Friday, March 17, 2017

St. Patrick's Day


Dear Leprachaun,
Please stay and relax. I love green a lot. These are my wishes.
1. $500
2. Heal Doc
3.  Own room
See simple. And if you really want I just have one. I won't tell anyone. You can get kind of gold. Green and Gold rocks. Your friend, Carly  Please write back.



The leprechaun did turn our juice green and it turned Jill's feet green this year because she is an adult!

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Zones Basketball Tournament

Hanna's Junior Varsity basketball team ended up in 1st place in the regular season. They won their first two games of the zones tournament and competed in the zones championship game against Magrath.  Hanna hurt her ankle a couple weeks ago and it has been sore.  But she guts it up and plays in practices and games anyway, and then she limps to the locker room after her game. Before the championship game, Austin gave her a priesthood blessing. 

Hanna played with all her heart in the championship game. She ended up with 24 points! It was an awesome game! Go Cougars.

Hanna had a great season with her teammates and Coach Jeff Johnson. They only lost one game which was against Taber in the first tournament of the season during the championship game.





















Jill played on the varsity girls basketball team with Coach Byron Pierson and Austin was the assistant coach. 
Cardston entered the zone tournament in 3rd place.  They lost their first game to Raymond.  It was not a fun game. Then they played against Catholic Central High School. In order to qualify for provincials, they had to beat CCH, and the girls played so hard and did win. Their third game was against Medicine Hat.  Our team was out of energy and needed 6 more inches of height to compete. 














Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Sparky - Rest In Peace

Traci Aipperspach
March 6, 2017

Sparky went to live in Heaven today. Parker learned so much from her and loved her so much. He said she was the best horse ever, his first rodeo horse. There were a lot of tears with his first loss, she was part of the family. Thank you Sparky for all the great times and how you took such good care of my boy. Thank you for the Nunn family for letting Parker use her.

Jill Nunn
March 6, 2017
Sparky Sparkles Freedom Nunn, aka Sparky, was as stubborn as they come, but she had such a big heart for her little body. No one was really sure how old she was, something like 28 I think, but it's always sad to lose the ones who taught you so much, even if that "so much" was a lot of patience since she never wanted to move out of a corner. I'll miss her & I'm certain I'm not the only one
#ripsparky #goattailuntyingchampion



We bought Sparky in 2008, and she was 13 years old. She is the best pony ever. She would rather not work or go, so she is the best teacher because she won't run away. She taught all four of our girls how to ride. She would go around the arena a couple times, and then go park herself in the corner. 

We kept her at Steve & Karma Albiston's house when we lived in Utah. Our girls would go and ride around and around their yard.  She would get super thick fur in the winter. We used her for pony rides for birthday parties.

She was the best pony ever!




She felt like our yard was her yard.

We love Sparky!

Sunday, March 5, 2017

CHS Sweetheart Contest

Each year, there is a Sweetheart Contest at Cardston High School where each club gets to nominate one senior girl to be in the contest. Each contestant make a poster about themselves, have an interview with the judges, and then they have an assembly and they ask a boy to be their escort and introduce them, and then they share a talent.



The Rodeo Club nominated Jill. Wyatt Olsen was her escort.



Wyatt wrote a poem. He did such a great job.

Jill Nunn
I’m here to tell you a little bit about a girl we call Jill Nunn.
And give you all the reasons why she should be number one.
She is a girl with many talents and there ain’t much she can’t do.
I could go on forever, but two minutes will have to do.
Let’s start with sports, she’s good at that, and I’m sure you know what I mean.
With all the hours she spends in the gym, she’s an asset to the team.
Free throws, rebounds, and lay-ups, she’ll give it her best shot.
You think that pun was intended, but news flash, it was not.
Well now we’ll move to rodeo, I tell you it ain’t any easy sport.
But with all the practice she puts in, she rarely comes up short.
With long hauls and the radio, she pulls up just a jammin.
But as for her and Hanna, they lead the nanny slamming.
If you ask her about her roping, she’ll prove it in the miles,
Because all of her hard work paid off when she made the national finals.
Of all of the attention Jill deserves, you’ll find her behind the lense.
She’s one that enjoys selflessly taking pictures of her family and friends.
She’s the kind that never meets a stranger, she’s a friend to everyone.
Making sure they all feel loved. Big surprise, she is a Nunn.
She’s one of those natural leaders, the kind you read about in a book.
If you’re wondering who to follow, well, I’ll tell you where to look.
She’s not afraid to share what she knows, so if you’re feeling in a smog,
just ask her, she’ll tell you, or you can read it in her blog.

So now I speak to the judges, I hope you can clearly see, 
That Jill Nunn is, who this year’s sweetheart queen should be. 


For Jill's talent, she made a highlight video of some of her rodeo runs. It was sweet.

Jill didn't win the contest, but she is still a sweetheart (although she said she wouldn't use that word to describe herself.)

Friday, March 3, 2017

Varsity Basketball Senior Night

I've been watching seniors recognition night for varsity basketball since Austin started coaching in 2000.  Now it is my turn to watch my own daughter finish her high school basketball career.

It is a tradition for the moms to sew a quilt for to give their daughters on senior night. Thanks to Kris Olsen and Char Olsen and a host of other moms/grandmas, the quilts turned out great!



Jill has been playing basketball since grade 6 with Payden Olsen, Taylor Janisko and Kaitlyn Pierson.  Shayna Olsen was the stats manager for the girls this year.





Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Basketball Moments

Hanna was playing at a basketball tournament in Coalhurst. They were in the championship game, and it was in the 4th quarter.  Madison Leishman had hurt her ankle so she was sitting on the bench. They passed in the ball to Hanna, and Maddie yelled,  "Shoot it" because she thought there was only a couple seconds left. So Hanna takes a shot from half court right as Maddie yelled, "No, don't shoot it." So then Hanna ran in and got her own rebound and made a layup. We had a good laugh.

The varsity team was at a tournament in Calgary. They had lost their first two games so they were in their last game playing for last place.  They had two older referees that weren't the best. They had to ice their knees at the breaks. Their favorite call was three seconds in the key. After one of the calls, Austin said, "Who was that call on?"  According to Austin, there was no one in the key except for the girl who stepped in and took a shot. The ref said back to Austin that it doesn't matter. So then the other team went to their end and their biggest girl was in the key for a long time. So Austin yelled, "How long?" The ref gave him a technical foul. He said again, "How long?" He gave him another technical foul and kicked him out of the game. It was a crazy reason to get kicked out of a game.