PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS!!!!!

WE JUST GOT BRENDEN HIS MONTHLY HAIRCUT, EXCEPT IT WENT WAY BEYOND MONTHLY THIS TIME.... NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY!  ANYWAY THIS IS THE WAY HE LIKES TO ROCK HIS HAIR, HE CALLS IT A BUBBA CUT A 1 ALL AROUND.... I KEEP BEGGING FOR SPIKES (IT LOOKS SO CUTE ON HIM) BUT HE HATES HAIR GEL AND LIKES TO KEEP IT SIMPLE... WELL AT LEAST HE CAN ROCK THE NO HAIR LOOK!
LOOKING THROUGH SOME PICS FROM DECEMBER AND COULD NOT RESIST THIS HAPPY FACE!  THIS IS KAIDYN PRETTY MUCH 90% OF THE TIME!  NOW ALL SHE NEEDS IS SOME PRETTY LONG HAIR!!!
BROOKE BONNY FOR ALL YOU WARRIOR FOLLOWERS SHE IS GETTING SO BIG SHE IS 4 NOW AND IN AS SHE SAYS "PRE - K"!  AND CUTIE DEVYN SHE LOVES BROOKIE A LOT!!
I HOPE FOR THIS MY WHOLE LIFE SISTERS WHO CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER IN THE GOOD AND THE BAD, AND WHEN YOU JUST NEED A PLACE FOR YOUR HEAD!  

NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT COCO (THAT IS WHAT DEVYN CALLS HER) IS DEVYN'S FAVORITE!!
ELYSE BIECHELE  GUARD 5'11 SOPHOMORE

So I have been trying to decide which player I was going to highlight first and well, since today is Elyse's birthday it seemed only right!  Elyse is amazing, the type of girl you hope your young daughter becomes, she is mature, kind, and works incredibly hard!  In a nutshell on her own birthday Elyse brings cupcakes for the whole team, she decorated each of them special and each girl's cupcake had their name on it.... what a great kid!  I sort of nicknamed Elyse Bull, because when she plays she is like a bull in a china cabinet.... aggressive, going hard, breaking anything in her path!  I have already had quite a few former Troy players at our Mater Dei games and they have all said that Elyse is their favorite player on the team!  She is focused, supportive and into the game from warm ups to end buzzer!  Elyse stays after practice everyday, working on her game and is committed to being a better player everyday!  She is funny, sweet, and most of all ALWAYS HUNGRY! You will never see this girl wasting food and wont stand for others to do it either!  

BIG GAME TOMORROW NIGHT SEMI FINALS AT OCEANVIEW 730P COME OUT AND MEET ELYSE AND THE REST OF THE LADY MONARCHS!!!

Teamwork - No one gets ahead, no one falls behind.... We are ALL rewarded!!

Be Happy- Have Smiles

Christine or Coach Collins

HOLA!!! PICTURES TO FOLLOW MAYBE TOMORROW :0)

Sorry party people I am lame!  I kept putting off my blog because I have had no time to up load pics from the camera and all those little time sucking things that make me procrastinate to no end!  Well here we are the team is in the PLAYOFFS!!!  We just finished quarter finals last night and that victory put us into a semi final clash against the Spartans of Villa Park on Saturday night at OceanView high school in Huntington Beach at 7:30p for all of you loyal followers that want to come cheer us on!!  There is history in the game 1. Being the head coaches at Villa Park are near and dear friends Johnny and Kim Torres both worked and coached at Troy with us... plus it was not that long ago that our Troy and Villa Park teams were battling for a CIF title.. whoa!  I do have to throw a shout out congrats to the Torres family on their super cute new addition Huston Torres big brother Kole is pumped I am sure! Anyway last night's battle was against the Laguna Hills Hawks... we pretty much overwhelmed them with our speed, intensity, depth, and over all pressure!  Freshman Jordan Adams was not much of a freshman last night!  Adams racked up 18pts 9 rebounds and 6 assists.... we love freshies that can do that!  Kaleena Lewis the super soph threw down 15 pts and 7 rebounds in about 2 quarters of play because of a head butt to her left eye... she still knocked down some deep threes after the incident... keep aiming for the basket in the middle!  So I thought I would start doing a player highlight everyday until the playoffs are over so that way you guys get to know the girls a little better !

My kiddies are amazing!  Brenden just finished his basketball season, the poor guys lost the championship game on Sunday but they did a great job all year, the shots were just not falling... we are proud of Bubba for his hard work and how much better he got this year!  Last week when they won the game that got them in the championship we were "hey bubba you are playing for the championship on Sunday!"  his reply "yes, but we are playing Norwalk and they are a formidable opponent!"  Wow he is 8 and talks like regularly!  That is my boy!  Camryn also finished her season last Saturday she is a little bummed she really enjoys the sport, she had a great year and finished in first place for her division in the tri star competition and made some really good friends... now it is off to swimming for the both of them and softball for Camryn and Bubba is making us sign him up for Karate!  Devyn is crazy!  She is so into Pokeman right now it is hilarious!  What three old girl likes Pokeman, only my crazy cracker!  She loves Jiggly Puff and goes around singing her little tune!  She went to Disneyland on Tuesday and had a blast, thanks Christina!  So I have had a great chance to see a few former players play the last couple of weeks, Renee, Olivas, Jenna, and Sam in FJC vs OCC match up went out to dinner with Kath and the Bonnys and then headed over to OCC to catch the game... they have all gotten better and should be ready to move onto the next level!  Saw Lauren Sims play at LBSU she is still nailing threes and taking names!  Not to mention she made the ESPN all academic team 4.0 biology major heck yes!  CJ Bubba, Kaidyn and I caught Jaclyn Blieds game on Tuesday at Vanguard, she is still doing all the little things that won us championships at Troy, hitting huge threes, grabbing boards, d'ing people up....LOVED IT!

