregnancy, due in January with a bouncing(jumping?) baby girl. She will not tell anyone what they have chosen for a name, but it is fun to try and guess. I am going with Macarena Concepcion King..... but we will see.
My second volleyball season at Thompson Valley High School started off well. Brice and Andy came out to work camp for me.... I really appreciate it when they do this because it shows the girls the buy-in that others have with you and your coaching style.
We started out 5-0 before we lost our first match and ended season 12-3 in conference, best ever record for TVHS Volleyball, finishing 2nd in conference and ranked 5th in State, again the best ever for TVHS. We finished 17-5 overall and just missed making it to the Regional Level of State Championships.
I got a couple of votes for Conference Coach of the Year, we had three players named to the All-Conference Team, most ever for TVHS, and one of those was up for Conference Player of theYear!!!!
Our new Athletic Director is very happy about how our season went, this is a good thing as I was a little scared when I first met him and he made sure to tell me that at the Varsity level he is most concerned with wins and losses.... the last AD said he was stoked if he didn't hear from the parents and the kids were happy..... uhhhhh a little different outlook!
We are now in Girl's Swim Season.... we are the favorites to win State and in looking at our team.... it SHOWS!!! We have defeated the last 3 teams by over 100 points each and in swimming that is not being very polite and almost running up the score.
Today is Heather's Birthday..... her official present from me is a Wonder Woman Lunch Box to take with her to work. I had balloons and a banner ready for her when she woke up with the smell of coffee. Tonight we are headed to PF Chang's, Heather's fave!!!! A little sake, Kirin, Lettuce Wraps and Golden Crunchy Shrimp.......
Will post more soon...... love you all, Nathan
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Volleyball Camp Time....!!!
Hey all,
So I headed to Colorado School of Mines for my TV VB Teams to have team camp. We took off for a quick two day camp, I brought along my returning varsity members and a couple of new upper classmen to see how they would fit, and my underclassmen to fill up my JV. JV finished Fourth in camp and my "varsity" beat the cr@p out of the other teams and finished First.
I then had a day off, and on Monday July 20th headed to Portland, Oregon to coach with Mike King at his Univ. of Portland VB camps.
Needless to say I am BEAT!!! Mike sent me home with two pairs of $100 Nike shoes and 7lbs worth of shwag(clothes.)
Now at home we are getting ready for my camps, Brice and Andy are coming into town to help out and then school and tryouts.
See ya all later, N
So I headed to Colorado School of Mines for my TV VB Teams to have team camp. We took off for a quick two day camp, I brought along my returning varsity members and a couple of new upper classmen to see how they would fit, and my underclassmen to fill up my JV. JV finished Fourth in camp and my "varsity" beat the cr@p out of the other teams and finished First.
I then had a day off, and on Monday July 20th headed to Portland, Oregon to coach with Mike King at his Univ. of Portland VB camps.
Needless to say I am BEAT!!! Mike sent me home with two pairs of $100 Nike shoes and 7lbs worth of shwag(clothes.)
Now at home we are getting ready for my camps, Brice and Andy are coming into town to help out and then school and tryouts.
See ya all later, N
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Checkin' in with the Whitlocks!!!
So last weekend Heather and I headed out to visit with Jason and Becca Whitlock, who I have not seen since our HS Reunion and Heather has never met.
Heather and I planned to take off Thursday morning and head into the wilds of Wyoming on our first "just us" camping trip. We packed up the Jeep and were on our way.
The first part of our trip had us stopping off just over the Colorado-Wyoming border to visit Black Cat Fireworks Superstore(open year-round.) For many of us from Oregon you may have done the same thing heading into Washington and stopping at Black Jacks Fireworks. Heather being born and raised in San Diego has never seen one of these wonders of modern man and was enamored by the variety of fireworks. They had everything from your novelty Spinning Pagodas, Rolling Tanks, Firetrucks etc... to your 72" refillable Mortar launchers. They even had the "King of the Block" package which for $788 you could basically launch a small war vs. a third world country.
We picked up the $37 Black Cat assortment and went on our merry way.
