Set-Up and Rockies!

Today was our set-up day to prepare for the tournament rounds that will be occurring the rest of the week. We started off at 6 am this morning by hitting the course and setting some hole locations out in front of the member play. After completing the hole locations, we unpacked our trailer and began setting up Headquarters and Ops HQ.

To round out our morning tasks, Camille and I prepped all of the banners and put them up while the boys filled all of the sand bottles, buckets, and tent bags. While they delivered all of these items around the course, Camille and I cleaned coolers so that we could head to lunch. After a quick lunch, we were back to work putting out POP frames, trash/recycling bins, and staking/roping off areas. After a hard day of work and really pushing to get things done, we were able to leave about 3:30 this afternoon and heading back to our host families to get ready for our big adventure this evening!

We headed out about 4:45 or so to catch the Colorado Rockies v. San Francisco Giants game in Denver this evening. We had seats that were in the outfield, just off of the left field line, and 22 rows up! It was a great view of the game and it was a BEAUTIFUL night for baseball! :) Here is our view:

Our schedule for the rest of the week is pretty relaxing compared to a lot of other tournaments and I am really looking forward to spending some quality time with my teammates before we all head for home at the end of the week. Tomorrow starts our relaxation time as we will begin our day at the course at 11:30 am! Time to get some sleep and take advantage of our sleep-in day! Night all!!

We Have Arrived...

After an approximately 13 hour drive through the heart of the Midwest, we have arrived in Longmont, Colorado, just outside of Denver. This was quite an impressive trip as Team 3 was able to make it to a destination without getting lost, having car troubles, and avoiding any delays whatsoever! Glad it only took us 10 times to get it right! haha

There wasn't too much excitement today other than our arrival and a wonderful car ride with plenty of jam sessions and naps along the way! I promise to get some pictures up of the mountains tomorrow...they were absolutely gorgeous with the sun setting as we drove in tonight! :)

But, we are back to work at 6 am so I had better get some sleep! So, from Colorado, have a great night! :) 

9 down....1 to go!

Who would have ever guessed that we would make it to this point?!

After 11 weeks of traveling, it is almost time to depart on our roadtrip to our final tournament site. But, before that happens in the morning, we had to say goodbye to two of our teammates this evening....Sydnee and Sydney are headed home after this week and today was their last day! :( We are definitely going to miss them this next week....Team 3 just won't be complete! Here is our team picture that we took this evening... apparently the boys are just too embarrassed to be around us....oh well! haha

Well, we hit the road bright and early tomorrow and I suppose I had better start packing! Next time you hear from me, it will be from good ole' COLORADO!!! Sooo excited for this one!! :)

Lambert's...

"The Home of the Throwed Roll!"

That was the location of our wonderful dinner tonight! :) I know that the majority of my blog posts have included food recently...but that is because we have had some AWESOME meals!

The location of our dinner tonight was a building that resembled both a Cracker Barrel and a restaurant that I talked about when we were in Weston - Jackson's. The restaurant was adorned in old-fashioned/rustic things and the food was in a typical 'homemade' style. I had a delicious piece of meatloaf, a baked potato, some green beans, some tomato/macaroni mix, and - the most important part - a couple of throwed rolls!

This was honestly the best part of the meal. The employees walked around with a bunch of different sides that you could choose from, on top of the sides that come with your meal. There was black eyed peas, fried okra, the tomato/macaroni mix, some fried potatoes, and then...the rolls! They would walk out of the kitchen every couple of minutes and let out a yell of "HOOOOT ROLLLLSSS!" Out of nowhere, everyone's hands would shoot in the air and the server would start chucking rolls across the dining room! It was the hit of the night and I am pretty sure that we saved every roll that came our way! Can't waste pure goodness! :)

Other than dinner, today was a pretty typical day on the course....nothing too exciting to report. As for my evening, it is time to get off the computer and lay in bed and catch up on my Olympic coverage! :)

Hope everyone has a great night!!! :)

OLYMPICS!!!!!

Today was the first round of our tournament here in Springfield, Missouri. I was lucky enough to get to start half of the field today and it was a blast getting to know a lot of the juniors and talk about their summer and their plans for the fall. It is crazy to think that I first worked with some of these golfers almost 10 weeks ago at Steelwood! Where has time gone?!

In addition, today we hosted our social activity for the week and played SNAG Golf once again. It is so much fun to see how much the juniors enjoy hitting tennis balls at our staff members in velcro suits! Definitely makes the job worth it! We also played Quick Golf, where the players work in teams of two to play three "short" holes as fast as possible. The catch is that the players must alternate who takes the shot and we were using rubber "golf balls." We had an odd number of juniors show up, so I joined one of the golfers who has been at our tournaments the last 3 weeks. It was a blast to team up with her as we literally ran around the golf course trying to get the ball in the hula hoops as fast as possible! I have been saying that I want to start running and hitting golf balls throughout this week and next week. Who knew that the first time I either ran or hit balls would be at the same time! haha I have never had so much fun sprinting in 100 degree temperatures! Props to the juniors for helping the staff members feel like kids all over again! :)

After we were done for the day, we headed back to the hotel and I was able to shower and get packed up for tomorrow before we even went to dinner. After grabbing a quick dinner, I headed back to the hotel just in time to catch the start of the gymnastics team competition and their awesome routines!!

It was a great to have a night to just hang out and watch some Olympics and chat with friends! Thanks Katie for the phone conversation --- it is great to catch up with everyone and it is making me sooooooooooo excited to head home in just a week or so!! Miss everyone and can't wait to see you all VERY soon!!!! :)

Night all!!!

Well Then...

So today was 'Big Monday' - one of the more hectic days in the AJGA schedule. We had a Junior-Am this morning, a practice round this afternoon, and then wrapped up the day with Player Registration and Player/Parent meetings this evening. It was a long day as we left the hotel at 5:40 this morning and then got back about 10 tonight, after grabbing a great dinner!

Even with all of that, I am comfortable saying that this was one of the most enjoyable and fun days that I have experienced this summer! I can't pinpoint why I say that as most of them have been absolutely amazing...but I am going to venture and say that it was due to the impressive teamwork that occurred throughout the day. We were able to knock out some tasks in mere minutes that would have taken us over an hour just a couple of weeks ago. It is amazing to see how far we have come, and I think that makes this last week and a half that much more special.

In addition, dinner tonight was a hoot and it was great to just sit and laugh at complete ridiculousness after a long day on the course. I am beginning to realize how much I am going to miss everyone when the summer is over. It is hard to believe that there are just 4 short days left with Brunie and SydMack before they head home, and just another week or so with everyone else. I can honestly say that each of my teammates have taught me a whole lot about myself...crazy what one summer of 12 weeks can teach you!

With that, it is off to bed to prepare for another hot day tomorrow! I get to start the players off of the first tee...better rest up before trying to tackle some of these pronunciations! :)

100 and What?!?!

Today was our first round of golf here in Springfield and it took place on one HOT afternoon! We started the round about 1:30 this afternoon and by 2:45 we had reached the high temperature for the day - a whopping 107 degrees! Holy Crap!

Luckily, we all survived and we were able to get the round in just before 7 pm. After a 6 hole playoff and prepping banners and other signage for our early morning tomorrow, it was time to leave the course and grab some dinner.

We pulled into Arby's about 9:40 and thank goodness they had some really nice employees working who even delivered our food to our table! (It's the little things that count...right?! haha) We arrived back to the hotel about 10 or so, and after a quick chat with the one and only Krystal Marquez, it is time for bed!! Hope everyone had a great day!!! :)