KAIDYN  is growing to fast before my very eyes!  I will post some more recent pics of her this Saturday.... she has two very prominent teeth on the bottom and two more trying to fight their way through!  She is sitting up so good on her own and rolling all over the place to get to and from!  She is a laughter, a smiler, an all around great baby YEAH!  Well, the bell is about to ring and I got to head to practice, just wanted to throw a little bit out there because it has been to dang long!  

Everyday, every action, word, and expression is scrutinized... studied, learned... all that we as parents put out there on a daily basis is exactly what we get back from those little guys that live with us.. little eyes are always watching make it a movie worth repeating!!!  

I WOULD RATHER SEE A SERMON EVERYDAY THAN HEAR ONE!

Love and Smiles,

Christine

WHAT A WEEK!

 I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF LITTLE KAIDYN! BEST BABY ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE IS HELD!

ME AND MY BABY GIRL HANGING OUT, WE BOTH LIKE TO SPORT THE COLOR PINK!

THESE THREE ARE PRETTY TIGHT!  DEVYN PRETTY MUCH THINKS HER BIG BRO AND SIS ARE THE COOLEST THING EVER!

THIS IS WHAT MAKES ME SMILE!  DOPE BENCH!  THIS IS WHERE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ARE MADE, AND WHY OTHER PEOPLE ROOT FOR YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE GIRLS LIKE THESE!!!

This might be my favorite picture of the year!  That is why I love that guy all that passion, fire, and commitment, he brings it every day!  The other highlight of this picture is that amazing girl on the bottom Elyse B. she is pretty much a fan favorite and you can see she has that same passion, fire, and commitment... every day!

So yeah we had quite a week! As mentioned in the last post I really felt that the girls were in a rut... so we started a new tradition had a great talk about finding the joy in what you do, and seriously I think a lot of it had to do with the girls seeing the end is near and fearing it at the same time, well the girls took off!  We had senior night on Tuesday vs Santa Margarita and the girls were all over the place!  Jordan was throwing full court dimes, Ko was being Ko, we were trapping and sliding, high fiving, and the team threw in 12 threes!  everyone was on fire!  On Fire the most though, was our bench!  They were amazing and everyone in the stands saw it!  Shout out to our super fan, Dana Vasquez, and our great spirit Anamativa Grey for coming to see us... it was a great night and I am super sad to be know how close were are to the journey coming to an end with Lyndsay, Megan, Mya and Haugie!!!  Friday we had our anticipated showdown with Cajon from San Bernandino,  probably have the best senior in California on their team and they were very pumped to come into our house and pull off a victory!  Not to be had by them this time around though!  It was a great opportunity for the girls to see regardless of our talent we have a little ways to go to reach our goals for the end of this season! Shout out to my best friend and college teammate Stephanie Townsed for coming to the game, Dana and her papa Mr. Vasquez, the Fonger and his girls (who cheered the whole game with CJ),  Geri C. and not to be forgotten the NEABORS CLAN was in the house on pappas birthday no less thanks guys it was awesome seeing you! Highlights.... well Ko exerting her will in the second half and scoring 21 points, Rocky straight up D-ing that girl though she scored 28pts I really think only 6 of those were on Rock!  Jordan again throwing those beautiful long for lay up passes and giving you the finger point when you lay it in, Alexyz off the bench and igniting for points, steals, and rebounds right away, and Haugen knocking down threes and communicating every step of the way, and Mya who was probably the best player out there the first six minutes of the game!  So we didn't blow them out like we should have but we did some good things and learned some things as well!

The kids have been doing good, the little girls have been battling a bad cough and fever.... Devyn thinks she is a beautiful princess "mommy I am not ugly I am beautiful... and a princess" oh brother where did this girl come from???  Kaidyn has two solid teethies broken in and her favorite thing is to dance, she loves to be sung to and swung around!  Camryn is starting softball practice this week she is so excited and in her words" mom, I am really working on my three pointer and left hand"  ha ha she is 7 can she even reach the three point line?  Brenden has been an amazing helper and has been doing a good job of learning to be my muscle, carrying bags in and of the house to and from the car, helping with the little girls, holding doors for us as he would say "ladies first..." we will get an amazing gentleman from him yet!  Our favorite show as a family... American Idol, the kids love to watch Malcolm in the Middle with daddy, their favorite song "Emotions" from the Mamma Mia sound track mine is "You will go far" by Offspring.

Is anyone out there watching Lost?  Oh my!!  

So here is my thought for the day... mommys and daddys you get these little guys for such a short time my thinking is God gave them to you pretty perfect, an image of him my only job is TO DO NO HARM and to love them, be their parent, teach them discipline, and to know that it is their journey and their life and you are just a background guide teaching them to walk on their own two feet!  

I would rather see a sermon everyday then hear one!

 BE HAPPY, HAVE SMILES

CHRISTINE