For the first leg of our trip we planned on camping in the Flaming Gorge National Park that borders Wyoming and Utah. Visit http://www.wyomingtourism.org/overview/Flaming-Gorge-Recreation-Area/32475
Our drive was about 4.5 hrs and I am still amazed by the fact that there ain't sh!t in Wyoming!?!?!? I MEAN NOTHING?!?!?! Long stretches of.........er.....I mean.... nevermind :)
Once we found the turnoff to get to the reservior from Rock Springs, we had another 23 miles of nothing. Some of our pictures are of hills, mtns., prairie? and road. No traffic. But we got to see coyotes and Pronghorn and other stuff that we being from California have NO IDEA of what they are.
We set up our tent at the marina and proceeded to explore- next time we are camping on the water instead of at a campground, but you live you learn. Fortunately for us, we could see the Thunderstorm coming and proceeded to go into our tent(a 2person hiking tent) and play rummy and drink beer.... lots of beer. Thank goodness when I was in college and working at Peak Sports in Corvallis I used the opportunity to use a Pro Deal to buy a REALLY GOOD TENT!!! Waterproof...check. We had a break in the rain made some burgers and... as luck would have it, back in the tent for the rest of the storm, which lasted through to the morning. Nothing like waking up at 2am to check to see if you were adrift or what???
Friday July 3rd we headed to Star Valley "Resort" in Wyoming. This leg of the trek took us through Wyoming, 10miles of Idaho, then back into Wyoming. Very pretty drive. We pulled into the RV resort and found us the Whitlock Clan hanging out in front of the RV. I was most excited because Jason and Becca are two of my favorite people in the world and very seldom in life to you find people who honestly "know you" and always will!!!
That evening we went to dinner with Jason's uncle and Aunt and their posse- which they called themselves the 6 Pack :) Had a blast, and luckily, did not sit outside for dinner, even though Becca and I were really wanting to at first. It Rained!
July 4th- woke up and enjoyed ourselves some really SPICY Bloody Marys courtesy of Heather. I mean these things were EN FUEGO!!! Played frisbee, went for a bike ride around the park- people can buy slots and live there during the summer season and saw some of the most amazing RVs ever. they make Madden's look little. We even got to see some RC Airplanes flying around.
Almost forgot to add this in.... for the afternoon of the Fourth we decided to grill up some jalapenos to share with the Whitlocks. Using Rick's gift from this Christmas- a Cabellas jalapeno griller, we got started. DAMN... forgot the jalapenos in the bag at Wal-Mart. So we headed into town and got some fresh jalapenos. Alright, all set. DAMN, forgot the jalapeno corer. No problem, let's just use a knife. Sweet. Oh no big deal if there are a couple of seeds and core left... UHHHHHH WRONG!!!!! These things just about melted our faces off and I thought at one point Jason was gonna have a stroke. As I am laughing and enjoying my 7th jalapeno, my tongue melted off and I couldn't laugh anymore.
That evening we went looking for the gravel pit where everyone around the area lights their fireworks. Could not find it, so we went and asked at the check-in area.
They said "oh ya' its not open, well follow us." Ya alright- the Jeep ends up folliwing a golf carts for about 1.5miles..... I had to put it in neutral and I was still braking. All of a sudden there are like...8-9 cars following us. We get to a little gate and it is still locked. Now you look around and there are easily 30 cars waiting on the side of the road. Goes to show there is a LOT TO DO IN WYOMING.
Once the gate opens we all head in. We find a nice spot above the gravel pit and proceed to get our fireworks ready.... oh ya and it started to rain?????
It was an amazing display of amateur fireworks, Jason is a HUGE PYRO and Heather got to play with big time fireworks that are illegal everywhere else in the country.
Sunday morning we packed up, and the Whitlocks got ready to finish their vacation- they were headed to Yellowstone to do some rafting and horseback riding. Heather and I were gonna camp on the way home, but you know how we do it..... we drove all the way home(8hrs) instead and enjoyed a wonderful shower, a beverage and our bed.
Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July!!!
Heather and I planned to take off Thursday morning and head into the wilds of Wyoming on our first "just us" camping trip. We packed up the Jeep and were on our way.
