Apologies to the Mouse 🐁 down in Orlando but I think that the happiest place on Earth 🌎 is at a Buc-ees store !!!

We took a minute to celebrate that the Duke Women won 🏆 the ACC outright with a little help from the Fighting Irish !

It’s time for the First Pitch of Day 3 at the Beehive Softball Classic! We celebrate the Birthday 🎂 of Miss Laiken Burnett with four Softball games ➕ four Hoops games ➕ 2 Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball games ⚾️ with some help from Lin & Mr Gallimore!10 Games in 1 Day…Make that 12 after adding UT Baseball ⚾️ x 2

The updates will be more sparse for the opening game as Lin needs my phone to watch the Duke – UVA Men’s Basketball 🏀 game….

I have my Phone 📱 back now that Lin is done watching 👀 the 77-51 victory over the Cavaliers.

Bill Gallimore is in the 🏠🏚🏡 at Furman University for Alyssa Ervin and the Lady Paladins !

Game 1 here went to Utah as the Utes scored 2 in the second and added two later in their 4-0 victory over Southern Utah University. Quickly played opener for sure.

12:27 – 64° is your temp and the Utes are the home team.

Furman University up 5 with 2 minutes left in the first half ! Kiddo with 7

Bottom of the 2nd at Softball, still scoreless.

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈🎁 to Laiken Burnett !!! This young Lady followed in the footsteps of her Big Brother. Lance by representing The Hill over four years that would make any Parent smile 😃.

Glenn and Mom 👩❤ have something going on with that Parenting thing !!

The Utes just added a bases clearing triple and have plated NINE here in the bottle of the 2nf…

Quite possibly the best 20:00 of the season for the Lady Paladins !!!!!!!

Getting out of the Hot 🔥 Sun 🌞 for a bit as well head into Burns Arena for the final time. Women’s Basketball 🏀 and its the two local teams squaring off !

Lin captured the uncontested opening jump as two Trailblazers were in there just for a moment. Story on that if I find it.

Two remaining Softball games to be played today.

Game 1 of 2 from New Albany was a setback but we were taking our cuts all the way until the 27th out !!!

Trying hard to keep track of 10…..

2 Softball finals, 2 Hoops Finals and 1 Baseball final! At 2:12 pm MT we are exactly half way through each category !

SUU Women trying to claim part of the WAC regular season crown 👑

Burns Arena = Pretzel Bites and White Cheddar Cheese 🧀!!

At the half, we have a bit of a stunner brewing as UT leads BIG , 44-32 (2:44 MT)

Utah Tech is 3 -13 in the WAC but they have righted the ship 🚢 as of late by winning 2 of 3.

Media TO in the 3rd (4:23), Trailblazers leading 51-40….

65 – 47 after 3rd…#SeniorDay

Final #6 out of 10 shows our Golden Bears 🐻 ran into a buzz saw on the mound..

Final #7 is all about the Lady Trailblazers!!!!

Still to chase – 2 Softball and 1 Men’s Basketball 🏀

Northern Colorado is the visitors today. UT leads 5-2 in the 3rd

Game #10/13 turned into a true Slugfest!!!!!!

Thunderbirds Men return the favor by protecting their 🏡🏠🏡!!

What a WILD finish to a kong sports day !!!! Wildcats plate 🍽 3 in the top f the 7th only to have the Trailblazers do the same in the bottom – Walk 🚶‍♂️ Off !!!!!

Good Night Utah, you were such a gracious 💗 Host for 90Days

When you don’t have the Proper MOJO to chase your Goals for the Day, do it anyway !

After creating today’s Morning Brew, I told myself that the 15,000 steps 🚶‍♂️ weren’t going to just magically appear on the counting App.

One hour later, 6000 down and just 9000 to go. God’s scenery 🙏 helped the cause !

Just 3 random shots taken along the way.

The job of keeping the Love 💘 flowing for 3 hours each year at the Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 Classic is well worth the effort, even when it involves multiple Flights ✈️

The opportunity to work alongside Vickey Ritchie and her network of kind hearted souls ♥ that make up the Carroll County Special Olympics Basketball program is Priceless.

This past Sunday was the latest time and despite having to postpone the event twice and a less than desirable weather day outside, the Hillsville Elementary School Gym was full of Love and Electricity. From start to finish, roughly three hours worth of exactly what we hoped to accomplish 🙏.

Yes, Vickey Ritchie is the 🙎‍♀️ Face of the Day and I’m the voice, the amount of people it took to accomplish this is a long one.

Being that saying Thank You 🙏 is one of my favorite things to do, Why not give it a shot….

Thank You to the folks at Hillsville Elementary School 🏫 for their support in both the use of their facility but also for having some staff on hand to help guide people to the right place !

Thank You to everyone who participated in being ” The Crowd “. The trick to the day when you are holding the 🎤🎙🎤 is to constantly be reading the room to see just how much I had to do on my own versus what the crowd would bring ??? The crowd was AWESOME, from start to finish 👏

Thank You to our very own SRO Chris Mabry for absolutely crushing the National Anthem to get the day started for us 🇺🇸.

Thank You to Mr Ron Cochran, Ethan Richardson and CC Mitchell for being our three officials ! Can’t play Hoops without them.

Thank You to each and every person who played the role of Unified Partner during the 12 quarters of Basketball. Patrick Smith, DJ Delp and Dr David McPherson to name a few but there were many more. As Vickey says, the goal is to have the Partners blend in with the players and support them in a manner that is a MUST have for this to work.

Thank You to the trio of young Ladies that stepped up to help Coach the four teams !

While Velvet Leonard is the one that I have personally interacted with the most during my six years here, I would like to say Thank You to EVERYONE who took a Photo 📷 or a Video 📹 Sunday afternoon. Because so many people did this the flow of the 💘 has poured on for days and days.

Thank You to my 👰 if 41 years for both picking me up from the Airport, once I finally made it 🏡 and for her understanding of how important it was to try once again to be there for Vickey and her Athletes.

Thank You to those who invested their time in working the Snack tables, the game clock ⏰ and the scoring book 📖.

Thank You to the folks that helped Vickey both set up the Gymnasium and then put it back together afterwards.

Thank You to everyone able to park on the far side of the building to make it easier for those who needed the shorter walk 🚶‍♂️.

Thank You to Money 💰 Talley for the opportunity to stand by him as he soaked in the excitement of the day in a manner that resembled a Sponge 🧽 soaking up water 💧.

Thank God for Blessing me with a Skill Set 🙏 that allows me to do the things that I do as I March through Life trying hard to bring joy to others.

Finally, Thank You, Vickey Ritchie for entrusting me to be your Voice for everything you stand for !

The old saying that it takes a village is very true and the Village needs a strong, strong leader to guide the way. And in this case, our Leader has a Voice to assist her on her journey !