Author: vballphil

Just a girl in a #volleyball #socialmedia world. A proud #CaliTexan #LBC raised #DFW lov

The Grand Slam of Beach Vball

Posted on by vballphil in AVP, Friends, Manhattan Beach, volleyball

So the Manhattan Beach AVP stop came and went this past weekend. This tournament is ultimately the biggest and most profiled beach tournament in the country…and the hardest tournament to get volunteers too!! So, Thurs night, I was a little bit nervous about numbers!! But, like my clinic on Thurs night, I was pleasantly surprised! Numbers were AWESOME!!

One highlight of the weekend was the Hilton party on Friday night at Shade. I came straight from the beach, but still made it this year!! Love my Hilton/PR peeps!! This weekend was also Misty’s surprise 30th bday bbq. I was glad that I was able to make it with all of her extended family! But one of my fave memories (and one of the top throughout the season…maybe right behind eating dinner in charleston) was sitting at the table with the 2 best setters of all time (MMT & Debbie Green-Vargas, who is one of the sweetest people I know) and Troy Tanner! :).

Off to Boston this weekend…followed by NYC baby!! CAN’T WAIT!

The Windy City….2007

Posted on by vballphil in AVP, Chicago, Duffy's, Friends, North Ave Beach

So the AVP traveled to Chitown this past weekend for the annual stop on North Ave Beach. And the Windy city was AWESOME! From the weather (for the most part), to the fans (with out the big stars in town), to the volunteer crew (over 300 people), to the Hilton Clinic (with 3 out of the 4 players who played in the women’s match on Sunday), and to the nightlife…things were pretty darn good!! Here are some photos from the weekend….

Our site on North Ave Beach







Nightlife (Duffy’s Sat night)












Galaxy vs. Chivas….

Posted on by vballphil in Chivas, Friends, Galaxy, Soccer

So I was lucky enough to be in town the weekend Chivas was playing the Galaxy for the Superliga match up! Chivas is an amazing futbol club out of Mexico and is always a blast to see! The game was held at the LA Coliseum (which by the way is no Home Depot Center) this past Saturday. Meg, Austin, and me were even luckier to sit in the VIP area in the stadium :)!

Despite the Chivas win (2-1), it was a good game to watch overall…not a blowout and there was no clearcut domination, which is always a plus! Of course most people could care less about which teams were playing, but rather if Beckham was playing. Of course he didn’t due to an injury, but I did see him from a distance! Hahaha! Believe me, I think he is good looking BUT I REALLY wanted to see him in action out there with Landon!! Looks like I will have to go to another Galaxy game in the future…hehehe!







LBC ya

Posted on by vballphil in AVP, Family, Friends, Long Beach, volleyball

So last week’s AVP stop in Long Beach was actually pretty decent. One, staying at home rocked and two, IT IS MY HOME TOWN!! The site where we were located ROCKED too! Every view was amazing and the weather was amazing! What more could you ask for? Oh…the vball rocked too!! Here are some pics from the weekend….











Here are two shots off of Ken Delgado’s site…hehehe


My friend Julie. who came into town with her friend Brittany, ended up staying with me through this past Wed. So, I ended taking her to BNB, South Coast Plaza, and to a bonfire with my sister’s youth group! Hehehe!



A rocky few days…but Mocha might be getting better

Posted on by vballphil in Mocha

First of all, I will blog on the LB AVP a little bit later. The past 4 days have been some of the rockiest days every. My baby boy, Mocha, has been on medication for the past week and on Mon evening started collapsing while breathing out of control. So, we took him to the ER for the night. When I picked him up on Tues morning, they told me that they weren’t too sure what was wrong, but that they thought he was having a toxic reaction to the intervectin he was taking. I took him straight to the vet from the ER and they kept him for the day. Once I picked him up from the vet, I took him home to see if we could handle him at home…BOY WAS I WRONG. I had to take him to the ER at
2am in the morning, after 2 hours of constant whining (which he rarely does) and uneasiness. In the morning I picked him up again and took him back to the vet. They decided to completely knock him out (so he would relax and sleep) this time. When I went to pick him up yesterday the main vet came out to talk to me about my options (being that the cost of these procedures had tallied up to over $2,000 as of yesterday afternoon). I never really thought of the option of putting him to sleep, but I was made aware that this was a BIG reality if he did not start improving. Now, I have been crying a ton these past couple of days, but after getting back into my car I completely lost it. So I took him back to the ER for the evening and headed home.

As of today, both the ER and Vet’s have commented that he improving steadily and they are happy with his progress. When I go to pick him up we will decide if i can take him home again! Now, he is not out of the woods yet, but at least I don’t want to keel over and ball…ya know?

Time for a change!

Posted on by vballphil in Family, Friends, Fun

So when I need a quick change in my life, the first thing I do is change my hair. So…I hacked my hair :)! And to be honest, I see myself and think I am back in college playing (since my hair was this short back in the playing days). Of course, this cut is more styled AND I died my hair last night to a dark chocolate brown. Anyways…this being one of the 3 weekends off this summer, I decided to make the best of it! First I headed out to my cousin’s 15th bday party at my uncle’s in Fontana. They rented that cool & huge water slide for the kids (but if anyone wants to rent one for a party…let me know…so cool). It was great to see a lot of my family (ie…grandparents, etc).



















Then it was off to my friend Jen’s bday bash in LA. We started at the grand re-opening of Sebastians in Toluca Lake. It was free drinks and appetizers all night. I brought my friend, Melody, with me to meet my LA friends :)….










Finally, on Sunday I met up with Melody and some of her friends for brunch at Schooner or Later. So we started at Schooner or Later, but ended up at Joe’s…it was only a 2 hour wait for S or L….haha….good times!!






The land of 1,000 lakes…seriously!!

Posted on by vballphil in Friends, Minnesota, volleyball

So, I recently came back from the infamous Junior Olympics in Minneapolis, MN. Being it was my first time in Minnesota, I was excited to see as many cities as possible. IRONICALLY, my travel person put me up 30 minutes away from the convention center, so I saw more then the average person! Hahaha. It was awesome to see a ton of my friends who were their either coaching or recruiting. The one night I went out, I met up with some of my Mizuno coaches and some other college coaches at “the local” for the annual Molten Party. It was an early night, but a good night!! 🙂

Besides living in a gym, I got to venture through St. Paul too. From the 94 you could see the capital…which was gorgeous!! And on Sunday, before I left, I went to the infamous Mall of America!! And yes, it is MASSIVE!!! The outside lining of the Mall was pure shops (everything you could imagine). The inside was an amusement park! And below the 3 stories of shops, etc, was an underwater, underground aquarium! CRAZY!


And let’s end this blog with my miracle of a trip yesterday home! From hail & severe weather on the runway (before take off)…to the horrific takeoff (the 1st 10 minutes were HORRIBLE)…to me having 5 minutes to make my next flight, in another terminal…to getting my bags FIRST at John Wayne…CRAZY!! Hahahaha!!