SNOW!

I was so excited that it was finally snowing that I made Weston get up with me and go outside. He wasn't as excited as me, especially when he had to start shoveling! The other bad part is we live on a huge hill and we almost can't make it to out apartment because it is so slick.

Thanksgiving weekend

I was so happy that my dad and Wendy Jo came up to visit us on Thanksgiving. It was a big deal that my dad made it all the way up here!

At the Temple

Monkeying Around

Lounging Around

Playing at the Zoo

Decorating the Tree

Griffins On Thanksgiving

SALT LAKE CITY – One night after losing at home for the second time this season, the Westminster men’s basketball team responded with a convincing 84-51 win against Westmont. No. 9 Westminster (4-4) never trailed in the contest and limited Westmont (4-1) to just 35.4% shooting in the game.“We challenged our team to see how they bounce back,” head coach Tommy Connor said. “We wanted them to play well and they did that tonight.”Westminster scored the first four points of the game and eventually pushed the run to 16-6 over the first eight minutes. The Griffins then finished the half on a 16-4 run to turn a 22-12 lead into a 38-16 halftime advantage. Westminster held a 16-2 advantage in points in the paint during the opening 20 minutes and had six second chance points.“We really defended well tonight,” Connor commented. “We limited their easy shots, and then we made shots which has been our struggle this year. When you make shots everything else looks better.”Westminster finished the game with their most accurate shooting night of the season at 54.7%. This is only the second time this year they have topped 50% shooting. The Griffins were also on from the foul line making 21-of-23 attempts. They finished the game with a 38-18 advantage in the paint and turned 14 Westmont turnovers into 21 points. Westminster controlled the boards to the tune of a 39-22 advantage.Ben Walker led the Griffins with 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting. The 23 points is a career high for the junior and matches a season high by any individual this season. Walker also controlled six rebounds and went 7-of-7 at the foul line. Blair Prowse finished with 15 points, all coming from his five makes from beyond the arc. Michael Stockton led the bench to a 28-12 advantage in bench scoring behind his 14 points. Stockton also grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists. Weston Anderson scored 12 points and Jeramie Hopson grabbed a season high seven rebounds, including four on the offensive end.Dan Rasp led Westmont with 17 points and four rebounds. Blake bender added 12 points one night after scoring 36 against Carroll College. Bender also had a team high five assists.Westminster is back in action on Friday, December 4 when they host St. Tomas (Fla.) in the Behnken Field House for the first of back-to-back meetings. That game is slated for an 8:00 p.m. tipoff with the rematch on Saturday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Go Griffins!

I know that I have been bad at updating things but here is the latest update on Weston and his basketball game. He is on his way home right now from Caldwell Idaho.

This Week
The No. 9 Westminster men’s basketball team travels to Caldwell, Idaho for two games at the Golden Rule Shootout. Westminster opens the tournament against Northwest (Wash.) on Friday, November 20, at 6:00 p.m. Then they face the tournament host, the College of Idaho, on Saturday, November 21, at 8:00 p.m. Both games will be played at the Albertson Activities Center.

Westminster (1-3) carries a 3-game losing streak with them to Idaho. They went 0-2 against No. 8 Concordia (Calif.) and No. 3 Fresno Pacific at the Las Vegas Classic last weekend. This is the first time the Griffins have lost three consecutive games since the 2006-07 season and is only the sixth time that has happened since the 1999-2000 season.

Westminster is averaging 72 points per game through the first four games of the season and is shooting 45.5% from the field. They are grabbing 37.8 rebounds per game with a 2.5 rebounding margin. The Griffins rank 29th in the NAIA by holding the opposition to just 29.3% shooting from beyond the arc.

Weston Anderson leads the team in scoring and ranks 41st in the country with a scoring average of 18 points per game. Anderson has scored 20-plus points twice and had 18 points in another outing this season. Blair Prowse is averaging 3.25 makes from beyond the arc in the early going this season. That number puts him 18th in the country and second in the Frontier Conference.

Sunday With the Andersons

Not much to say.... Just wanted to show off the Anderson Family

Kenzie on her phone. It is Permanently attached to her

Dad Anderson (Mark). Representing Westminnie even on the Weekends (his shirt)

Mother and son. Two peas in a pod!

The Famous Libby. World's most special dog.

Jaron and Weston Playing soccer, well something like that

Three Part Weekend: Part I

Family Time

I don't get to see the Jensen Clan very much but Weston and I went down for the weekend and spent some quality time down on the farm with the family.

The Boys Playing Around

Catching The Fugitive Goat

Playing with the new PUPPIES!

Aren't They So Cute?

Three Part Weekend: Part II

THE NEW MR. & MRS.

My cousin Cheryl was married this weekend to her new love Blair (September 19th). It was an outdoor wedding and the weather was perfect.... Well at least for the ceremony. So we would also like to say CONGRATS to the newest Anderson Family.

Aunt Peggy, Aunt Jacque, and Aunt Betty enjoying the event

Casey and Joni Thomas (recent newlyweds)

Wes and I were remembering how happy we were that we are done with that day

Three Part Weekend: Part III

Happy 52nd Anniversary to my Grandma and Grandpa Jensen!!!!!

We should all try to learn the secret of success!

Getting Updated

On September 11th, Wendy and Charlie came in town to go to wedding and the Riet family got together and enjoyed an evening at Thanksgiving Point. We enjoyed the Farmer's market, Dinosaur Museum, and then had some Ice Cream treats.

Grandpa and Grandma RietGrandpa lost in the paleontologist shackWeston and I searching for bonesWilkinson Family (Charlie, Wendy, Jake, and Brooks
Me and the boys

Brendall And TaylorWeston and his best friend BrooksMe, Kimmie, and Brendall

We also want to say good job and congratulations to Raeleigh for getting baptized and taking the first big step in many more to come.

Also good job to my hubby and my cousin casey. They spent the last part of the baptism getting all the balloons that the kids let go off of the ceiling.

The fun we had

I haven't updated the blog for a while. I have just simply been too lazy and busy. So here is a quick update on what had been going on. After we came back from California we went out to Houston to visit my lovely Aunt Wendy and Uncle Charlie. We had a great 4 days playing with their two sons (Jake and Brooks), Wes was able to go hit balls twice and go golfing once. He will say he didn't golf the best but he got a lot of good pointers while we were there. Once we got home from that we had to face reality and realized that we are no longer able to have fun. But it was awesome while it lasted!

Other than that Weston is now in school and basketball has begun once again. And I have had the opportunity to find a new job! More details about that at a later date.

HEADS!

CALI-FORN-IA

This past week I had the privilege of coaching 10 girls from the ages or 11-15 for beach volleyball.

We started out by practicing at the sports mall in Murray on their new sand courts (awesome). Then on Monday the 20th we flew out to Long Beach California. There they participated in a 3 day USA Volleyball Beach camp with some AVP Players (non of which I knew) but they learned a lot. Us coaches mostly snuck away and played on the beach or in town. Thursday morning Weston Flew into Long Beach and hung out with us. Good news is he didn't get burnt until Saturday when the girls played in the CBVA (California Beach Volleyball Association) tournament all day.

After playing lots of volleyball and almost drowning myself in the ocean we went to DISNEYLAND!

I haven't been there for almost 12 years and we had a blast. The only downside was that we woke up at 7 a.m and didn't get back until 1 a.m, then we had to get back up at 5 a.m to catch out flight.

Even worse than that, poor Weston had to go straight to camp on Monday and coach until 9 p.m. But we aren't complaining, just taking life as it comes. Especially since that was our first real vacation as a married couple!