Y Sports

My parents have an interesting story . . . I like to say when they found each other the North met the South.  Literally, my Mom's side is from Canada; my Dad's from Arizona.  Their ancestors' graves ~ Coleman & Wing ~ even face each other w/ the dividing line in Lehi.  My Dad's ancestors are buried clear down Utah into AZ while my Mom's up north into Canada).  They met on a blind date at BYU.  My Mom's roommate, it turned out, was her future brother-in-law's sister, Barbara Benson Walker.  Someone my Mom knew well at college was a man who had a movie made about his mission:  The Other Side of Heaven!  (She says she remembers him telling her the story of his being capsized in the ocean).

Ken & Barbie
(Kenney & Barbara)

My beautiful Mom!

 I am the youngest of their four (two boys & two girls).  It's interesting that two of us are tall blondes w/ blue eyes (both born on a 24) while the other two are short brunettes w/ brown eyes (I'd like to say both born on 5's, but I happened to decide to be two-hrs late . . . as usual ~ story of my life)!  

ALL of us went to BYU!  True blue ~ Go Cougars!!  Yes, we have all had our share of enjoying the games live in the Stadium.  That's one thing I really miss about BYU, about college life in general.  In fact, my late teens-early 20's were some of the best yrs in my life.  If I could go back . . .

Anyway, my parents (& fam) always loved sports growing up.  They used to have it on all of the time. I actually really love watching football (any team).  Half-way thru my 20's (after nearly marrying a professional European soccer player) I met a friend whose fam not only loved to play soccer, but also basketball.  She could throw it like nobody I knew!  We used to play together once in a while (after sticking soccer & basketball stickers on me during Institute).  I really miss playing tennis w/ her & throwing a football.  I'll tell ya ~ some other sports that I like . . . ping pong, softball (my bro loves to attend the Boston Red Sox & Orioles games ~ after all he got his MBA from Harvard after graduating as a Valedictorian ABYUSA President under Elder Jeffry R. Holland).  It was interesting, too, to learn my bro gave a speech on the importance of our U.S. Constitution only to find out yrs later we actually descend thru one of its signers: Jacob Broom.  I was fortunate in that I not only graduated w/ two degrees from that school, but also got to date another one of its ASBYU Student Body Pres's who, I found out later, used my bro's slogan:  Winning w/ You!

Growing up we had a pool table in our basement, so I enjoy doing that.  Speaking of pool . . . I also really love swimming after posing like a jelly fish at my best friend's house eating unlimited crab in their cabana every summer.  We used to roller skate every weekend among other things.  But I have to say my fav is dancing!  I think I missed my calling in life being dancer, or at least an ice dancer as I thoroughly enjoy watching pairs.  I've been skiing a few times, tho I'm not a pro.  Used to love kickball, flag football, & dodge ball at school.  Believe me, I could outsmart those boys.  'Course speaking of grade school . . . I have to admit my fav sport was always "kissin' tag."  & who could ever give up swinging?!!  Man, I miss those money bars.

Btw, I have one thing to ask . . . would you wear U'r sch's fav Snuggie?!!  ;-)