4th Rock From The Sun

Sunday, March 3, 2013

March Madness is almost here!

Hey guys! Yup, It's been almost 12 months already, and here we are a mere 14 days away from March Madness beginning all over again!! The group page is up on ESPN, and you can create your username for 2013 and join the group today (the bracket unlocks as soon as the Selection Sunday picks become official on March 17- http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7823505/2013-ncaa-tournament-schedule-key-dates ).

The main ESPN Tournament Challenge home page can be found here: http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/frontpage

And the "MarsGroup" group page can be found here: http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/group?groupID=4964&entryID=67661
Password: BYU

Remember, Steve Erickson won the group in 2011. Wendy Chapman won in 2010, Doug Abenroth won in 2009, and Lauren won back in 2008. I won it last year, barely, with Emily Davies and Russell coming in 2nd and 3rd place (thanks to Kentucky), and Steve did managed to beat all the other Ericksons for the second year in a row. Also, Phil Radmilovic opened the tourny up in 2012 with an awesome 24-of-32 games right in the 1st round!

13-Seed Ohio may have been my favorite underdog last year, winning their way to the Sweet Sixteen, where they took North Carolina to overtime. Is was also fun to see 15-Seed Norfolk State beat 2-Seed Missouri.

We had 40 entries from family and friends last year. It would be great to see more husband-wife combos sign up again, like we had in 2011 (the women did very well for themselves too)! Get fired up people, it's almost time to throw down!!

MARCH MADNESS!!!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

An Oldie but a Goodie

The best family photo ever!

Taken at Circus Circus, Las Vegas.

(The tiny baby is Wes)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Beholding the Awe of The Jimmer

When I was a young Sacromentan, the Kings were all that was good in the basketball world. The Lakers were evil, and that was about that. Then I grew into a Provoan, and I realized that the NBA could never rival college basketball, and that the Kings couldn't compare to my BYU Cougars.

One day, I beheld the greatest Cougar of all, Jimmer Fredette, and he did score 30+ points many times, and all but Michelle Peralta loved him. And then he graduated. And once the Sacramento Kings drafted him, my two beloved basketball worlds became one.

Enough introduction. Here are some awesome photos from a Kings game last year I went to with my father and twin bro!

Rockin' the Jimmer jersey (that we thought would be black, but asian e-bayers are bound to surprise)!

Sac-Town!

Gameday ticket and program.

Show up early boys!

Sitting court-side (for a few minutes), looking up.

Sitting by the rack-o-balls.

Behold, the Greatness of Jimmer!

Blake Griffin makes an appearance.

Warming up.

This guy is taller than I am.

Shots! Shots! Shots shots shots!

Testing the hammy?

I missed the dancing shot. Unfortunately.

Back to my real seats!

Ready for tip-off.

#7 Jimmer Mania, the sign reads.

THREEEEE!!!

Timout! The Kings even lead the Clippers at halftime, thanks for 4 long bombs from Fredette himself.

Sure, the Kings lost. They still suck. But as long as their terrible Maloof overlords don't move them out of the city, I will continue to be a fan. And if they do, my jersey will be a piece of sad sarcasm, but still wearable for the irony. Or whatever word is most appropriate there (Russ?).

Can't wait to go back again. In fact, I'm visiting Russell in Seattle this October. Maybe he'll take me to a Kings-SuperSonics game.....

Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Move into the New House (January 2012)

The first time we saw our house...

Nice house?

The back yard looks big.

Could use some work. Grass?

Master bath looks small.

Love the upstairs family room!

Nice upstairs bath.

Cool stairs w/ a chandelier (no I can't spell that word).

Wes likes it!

Big empty rooms.

Carly is digging what would be her window.

Pretty awesome window view!

Pretty awesome view out of the front window as well!

We really like the layout of the home.

Easy to get around.

The kitchen is plenty big enough (with hardwood flooring!).

The basement is huge, but will need a TON of work.

Some walls are mostly done already.

Basement windows (needed grates).

A sink? This won't be installed for year!

And that was enough. We bought the place! Moved in, have put a ton of work into it, and are very happy. But that can all go into another blog. Questions?

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Christmas 2011

I'm going to try to start adding pictures from my phone onto this blog. And since this phone was basically my Christmas present to myself last year, I might as well start there...