The first part of our trip had us stopping off just over the Colorado-Wyoming border to visit Black Cat Fireworks Superstore(open year-round.) For many of us from Oregon you may have done the same thing heading into Washington and stopping at Black Jacks Fireworks. Heather being born and raised in San Diego has never seen one of these wonders of modern man and was enamored by the variety of fireworks. They had everything from your novelty Spinning Pagodas, Rolling Tanks, Firetrucks etc... to your 72" refillable Mortar launchers. They even had the "King of the Block" package which for $788 you could basically launch a small war vs. a third world country.
We picked up the $37 Black Cat assortment and went on our merry way.
For the first leg of our trip we planned on camping in the Flaming Gorge National Park that borders Wyoming and Utah. Visit http://www.wyomingtourism.org/overview/Flaming-Gorge-Recreation-Area/32475
Our drive was about 4.5 hrs and I am still amazed by the fact that there ain't sh!t in Wyoming!?!?!? I MEAN NOTHING?!?!?! Long stretches of.........er.....I mean.... nevermind :)
Once we found the turnoff to get to the reservior from Rock Springs, we had another 23 miles of nothing. Some of our pictures are of hills, mtns., prairie? and road. No traffic. But we got to see coyotes and Pronghorn and other stuff that we being from California have NO IDEA of what they are.
We set up our tent at the marina and proceeded to explore- next time we are camping on the water instead of at a campground, but you live you learn. Fortunately for us, we could see the Thunderstorm coming and proceeded to go into our tent(a 2person hiking tent) and play rummy and drink beer.... lots of beer. Thank goodness when I was in college and working at Peak Sports in Corvallis I used the opportunity to use a Pro Deal to buy a REALLY GOOD TENT!!! Waterproof...check. We had a break in the rain made some burgers and... as luck would have it, back in the tent for the rest of the storm, which lasted through to the morning. Nothing like waking up at 2am to check to see if you were adrift or what???
Friday July 3rd we headed to Star Valley "Resort" in Wyoming. This leg of the trek took us through Wyoming, 10miles of Idaho, then back into Wyoming. Very pretty drive. We pulled into the RV resort and found us the Whitlock Clan hanging out in front of the RV. I was most excited because Jason and Becca are two of my favorite people in the world and very seldom in life to you find people who honestly "know you" and always will!!!
That evening we went to dinner with Jason's uncle and Aunt and their posse- which they called themselves the 6 Pack :) Had a blast, and luckily, did not sit outside for dinner, even though Becca and I were really wanting to at first. It Rained!
July 4th- woke up and enjoyed ourselves some really SPICY Bloody Marys courtesy of Heather. I mean these things were EN FUEGO!!! Played frisbee, went for a bike ride around the park- people can buy slots and live there during the summer season and saw some of the most amazing RVs ever. they make Madden's look little. We even got to see some RC Airplanes flying around.
Almost forgot to add this in.... for the afternoon of the Fourth we decided to grill up some jalapenos to share with the Whitlocks. Using Rick's gift from this Christmas- a Cabellas jalapeno griller, we got started. DAMN... forgot the jalapenos in the bag at Wal-Mart. So we headed into town and got some fresh jalapenos. Alright, all set. DAMN, forgot the jalapeno corer. No problem, let's just use a knife. Sweet. Oh no big deal if there are a couple of seeds and core left... UHHHHHH WRONG!!!!! These things just about melted our faces off and I thought at one point Jason was gonna have a stroke. As I am laughing and enjoying my 7th jalapeno, my tongue melted off and I couldn't laugh anymore.
That evening we went looking for the gravel pit where everyone around the area lights their fireworks. Could not find it, so we went and asked at the check-in area.
They said "oh ya' its not open, well follow us." Ya alright- the Jeep ends up folliwing a golf carts for about 1.5miles..... I had to put it in neutral and I was still braking. All of a sudden there are like...8-9 cars following us. We get to a little gate and it is still locked. Now you look around and there are easily 30 cars waiting on the side of the road. Goes to show there is a LOT TO DO IN WYOMING.
Once the gate opens we all head in. We find a nice spot above the gravel pit and proceed to get our fireworks ready.... oh ya and it started to rain?????
