Cougar Fans, ITS TIME.....

BASKETBALL SEASON IS HERE!!! BASKETBALL SEASON IS HERE!!!BASKETBALL SEASON IS HERE!!!
 

I am excited, I promise! I get a lot of questions about what it is like being a basketball wife and if I am sad for season or if I get lonely...and yeah I do get a little lonely and I miss Josh like CRAZY when he is on the road but, more than either of those I love to watch him play.
 

I love to see him work hard and do something he loves, I love meeting and getting to know the new guys and their families, I love road trip phone calls and texts, I love the excitement from the crowd I love wearing blue and white all the time, I love the half-time shows and contests, I love having family and friends in one area almost every couple of days and I feel so blessed from the things we get to participate in so there is no reason to complain here!

(I have followed this channel since they began and this is one of my all time favorites!!!)

It didn't really hit or even phase me that season was starting until we met up for our annual kick off dinner for the season. This dinner is just for the wives of the players and coaches. This year we met up at Communal (I highly suggest it) in provo. I am the only players wife this year but I still had so much fun and I admire each of the coaches wives. They are incredible ladies and when I say incredible I mean it! They are talented and fun and can I say above and beyond beautiful in all forms. They are so supportive of Josh and I and I just feel so spoiled to be around them.

 

Then, we had Boomshakala!

Now, that was so much fun!!! The music, the environment, the excitement and all of our friends and family coming to watch was just the greatest! I hope they do it again next year! The boys did great and it was fun to watch them all participate in the 3 point contest, the skills challenge and the dunk contest. Of course the dunk contest was my favorite because Josh was in it and he never ceases to amaze me!

I got bored at work and decided to draw him a "pump up picture:)" I don't think you can get dorkier than that;)

He even trusted me enough to let me be apart of one of his dunks! I am still not sure if that was a good idea or not but I had SO much fun practicing with him! I was supposed to time it properly that I could throw it up, he could catch it above me, and then dunk it over me! I kinda messed him up the first time because I was all nerves and I couldn't really see him with the lights right in my eyes but we nailed it the second time.....here are the highlights with all of the dunk guys if you missed it!
 

 

 

 

 

 



Next we had the blue and white scrimmage game and our first exhibition game! I love the exhibition games because it is the first time I get to see all of the guys on the court playing together. We have a lot of incredible athletes on the team this year and I am excited to see what they do with it! We ended the night with a 94-59 win over Colorado college with Matt named player of the game with 23 points and Kyle with a double-double! Keep it coming boys!

See you on Saturday at home @7pm for our Last exhibition game again Anchorage!!!

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Dear, Ruby June. A GIVEAWAY!

This week of giveaways is in honor of a baby girl named Ruby June. A dear friend gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, got to enjoy her for a little bit and then Bravely Kristing watched as she returned to our Heavenly Father. Kristin did so much for me so I wanted to do something in return!

 

Visit her blog to read the whole post and to enter the giveaway plus TONS of other giveaways! Winners will be announced Oct. 30. http://warburtonblog.blogspot.com/

Dear Ruby,

I am sorry I never got to meet you or look into your beautiful eyes and feel of your tender spirit but, I prayed for you and your family, I thought of you, and I got to hug you!!!.....

I know it’s not obvious but you are in there. I remember when your mom told me she was pregnant and she was beaming.
Dearest Ruby your mom loves you more than a human can describe in words and I could see it in just that short moment.

I love your mom and she was there for me, right after my parents divorce, a time I really needed someone. I was in a new city after their divorce and wanted to do something I enjoyed, I wanted to find a way to serve, but could preoccupy my mind. So I decided to enter the pageant and I met her through that pageant I was in. She was my pageant host or even better my “backstage mom”. She was always there and always ready to help. She never missed a beat. She eased my nerves, she comforted me after disappointments and most of all she made me want to be a better person. Your mom is amazing and strong and you are a lucky little girl. Although she may not know it, she impacted my life so I want to honor your mom by celebrating you!
Ruby I love picturing you as a little girl cheering up everyone around you on the other side, giving kisses to little Hank before he came to the earth, and watching over your family. I imagine all the talents you have in heaven and the difference you make. You are an inspiration to me and so many people and you are so tiny. It proves great things come in small packages. I wanted to give away something that reminded us to keep you in our minds….

And close to our hearts…

Thank you Ruby for teaching us a little bit more about life and love.
Love,
Jordan Sharp
To win the Piano Guys CD (love love love them!!!) and necklace you will have to serve or learn a lesson from a child. Just like ruby taught us. I know being a mom is serving all day but the service has to be just a little bit extra then just your day to day routine. It doesn’t have to be big but to just take a little more time to do something extra.:)

To ENTER VISIT
http://warburtonblog.blogspot.com/
and enter in the comments what you did to serve and you will be entered and while you are there enter the other giveaways!

