MSU

I love love love love the Spartan bball team and Tom Izzo! Every year they make me so proud. No matter what their season looked like they still manage to pull it together and make it an exciting March Madenss! I can’t say it as well as this article on ESPN.com can so I will let it do the talking.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Michigan State was up by nine points with two minutes left. The Spartans had dominated the entire game. And then things went completely bonkers. Maryland went on a 10-0 run to take the lead with 36 seconds left.

It was one of the great comebacks in NCAA tournament history. And then it wasn't.

Draymond Green jumper gave the Spartans back the lead with 20 seconds left.

A drive from Greivis Vasquez took it back for Maryland with six seconds left.

And -- with both sides of the arena staring in disbelief -- sophomore guard Korie Lucious, who was filling in for the injured Kalin Lucas, ripped a 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave Michigan State an 85-83 victory in the second round of the Midwest Regional.

First, how many programs can beat a quality team in the NCAA tourney with two starting guards out with injuries?

Maybe the sort of team that's headed to its third straight Sweet 16, whose coach is 15-3 in second-round games and has made five Final Fours in 11 seasons.

That would be Tom Izzo and Michigan State, which looked every bit like a threat to make another Final Four.

Some thoughts:
Michigan State played the entire second half without two-time All-Big Ten point guard Lucas, who reinjured his ankle in the first half. Guard Chris Allen only played four minutes -- one in the second half -- due to a sprained foot. The only remaining healthy staring guard did a fairly good job picking up the slack: Durrell Summers scored 26 points, hitting six of eight 3-pointers.

The Spartans dominated the boards, outrebounding the Terrapins 33-20.

Lucious deserves plenty of credit, and not just because of his final shot. With Lucas and Allen out, he became the primary ball-handler. While the Terps full-court press gave the Spartans some trouble, Lucious did a solid job running the offense and finished with 13 points and two assists.

crazy hair

snow

I never posted these snow pictures so here they are.

Camille's happy dance

This is supposed to be a video of Camille's happy dance but somehow the wonderful camera man missed that part. It's still pretty cute of her though.

Camille in Av's crocs

Look at this little girl. What a mess, a cute mess though. She has Av's crocs on and was very pleased with herself for being able to get them on. She walked around in them forever. I finally pulled out Av's first pair of crocs. The fit pretty well. She loves them but I had to hide them because she still could not walk all that well in them and she threw a fit when I tried to take them off and put other shoes on her.

av's fav outfit

Here is Av's favorite outfit! This picture was taken one beautiful afternoon after school. The PJ’s were way too warm from what the temp was but she didn’t care. If these PJ’s are clean as soon as she gets home from school she wants to put them on. She likes the rain boots but it’s the PJ’s that are the important part. The rain boots are just the only shoes that fit over the PJ’s so they are worn to complete the look.

11 weeks

I am still sick. Ugh. Better than I was but still feeling it. It is more like afternoon sickness for me. I was never this sick with Av or Camille. It is no fun. I am starting to get a belly though and that is very exciting. Very cute too. We are starting to tell people and so it is all seeming more real. I have several high school friends pregnant with their first right now and it is just so crazy to me that I am pregnant with my third! Soon we will have to start looking at mini vans….(this is me crying about that). That was my only hang up about having a third. I didn’t/don’t want a mini van. It’s pretty much the only way to go though I have been hearing. I never really thought I would be a mini van mom of 3. Back in high school and college I thought I was more career driven than mom driven. Guess not. It’s pretty neat where life takes you.