Nail Biter!

I am a March Madness freakaziod! And, today was the start. Other than some office work I needed to do for my business today, and running up here to post this after the BYU game, all I have done so far is sit on the couch and eat pizza and watch ball games. Did I mention I LOVE March Madness?

Our beloved Brigham Young University Cougars opened up against Florida. Yikes! The game ended a little over an hour ago after going into double overtime. The Cougs pulled it out! Jimmer Fredette (shown in photo) had 36 points! WOWZERS!

My Dawson LOVES the Cougars. One of his best friend's older brother, Tyler Haws plays for BYU. Quite often TJ invites Dawson to the games. One time after a game, he got photos taken with many of the BYU players. He was so excited about it. Here is one of Dawson and Jimmer Fredette (Did I mention he scored 36 points today? Oh yeah, I did. lol). Dawson takes great pride in noticing that he is only a couple inches shorter than Jimmer. I love the pink on the BYU uniform. This was National Cancer Awareness week. BYU wore pink on their uniforms and pink Nikes to play in (they were one of 3 teams in the country selected by Nike to do so) that game. BYU's coach, Dave Rose, has battled pancreatic cancer this past year.

A Big Raspberry for You

Now I am really MAD! Yes, March Madness Mad. I went from 2nd place in our family bracket pool to 6th in a matter of days. This weekend killed me. I am so MAD at Duke and Memphis that words cannot express the "Madness." I am not speaking to either of these coaches nor any of the team members ever again. Yeah, like I did all the time anyway. I had both of these teams in the championship game. The good news is that I am so mad at them that I have now forgiven my beloved BYU for getting beat out in the first round...again. I have accepted the fact that I will not be winning the bracket, nor will I be awarded my favorite treat this year (Mrs. Cavanaugh's milk chocolate caramels). I am also happy that my missionary son, Easton is in 7th place. Ha! That makes me feel much better. He won last year while on his mission and not even seeing the basketball season. How does that happen? He was sure he would kick some Pedersen tushie again this year, but that is not happenin'! I have a feeling I will be back to winning status again next year. 2010 feels like my year. In the meantime, any of you who have NC, UConn, Michigan State and/or Villanova in your final four get a big, huge raspberry from me. And not the kind in the picture. Aren't I a graceful loser?