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Cancer for a Day

Preface: This post is not to be offensive to those who acctually had a different out come!

Just a quick background recently I have not been feeling well and this has been lasting for about 6 months I have been to countless doctors just to say we can't see anything or your test have come back normal and Doctors telling me to stop eating gluten, dairy, MSG...pretty much just stop eating unless you want to be miserable:)

The not eating gluten and dairy helped...a little... but I knew something else was wrong finally a doctor decided to end this madness! She suspected an ovarian cyst, endometriosis, or ovarian tumor and others options. (I know TMI but its part of the story)

TUMOR?!

Of course when I heard this my mind forgot all of the other diagnoses and was stuck on this. I always wondered how I would react if I had to face something like this....and I found out. I cried like a little baby and was terrified...as you can imagine. But then I decided it wasn't worth it and this is where this post is coming from.

Because my mind was very preoccupied with the idea of having cancer it raced a hundred places. "I am fine there is probably nothing there" all the way to" What if I were to leave the earth this way?"

I know you are thinking, "DRAMATIC Jordan", but in my defense my mind couldn't help but go there when a doctor is sending you to get an ultra sound and blood test "just to be sure". I know I am fine but, I am grateful my mind went there because it changed my perspective and idea about who I am.

I learned that I want to love deeper

I love my family and I naturally love and I love people deeply but, I don't serve them or speak to them the way I acctually feel towards them. I want my family to always know that I love them and would do anything to make them happy. I learned that I have great friends and that I need to be a better one. It changed my perspective on how I want my friends and family to remember me if I were to leave now or in 100 years.

 I learned what really is important

Money, status, clothes, make-up, jewelry.....they became NOTHING to me

okay I still love to get ready, no matter what the outcome , but I mean I learned I would rather be with people, be with my family, serve others spend time studying scriptures and becoming closer to my Heavenly Father. I decided that I want to continue my education as long as I can... its important to me. And to be grateful I get to go to school. I learned that Money is NEVER how people will recognize ME or remember ME.

I learned about who I am and who I want to be

I learned that I have some smelly stinky qualities and that there are qualities I want to have. If you think about it, this life is short no matter if you live to take 1 breath or to 120 years old. Now is the time to develop the talents and qualities you want. Do I want to be a self-centered person or always serve and focus on others? Do I want to be known as a late person or 15 min. early? Am I a procrastinator or over achiever? Do I want to be clean and organized or messy? Do I want to be a singer or a dancer or and artist or a lacrosse player or what ever talents are out there. I learned that if I want to do something I am going to do it! Everyone knows I love to run and race, I have always loved it but all of a sudden going out and training wasn't hard anymore, because I knew its what I want to be...I want to be a runner. I stood infront of people to sing again because I want to be a singer. I want to be a personal trainer and a physical therapist so I study harder and got a training internship and clients! BECOME THE PERSON YOU HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF!

I learned that I love my man

How lucky am I to have such an incredible husband who holds the priesthood and who supports me in all the ways he can think of? He makes me laugh and he makes me happier than I have ever been. We make goals together and we don't reach some goals together, we have dreams and ideas of what we want to do and become together and we are best friends. He is so talented and I love watching him play! I am wrapped around his finger and so crazy in love with everything about him.

I learned that I am a Daughter of God.

Ok....I already have known that my whole life but, know I REALLY TRULY know that...and if you don't I encourage you to find out for yourself, its the greatest knowlege that carries me through everything. I learned that my body is such a gift and is so fragile. I learned that I need to show gratitude to my Heavenly Father by taking good care of it. I learned that I want to him to be proud of my actions everyday and I want to not be afraid of when he comes again but be able to stand strong and proud of what I have done with the gifts, blessings and trials he has given me. I all of a suddent wanted a deeper more genuine relationship with him and if I learn anything from this, I would prefer it to be this one.

Now this is where I don't want to be offensive....so far I am fine....I am NOT going to die of this and the doctor thinks its a little mixture of endometriosis and a hemorragic cyst which just might go away or be surgically removed...I understand not all will get this easy of a diagnosis, we work with many that face this trial all the time, and some and have to leave the doctor with worse news and continue to go back to fight it. To those who do My heart goes out to you and your families, keep fighting and and I apologize for speaking lightly of a diagnosis that is so serious but, thank you for teaching me to appreciate what we have and to be positive like you.

I just wanted to share what I learned with you so you don't have to face something so silly to realize what really matters to you and embarrass yourself on a blog posting all about what we should have known years ago!

On a lighter note Official B-BALL Practice starts in 2 days and I can blog about what this blog was made for BASKET BALL SEASON!!!

Kagers gets married in 7 days!

And a give-away on my blog in October!!!





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