We Love Volleyball!

It's been a long week for us-we both stayed home sick Wednesday and are still working to get back to 100%. All week we looked forward to have Reed's brother, Jay, and his cute family here for the weekend until the kids got sick and weren't able to come. We were pretty bummed, but were glad to still have his parents here.
This weekend the volleyball team hosted UC Santa Barbara. Friday was a little crazy. Reed got to start, but due to some bad serves and bad defensive plays, the Cougs were down and he got subbed out. They lost the 1st game, won the 2nd, and lost the 3rd game. So they put Reed back in and they won the 4th and 5th game.

Saturday night was awesome! Reed started again and led the team to a 3-game sweep! They played so well. Fortunately, Long Beach State lost two games this weekend, so if they lose one more game and CS Northridge loses one more game (and BYU doesn't lose anymore), BYU will host the conference championship and Reed will be able to come to my graduation! woo hoo! The two teams play each other the last game of the season, so if whoever wins that game could lose to someone else first, that would be fantastic! The team is now getting ready to head out to Hawaii on Tuesday-and I wasn't invited.

Happy Easter!

We hope everyone had a great Easter. Ours was wonderful! We filled baskets for each other and then had Marie over for a yummy ham dinner with fresh strawberry shortcake after church!
Here we are dying our eggs Saturday after a wonderful picnic in the park!

Here's a quick volleyball update:
2 weeks ago BYU played UCLA and Reed played pretty much the whole weekend. Thursday night they pretty easily swept the Bruins (a nice bday present from an out-of-town husband!) and then lost to them in 4 on Friday night.
Last week it was back to California to play Long Beach State, who we were tied with for first place in the conference. Unfortunately, it was a pretty ugly weekend. Swept on Thursday and lost a heart breaker in 4 on Friday. Reed played the 3 (the only game the Cougs won the whole weekend) and 4 games Friday night and did so well.

Crashing the Waves

So I got in trouble for not having a new post up yet (sorry Kareena!), so here it is!
Although we had a VERY busy weekend, we had a lot of fun. I started a new job on Thursday as a receptionist at Grandview Family Medicine Clinic in Provo and think it's going to be a good one (always a good sign when you hear people yell, "Tell the patient that their urine is very normal!")
Then of course on Friday we had home volleyball games. The #2 Cougars took on the #5 Waves of Pepperdine. Things started off really well, mostly thanks to Pepp's 9 missed serves in game 1. Then a few plays into the 4th game, Brian, the starting setter, rolled his ankle. We were bummed he got hurt, especially since he was playing so well, but were also very excited because Reed got to play! And he played wonderfully! BYU took the match in 4.
Saturday was our big move day and we got our brand new microfiber couch! It was all very exciting. We are loving the new place and will love it even more when we are totally unpacked and the old apt is clean!
Saturday night Reed started in the match against Pepperdine. He played awesome once again and the Cougs were able to sweep the Waves! It's usually the other way around, so it was a big win. And it was the best the team has played all year. They were so fun to watch and it was good to finally see some leadership and heart on the court.
The other highlight of the weekend was having Reed's parents in town. We always love having them around and we REALLY appreciated having the extra help on Saturday. And they took us to lunch at PF Changs-mmmm!

Saturday Night vs. Stanford

Saturday didn't have the happy ending that Friday night did. #9 Stanford swept the Cougars, giving the guys their first loss of the season. It was really weird-I didn't know what to do! Although it was a huge bummer, we knew it had to happen sometime and it's better now than a few weeks down the road. We were glad Reed got some playing time, but it was too late by the time he got put in. It was a really hard game to watch-the team just fell apart! Hopefully this was the kick in the butt they need and things will get better! They play Pacific this weekend at home! Go Cougs!

Friday Night vs. Stanford

Here's what Reed did at last night's game...

Reed's Birthday Miracle!

What a crazy and wonderful week we've had! First, we had some fun volleyball moments...

After being the starting setter for the first 5 or 6 games, the coaches decided they might not want to travel Reed to the UC Irvine (they're ranked #6 and won the national championship last year) game this last weekend. Why you ask? If we only knew! After talking to them, we're not sure they even know why! We were told he was going, then he wasn't, then he was, then he wasn't again! We finally found out the night before that he was going, but I didn't believe it until he told me he was in California. This was a HUGE relief since my parents had bought me a plane ticket so that I could come too as an early bday present. So we both flew down on different flights to different places on Valentines Day! haha But Reed got me daffodils (my favorite!) and some chocolate before he left!

Friday night Reed got minimal playing time, which was actually a little more than we expected him to get (there were 2 other setters there this weekend). It was fun to have my parents, Johansson grandparents, and most of my siblings there to cheer him on. BYU won in 5 games-and what games they were! They won 28-26 in the fifth game!

Saturday was Reed's birthday-and it turned out to be a good one! BYU lost the first game and the second game was only showing a little improvement. So they put Reed in to finish the job! He played the rest of the night and the games weren't nearly as close as they had been the night before. He played so well and had some very impressive blocks! BYU took the match in 4 games to be the only remaining undefeated team in the conference. It was a birthday miracle!


After the game we got to take Reed home with us for the rest of the weekend. He opened a few presents and then we had to have Mud Pie birthday cake! mmm!! We then got to enjoy Sunday relaxing with family at home before flying home seperately on Monday.

The other highlight of the weekend was that we got to meet our newest nephew, Reggie! What a cute baby! We had so much fun getting to hold him and he even got to come to Friday's match-and he slept through all 5 games! Pretty impressive Reg!

I Don't Know What to Title This One...

So much has happened since we lasted posted! We had another weekend of volleyball against #6 CSU Northridge. It was so much fun to have my friend Kareena come with me Friday night and Gillian on Saturday night. There were some pretty intense moments but the Cougs pulled through with 2 more wins. They weren't the best wins, but we're glad to hold on to the #1 spot. But even more exciting news is that there wasn't ANY volleyball this weekend! The team had a bye, so I had Reed all to myself! We had such a great weekend going to the temple, shopping, and spending time with some of Reed's mission buddies.

The highlight of the weekend was eating dinner at the temple (Reed has always wanted to try out the cafeteria). We got our food and went to give the cashier our debit card. She quickly told us cash or checks only at the temple. So Reed grabbed what he thought was enough, but we were short about a dollar. So we got an IOU from the temple! It was our first time going into to debt-and it was at the temple! Don't worry, we paid it off before we left, but it was pretty funny.

In other news, last week we put our contract up for sale and sold it within 20 hours! We're moving into Reed's cousin's basement (still in Provo) in the middle of March and we are so excited! So we've been looking at furniture and can't wait to redecorate!

And last week my college diploma came in the mail! Although it was a very exciting moment, it is now sitting in our file cabinet.