If I do say so myself, I took the BEST picture of Jake Gibb serving!! With the digital cameras these days you have to time it just right! He was playing with Phil Dalhausser--who was the Gold Medalist at the Olympics--on this particular game. The tournament was the 'King of the Beach!' Which means you play with different people to see which ONE single person is the best!
I finally got a picture of my kids with the Olympian, Jake Gibb!!
When Jake and Jane Gibb found out we were going to the AVP Crocs Volleyball Tour in Glendale, AZ they offered us tickets to get in FREE!! We were so excited to be able to see Jake play in person! We were already going to be in Phoenix because of the Diamondbacks game we went to on Friday night so it was going to work out perfect!
We had forgotten how HOT it is in Phoenix even in September!! We have been having 73 to 77 degree days here in Flagstaff. So I knew we would be able to wear shorts and short sleeve shirts but it was 100 degrees!! Even with shorts and short sleeve shirts it is so dang HOT!! Luckily I found a sunscreen stick in the bottom of the diaper bag so we could at least protect our faces!
If you look closely you can see sweat dripping off of all of us!! ;)
Jake did so great and had been winning ALL his preliminary games!! So we decided to stick around for the FINALS that evening! It was so much cooler without the sun beating down on us!
We had so much fun!! Kerby caught a free shirt--it says 'Bud Light' but it is really cute anyway!! Madison got a mini volleyball and I ALMOST caught a second one but hey--I am not left handed and couldn't catch it in my left hand!! (I was holding Payton in my right arm!)
We bought 3 small volleyballs for the kids and Jake was so great helping the kids get them signed by the players! He even took them back into the player's tent!! Nice guy!!
Between the morning and the evening sessions we took a break and headed over to the shopping district next door. They had a splash center for the kids! They got soaked!! It was good though because we had been so HOT!!
Taylor is in the black tank. Emerie is in the pink skorts--SOAKED!!
Maddie and Payton both have light blue shorts on!
We got a bunch of pictures and a bunch of signatures on their volleyballs! We got Stein Metzger (Jake's old partner from a few years ago) who Jake got to chose to play with in the finals!
We got a picture of Phil Dalhausser right before Jake pulled him aside to get him to sign the girls' volleyballs!
We never did get Kerri Walsh's signature--she was busy most of the night and when we did catch her she was always on the move and not signing autographs! But we got a side picture!
Jake did not end up taking home the title of King of the Beach but we still had a great time!!
We were there most of the day and night but the kids actually did pretty well!! They were troopers!! I think the yellow bang sticks they passed out during the finals helped keep them occupied!! :)
8 comments:
Great pictures! What a great weekend!
What a great experience you had. You are always doing fun things with your family . . . I love that about you . . . you're very active and very motivating.
how awesome! we would love to see some of that live. but i still don't understand why the girls wear string bikinis, i mean seriously, what's up with a sport where half your hiney is hanging out? although...i wish i could get away with wearing the suit! :) glad you had a good time.
We LOVED going to the AVP Crocs Tour! I don't think they're coming to Vegas this time around, though, so we're kinda bummed about that! How fun that you were well taken care of there too!
you are so lucky. what a fun and busy day. i miss volleyball so much. i wish i could go back in time. i love arizona too. i am super homesick. i cant wait until oct. i have a volleyball in my garage signed by some beach players but i dont think any of them play anymore it was that long ago:) that is funny that it was so hot. how soon you forget huh?
What fun! I love the pictures, too. You guys are so lucky to be friends with celebs! :o)
It looks like you guys had a FUN and HOT time! How fun to know such COOL people!
You are going to be addicted to going to volleyball games. We just love them! So glad you had fun!
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