O.J. Mayo

I am fascinated by O.J. Mayo. This 18 year old kid from West Virginia is considered a top 5 basketball recruit out of high school by all media outlets. He committed to play at USC and will be playing next year at the university. His story is unique. In this interview with USC head coach Tim Floyd, he explains the recruiting process and his experience and opinion of Mayo.
(Below is the link to the article that Tony mentions in this interview)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/sports/ncaabasketball/21usc.html?em&ex=1174708800&en=8a97678a6bd362ef&ei=5087%0A

The craziest cactus I've ever seen!

While Beckie and I were in Arizona we stumbled upon this monster-of-a-cactus on our way to the desert botanical garden. We had to take some pictures. If you are ever in tempe or phoenix you can see this saguaro on the road after you have passed the phoenix zoo on the way to the botanical garden.

March Madness Day 1

The NCAA men's basketball tournament kicked off yesterday with 16 first round games. There were not many upsets. Through the first 8 games the top seeds had won every game. But, there was one upset and oh, it was an excellent. Duke lost to Virginia Commonwealth 79-77. VCU was led by point guard Eric Maynor who had 22 points, 8 assists, and shot with about 2 seconds left in the game that game VCU the win. When you look at Duke's season this isn't quite as much of an upset as you might think. Duke has been an average team all season and proved it again last night. This Duke loss momentarily made me forget about BYU's first round exit. It's a shame. As for my bracket, I got 12 of the 16 games correct and am doing ok in my pools. It's still early. Today there will be plenty more games to enjoy. As for now, enjoy the last few seconds of Duke's loss, I know I did.

Unfortunately, embedding for this video has been disabled so we are no longer allowed to enjoy it. Sorry.

February and March Madness!

So, it's been awhile since I last wrote. Beckie and I were married on February 24th in the Seattle Washington temple. It was a crazy yet very exciting time in our lives. It was good to see some family even though I didn't spend much time with them. We've been married for almost 3 weeks and are enjoying it very much. We're still getting settled into the apartment and decorating the rooms. We've put up several pictures and the addition of two large bookcases has made it more of a home. We worked on the extra bedroom and used Beckie's inovative mind to make a desk out of file cabinets and particle board. It looks great.

February and March are my favorite times of the year. February, well, because of my birthday and March because of college basketball. The greatest event in college sports will take place starting thursday and lasting until the end of the month. March Madness! I won't take time to give my predictions but I believe this will be a fun tournament like always. Go BYU!