Soccer Lanx

Conference weekend we went down to St. George and Las Vegas to support Lanx as her UVU team played Dixie State and UNLV. Unfortunately they lost both games. :( It was still fun to see her play though. I love when she gets pushy and aggressive because anyone who knows Lanx knows that's not like her. She's a really great player and I'm excited to be able to continue watching her throughout her college career. Here's what the Salt Lake Tribune had to say about her too:

UVSC soccer
Bluth finds her place on the fieldFormer Hillcrest standout is contributing as a freshman but is expected to gain even more playing time soon
By Ben Webster
Special to The Tribune
Article Last Updated: 10/04/2007 03:22:04 PM MDT


With a packed roster of freshmen on the UVSC women's soccer team, there are good things and a few bad things about being a first-year player.
Not only do the 12 freshmen get to go through the growing pains together, they also get a lot of playing time, though the minutes may come in losses.
The team is winless through four games.
But while some freshmen struggle to get on the field during their first year at college, former Hillcrest High soccer player Lauren Bluth is seeing more and more playing time as the season goes on.
"She's one of our best 13, 14 players," UVSC coach Brent Anderson said. "We expect her to be competing for a starting position."
Anderson also expects Bluth to contribute more than just minutes to his team.
He knows she can be a scoring leader, if not this year, soon.
"We expect her to be challenging scoring records and assist records. She's that talented and if she works hard at it she'll be scoring for us," Anderson said.
Playing midfield, she's already the first player off the bench most games, if she doesn't start the game.
And although she is getting the minutes she is still making the adjustment to playing in college.
One of the adjustments for Bluth, who earned first-team, all-region honors in her senior year by scoring 10 goals and dishing out nine assists, is not being a scoring threat yet.




"Part of the reason I'm not a scorer or shooting the ball more is because I feel like I need to be 100 percent a team player," Bluth said. "I'm starting to gain more confidence in taking people on and that will come with experience."
Anderson saw what he wanted for his team when he watched Bluth play in high school and for her club team.
"I watched her play in high school and with her club and the thing I liked is her attacking mentality. She would play defense and fly up and be a part of a goal," Anderson said.
Of course Anderson wants to see the kind of scoring production she had her senior year as soon as possible.
The veterans are getting used to playing with the younger players as well and UVSC forwards are recognizing the benefits of Bluth's efforts.
"She's good on the outside," said Jenni Clough, a junior who currently is tied for the school record in goals scored with 13. "We didn't have many outside players, I think we had two that played with us last year so it's nice to be able to mix it up."
Anderson has seen the growing pains from playing several freshmen but he is also excited about the possibilities Bluth and her young teammates will bring to the program. He said he doesn't want UVSC to be rebuilding every year like it has been doing for a number of years.
Bluth decided to go to UVSC but she wasn't sure how long she plannedto stay. After a couple of weeks she may still leave but she would like to stay all four years.
"I'm going to keep going. I still don't know what I want to do but the way it's going I don't want to change things," Bluth said.
Anderson wants the same for Bluth and the rest of his freshmen.

Impact player
* Lauren Bluth is a freshman midfielder at Utah Valley State College.
* Bluth scored 10 goals and had nine assists in her senior year at Hillcrest High School.
* Bluth has started a few games for UVSC and when she doesn't start she is usually the first player off the bench.

Saturday Adventure

Saturday Seth and I went up to the Uintah mountains to maybe go on a hike (except hiking through snow is not my fave) but we basically just walked around. We went up to Mirror, Lily, and Teapot lakes. It was gorgeous up there! Kamas was also a little charming town we drove through. Oh! and the air is so much cleaner! Seriously, Salt Lake's air quality is so gross. As we were leaving the valley on Saturday there was so much smog in the air. Sickening! We had fun though and it was great to be able to spend some time together. After the mountains we came home, I made a scrumptious Thai dinner, and we watched about six episodes of The Office. We were pooped.

