**this will be a major picture overload**
A few months ago, my grandma had asked if we wanted to make the trip up north to attend the Utah Sports Hall of Fame - Jerry Sloan was being inducted. We jumped at the chance to attend since we've never had the opportunity to attend, the only problem was it was on a Wednesday. My mom volunteered to stay home and help with the kids so Nick and I could go up along with my dad.
Wednesday morning we headed north - we had to unload a trailer full of Kirstin's stuff since she was moving into her new townhouse. We got that done and got ready for the big shin-dig!
The banquet was held at the Energy Solutions Arena down on the main floor. We weren't sure what to expect so when we got there we just hung out and looked at pictures then we started seeing all the famous people coming in! The first hour was a mingling session - shaking hands, small chit chat and getting pictures - we got pics with Mark Eaton (he was a giant), Jeff Hornacek, Jerry Sloan, Phil Johnson, Natalie Williams, Rod Zundel (channel 5 sportscaster), the Jazz Bear (was crazy), and Tyrone Corbin.
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| we were table 16 |
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| nick & sidney lowe |
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| coach jerry sloan |
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| natalie williams (and she's not wearing heels) |
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| mark eaton |
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| this pic cracks me up!!! |
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| delaun, phil johnson, grandpa & bart |
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| nick & i with tyrone corbin |
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| jeff hornacek |
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| goof balls! |
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| stephanie & grandpa |
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| the crazy jazz bear signing pics for the kids |
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| rod zundel |
After the meet and greet we got settled into our table which was front and center. We looked over and saw John Stockton standing there - Kasey was like a little kid in a candy store! We had a delicious turkey dinner and enjoyed watching people come up to grandpa to shake his hand or get a picture with him. All the old ladies loved him!!!
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| love my sister!!! |
So during dinner, Kasey just couldn't contain himself... I could see this little grin on his face throughout dinner. He had brought a jersey to try and get signed by Stockton (we heard he's not a fan of signing things) - well Kasey went to the restroom so we told Kirst just go ask him to sign it. She was nervous and usually she's game for anything. Pretty soon she got up and walked right over to Stockton and came back with a signed jersey!!!
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| what a brave girl!!!! |
Frank Layden was the master of ceremonies and he was such a crack up! I really enjoyed listening to him and his stories. Here are the inductees of 2011: Annette Ausseresses - softball, Phil Johnson - basketball, Natalie Williams - basketball/volleyball, Doug Toole - football official and Jerry Sloan - baskeball.
My cute grandpa is one of the 2 living original inductees from 1970. He would stand and give his wave to the audience whenever his name was called. It was such an honor to be there with him and see how many people still come up to him and call him "The Champ!"
After dinner we took a b-line to meet John Stockton and get a picture with him. He was really nice and Kasey finally got his picture taken with his basketball idol.
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| we wanted to touch frank layden's athletic supporter!!! |
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| sister of the century right here!!! |
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| the signature! |
So I totally had to put this picture on here to have proof that I actually wore high heels!!! I never wear heels, let alone own any. I had to borrow these from Kirst so I looked dressed up... I was just prayin I didn't break an ankle that night. By the end of the night, they were off and I was running across the street bare foot!
Thanks Grandma & Grandpa for letting us have the opportunity to be part of such a wonderful evening . We really had a great time and I'm so honored to have such an AMAZING grandpa!
