Meet Matt Harpring!

Tonight, while Jared stayed home with Lance and Kyle AND built shelves in our laundry room (the two without junk on them are the new ones)...

...Jace and I got to meet Matt Harpring at the Energy Solutions Arena! Once a year, the Junior Jazz basketball program has a "Meet the Player" night. Jace listened intently as Harpring spoke about the importance of a good attitude and working hard. Do your homework and get good grades so that you can do other fun stuff like sports. "Attitude is Altitude" he said.
He also answered questions from the crowd. One that impressed me the most was, "Who was your best coach?" Matt thought for a minute and said that it was his Dad who took the time to teach him important things and helped him progress and succeed.

Jace's group, on the left - third ( I don't even know if that describes it, but it's the best I can do) of the crowd, got to join Harpring on the floor after winning a "Who can cheer the loudest?" contest. Harpring led them in jumping jacks and had them count to ten and stop. He said, "There's going to be someone that says, 'Eleven!'", and sure enough the kids in the back were embarrassed after saying it. Then he let them count to 5, and sure enough there were some boys that yelled, "Six!" and Jace was laughing with the rest. He gave them 3, then 2, then only 1, and the boys continued to say the next number when everyone else stopped. Many laughs... (Jace did it right, though :)He's on the top - third from the right - can you see him?