It was an amazing display of amateur fireworks, Jason is a HUGE PYRO and Heather got to play with big time fireworks that are illegal everywhere else in the country.
Sunday morning we packed up, and the Whitlocks got ready to finish their vacation- they were headed to Yellowstone to do some rafting and horseback riding. Heather and I were gonna camp on the way home, but you know how we do it..... we drove all the way home(8hrs) instead and enjoyed a wonderful shower, a beverage and our bed.
Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July!!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Glendo Reservoir Trip
Ya Vacations...!!!!
We got invited to go to Glendo, WY. to go boating on the Glendo Reservoir and we had a great time.
We headed out Friday morning with our friends Brock Sishc (who's family's house we were staying at) and Kaylie (who is our Varsity Girl's and Boy's Swim Coach.)
This was Heather and my first trip to Wyoming and we were EXCITED!!! To everyone in our group's chagrin.
Talk about OPEN SPACES!!?!?!? Take a look at the two shots from the Jeep. Very different then driving down I-5 from LA to San Diego, maybe you only get this through Pendleton(On a dream day!!!)
We got into Glendo Marina around noon, settled our stuff in the rooms and got ready to have some fun. The Marina was what you would expect, a little snack store, a liquor shop!!!, Boat essentials and a little cafe.
Heather put the Sea Doo into the Reservoir and took off for Sandy Beach, the rest hopped into the Jeep and drove to the opposite end of the Reservoir. Spent the rest of the afternoon beveraging and enjoying the Sun and water, taking turns on the Sea Doo.
That evening we played Beer Pong, my partner Ben and I defeated Heather and Ben's wife, Sarah, in two turns and the ladies got fuzzy pretty quick.
Saturday was spent on the water, but the weather got a little sketchy so we headed in for the day. So instead of having fun in the water, we decided to use the Water Balloon Launcher I had brought to launch water balloons around the Marina and at the kids driving around in golf carts. I have to say I am sure the little kids hated it because instead off going out of our range they always seemed to take the road in front of our place :)
Sunday was everything we wished Saturday had been. We all got runs wakeboarding from the boat, rode the Sea Doo and did cookies in the water and enjoyed our dips to "check the prop."
On the way home we encountered a HUGE rain storm, even with the top on the Jeep, just missing the back, we all got a little misted.
We got invited to go to Glendo, WY. to go boating on the Glendo Reservoir and we had a great time.
We headed out Friday morning with our friends Brock Sishc (who's family's house we were staying at) and Kaylie (who is our Varsity Girl's and Boy's Swim Coach.)
This was Heather and my first trip to Wyoming and we were EXCITED!!! To everyone in our group's chagrin.
Talk about OPEN SPACES!!?!?!? Take a look at the two shots from the Jeep. Very different then driving down I-5 from LA to San Diego, maybe you only get this through Pendleton(On a dream day!!!)
We got into Glendo Marina around noon, settled our stuff in the rooms and got ready to have some fun. The Marina was what you would expect, a little snack store, a liquor shop!!!, Boat essentials and a little cafe.
Heather put the Sea Doo into the Reservoir and took off for Sandy Beach, the rest hopped into the Jeep and drove to the opposite end of the Reservoir. Spent the rest of the afternoon beveraging and enjoying the Sun and water, taking turns on the Sea Doo.
That evening we played Beer Pong, my partner Ben and I defeated Heather and Ben's wife, Sarah, in two turns and the ladies got fuzzy pretty quick.
Saturday was spent on the water, but the weather got a little sketchy so we headed in for the day. So instead of having fun in the water, we decided to use the Water Balloon Launcher I had brought to launch water balloons around the Marina and at the kids driving around in golf carts. I have to say I am sure the little kids hated it because instead off going out of our range they always seemed to take the road in front of our place :)
Sunday was everything we wished Saturday had been. We all got runs wakeboarding from the boat, rode the Sea Doo and did cookies in the water and enjoyed our dips to "check the prop."
On the way home we encountered a HUGE rain storm, even with the top on the Jeep, just missing the back, we all got a little misted.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
SUMMERTIME
Ya know DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince had the right idea for a song when the put out "Summertime."
