USA Volleyball

Tulsa OK and USA Volleyball

Ellie

 July 2014

Ellie (13) made the continental team for the USA Volleyball...Her coach for the 10 days was from James Madison University he is top left.  the bottom picture was taken at the very end of the tournament...a proud Mommy is with Ellie!  So for 10 days we were in Tulsa Oklahoma.  We went with Dina, Jamie and Ellie.  Scott and Jamie were able to play some golf...at Southern Hills no less!!
On each hole there are three or more HUGE fans blowing like crazy, you can't even hear yourself talk...I guess it is to help keep the greens dry.  Lots of humidity in the air!

 

 

We went to the Porter Peach Festival...very down home country...and they ran out of peach cobblers!!  but we did manage to get peaches with some ice cream!

The Catholic Church in downtown Tulsa, Dina and I attended Mass there

Lots of graffiti on the walls...very cool

 Ellie's team during the 10 days.. from all over the US

A typical teenager on the phone...ha ha  Ellie thought it was pretty cool!

 

We did watch lots of volleyball, we usually went roaming a bit during the day and then came back to watch some scrimmages and such.  We stayed at a really neat hotel in downtown Tulsa called the Mayo Hotel...



 There was actually a wedding here, the ceremony took place at the top of the steps, beautiful architecture...clean and definitely a 5 star place, we really enjoyed the rooms and the restaurant.

Scott and Jamie played golf twice, Dina and I did some window shopping and found a theater one day to kill some time until the boys would be done with golfing...And when I went to pay for our tickets the price was $2.25...for both of us!!  What a bargain...we went back there several times!

And one time when we took the boys, it was senior day, so Scott and I got in for 75 cents each!!

 

Well, we are very proud of Ellie, she loves volleyball and is always asking "Papa" to go down to the gym and practice with her!  This is the second year she made the High Performance VB team for USA.  She has to keep trying out each year, it is not a given that she makes a team.  There were only 4 liberos from the US that made the Continental teams and she was on the number one team and the number one libero (that means she is a back row defense specialist and can go in and out for two different people...she can only play back row and the libero is not allowed to serve in USA rules.

 

If she decides to try out again this year and makes it we will be heading to Iowa...now Lily is possibly interested in trying out also, her age level will be playing in Las Vegas...we will see if that will work out for the girls this year.  Sure gives us a chance to see more of the United States!