Working Woman

This past week we had our Placement Interviews at work. When we were all hired (we meaning my training group) we were hired as caseworkers, but none of us knew where we would finally end up, like in which office. There are about 5 offices in the SL Valley. There aren't always vacancies when Placement Interviews come around. For instance, this time there were only three openings and there are seven people in our training group. Well, Thursday we all interviewed and I was offered one of the open positions. For the people who weren't offered positions will continue doing secondary work, which basically means they just won't be in charge of any of their own cases until another position opens up. They still get paid and everything. I was kind of hoping for the secondary work because then it'd be like extra training! Sometimes I can't believe these people are trusting ME to do this job! Anyway, I got to pick out my office and everything on Thursday. I have my own office with a door and everything! I will also be doing Permanency work. Permanency workers work with the families after the allegations of abuse or neglect have already been finished, or if a child's been removed. I work with the families and offer them any services they might need like drug treatment, or parenting classes, foster care, etc. I go to a lot of court hearings. I'm really excited to be working here! We still have five weeks left of training but it's been so fun! Oh, and this was my first day of work outfit. :)

Attn: Rachel Paulich

My cousin Rachel just started a new blog and I'm so excited! I love new bloggers. But Rach...you don't have it set up so people can leave comments! I wanted to comment on how cute Gertie is! First of all, I LOVE her name, it's the best name for a rolie polie dog like that! Check out Rachel's cute dog at rachelandbrady.blogspot.com

Stupid Checker

I know there's such thing as a spell check, but I need a stupid check. Sometimes I go back and read my posts, and I realized that I make SO many typing mistakes! It's annoying because when I read magazine or newspaper articles and they have things wrong it totally bugs and then I can't even write a paragraph without some big blunder. Sorry if you're like me and find misspellings and grammatical errors way annoying. Live with it. Love ya!

Who knew Seth was a comedian?

Today Seth and I had to speak in sacrament meeting, since we moved into a new ward and all. To say I was nervous, is a major understatement. I felt like I was going to throw up all morning! Luckily, I got through it and felt like I did ok. Seth on the other hand had people laughing so hard they were practically rolling in the isles. Ok, maybe not that hard, but serious, joke after joke, people ate it up! Seth's talk was actually very good and I was way impressed, not surprised one bit, but definitely impressed. He's funny and he's a smarty!

GO INDIANS!

Who knew I was a baseball fan?! Well I didn't until last weekend when the Indians were playing the Yankees and I got way into it! Seth's Dad's cousin (or something like that) is Casey Blake and he plays for the Indians. Last Friday they played a way awesome game against the Yankees and totally dominated. Seth was jumping up and and down laughing so hard, like a little kid, when the Indians won. Seth likes the Indians but also HATES the Yankees so he was excited about a lot. But surprisingly, I was really excited too. Last night the Indians beat the Red Sox 13-7, we're excited to keep watching... Go Casey!

Tagged

This is kinda fun if you're bored....

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? The Heidi that lived with her grandpa in the mountains. Never read the book.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I think like two weeks ago and only for a few seconds. I haven’t really cried much in the past yeat now that I think about it. Well, if you don’t count movies and touching commercials.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I guess
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey usually, but lately I’ve been into PB and J.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? This weekend I had three kids, but tomorrow I will be motherless (and I can’t say I’m not excited)
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Hell yeah!
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yep.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yeppers.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I’ve already been, duh!
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I’m like Lara, I don’t love breakfast either, but I do like Cascadian Farms Hearty Morning. It’s has tons of fiber though if you know what I mean.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? The only shoes I own don’t tie except for my running shoes.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? NOT AT ALL. But I have been lifting and I’m starting to see what I think could be a muscle.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Mango sorbet, oh my gosh it’s good.
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? I could like and say I notice people’s inner beauty, but I don’t, I notice shoes and clothes.
15. RED OR PINK? Red.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? That I have expensive taste. It’s a curse, it really is.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Elder Pete
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? I think like two people are going to read this, so sure.
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? My fave jeans and a tan hooded zip up jacket. So comfy. It’s Sunday afternoon and you have to be comfy.
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Pizza. It’s helping my muscles.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? 4 hyperactive ten year olds talk about the movie Twitches.
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Seth’s cologne and Spring.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Jenny Mackenzie, the woman who’s kids I’m babysitting.
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Eh. Jk, yes, Lara’s the B-E-S-T best.
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Baseball on TV and in person, soccer in person, and tennis on tv.
27. HAIR COLOR? Brown
28. EYE COLOR? Brownish greenish
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No
30. FAVORITE FOOD? Thai and salads, oh and good soups and bread, and of course all kinds of treats.
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? I can’t watch scary movies at all anymore. I’m way too wimpy.
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Blades of Glory. Don’t ask.
33. WHAT COLOR undies ARE YOU WEARING? The really sexy white kind that go down to your knees.
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? I like each for about a month and then I’m ready for a change.
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Both
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Anything that involves chocolate and berries, or angel food cake with whipped cream and strawberries.
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Dunno
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Dunno
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? The Glass Castle
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? A map
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T. V. LAST NIGHT? Nothing
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Ufa, Russia
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? No and I hate it.
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? SLC
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Dunno