I know we haven't submitted any new blogs in FOREVER, but I think that may be a good thing as we have been too BUSY:)
The school year finished off nicely, the TVHS boy's swim team finished 3rd in Conference and 10th in State. Next year should be pretty solid, and yes, I will most likely be coaching Varsity VB, Girl's Swim and Boy's Swim next year again.
We finished school May 29th- the earliest I have ever had off for summer- EVER!!! We go back Aug. 17th???!?!!!?!? Crap, it is gonna be HOT!!!!
Also, Heather and I finished off our attempt to get to every major sporting event in Coloraod in our first year. We made it to the now infamous Bronco-Charger game, thanks to Eric and Pam we got to see the Nuggets vs. Trailblazers (4th row off the floor and YES, Greg Oden is HUGE!!!) and we recently went to the Rockies vs Padres game with our friend Kayli and her brother. Missed out on Hockey, but we will try to do Avalanche vs Ducks next year.
All this coaching has left me pretty out of shape so I have just started doing the P90X series of exercise dvds and I have to say that I actually enjoy doing them- once I get started.
We have the Sea Doo in being "summerized" and should have it out this weekend. A friend of ours found a guy on Craigslist who needed Boat Buddies for early Sunday mornings, so now we go out every Sunday morning and wakeboard or ski for about $10.
The weekend of the 20th we are headed as a big group- all our friends from the swim seasons- toe Glendo, Wyoming to a friends cabin by some massive lake and we are gonna ski, wakeboard, swim, Sea Doo, etc... all weekend. Heather and I are also headed to Torrington, Wyoming that same weekend for my Frosh/Soph VB coaches wedding. WOW!!! Busy.
I will leave it at that for now and will try to get more info posted every so often this summer.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wacky Weather 'round Here?!?!?!?
Well, we are learning that Colorado is a CRAZY place when it comes to weather.
When Brice and Mike were here for the holidays, the weather was cold and a little windy.
Mid-January comes and Jeni visits for her birthday from San Diego and we get a light snow the first day, then it becomes pretty damn cold and by the time she takes off to go back to San Diego it is almost mid-60's and very late spring-like weather.
The temperature got up to 68' last week, and then suddenly...... we get 11' and 3 days of light snow totaling up to about 3-4inches?!?!?!?!?!
Heather is working hard. She is now the only one in her position at AMN after a recent series of layoffs.
We are in our second semester at Thompson Valley and Loveland High Schools, so I am in the process of learning a whole bunch of new student's names.
Swim team finishes the league undefeated in head to head dual meets and we won the City Meet against Loveland and Mt View High Schools....HANDILY!!!!
Conference is next weekend and then we are off to State. The Athletic Director is still waiting to see if I am going to take the Boy's Swim Team Head Coaching position, but I think I need to take Spring off after doing to sports seasons in a row.
Heather and are are looking forward to some late winter camping trips and outings in and about the Front Range of the Rockies.
We are rooting for a good Superbowl, but are hoping for a win for the Cardinals!!!
Pictures next post ;)
When Brice and Mike were here for the holidays, the weather was cold and a little windy.
Mid-January comes and Jeni visits for her birthday from San Diego and we get a light snow the first day, then it becomes pretty damn cold and by the time she takes off to go back to San Diego it is almost mid-60's and very late spring-like weather.
The temperature got up to 68' last week, and then suddenly...... we get 11' and 3 days of light snow totaling up to about 3-4inches?!?!?!?!?!
Heather is working hard. She is now the only one in her position at AMN after a recent series of layoffs.
We are in our second semester at Thompson Valley and Loveland High Schools, so I am in the process of learning a whole bunch of new student's names.
Swim team finishes the league undefeated in head to head dual meets and we won the City Meet against Loveland and Mt View High Schools....HANDILY!!!!
Conference is next weekend and then we are off to State. The Athletic Director is still waiting to see if I am going to take the Boy's Swim Team Head Coaching position, but I think I need to take Spring off after doing to sports seasons in a row.
Heather and are are looking forward to some late winter camping trips and outings in and about the Front Range of the Rockies.
We are rooting for a good Superbowl, but are hoping for a win for the Cardinals!!!
Pictures next post ;)
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