CHAMPIONS!!

Sunday morning, we woke up to a Father's Day french toast breakfast for Dad and turned on Justin's basketball game. It was Game 5 of the Finals!! The whole series had been close and this final game was no exception. 

Justin did amazing. The first half was kind of close but by halftime, Alba was down by 20 points. I was bummed, but also it was okay because we're used to losing. Ha! But they came out in the second half and went crazy!! We went on a 17 point run and closed that gap. 

Everyone's three pointers were going in and we were screaming as we watched it on Dad's iPad. For the fourth quarter we put it back on the TV and couldn't believe what we were seeing. The best, biggest comeback ever. 

Here's some pictures I want to remember from this week.

When his shoe came off during the game but he didn't stop.

We were up by 3 points with 20 seconds left. Justin was fouled and missed BOTH of his free throws. Munich had two attempts at the three and missed them both. This was a relieved, on cloud 9 Justin as the clock hit 0:00. 

That turned into this...!!

& this was our view from home!!!! We couldn't believe it. Champions!!!!! I'll spare you the 34 second video of me screaming, "We won!"

I was so, so happy for Justin and his team. They all play so well together and truly play team basketball.

Coach Pedro

JB34 being named MVP. <3

So proud!!

Another favorite picture. When I got Justin’s FaceTime notification and we celebrated over the phone. 

Justin's team took the train home and arrived at Hauptbanhof just after midnight. Norman and Birgit sent me this picture of them on their way to welcome those champions home at the train station. They're the best!

The next days were full of FaceTimes while Justin packed. Logan was especially excited to see the choo choo train.

The last fan event. Justin holding up his can of beans from a fan.

Sweet Anneliese. Justin gave her his piece of the basketball net he was given. <3

Then, after exactly 2.5 weeks of being apart from our Justin, he arrived in SLC!!!!!!! We had just wrapped up the Wagner family reunion and GG Wag came to the airport with us. 

See all of those legs in the picture above? There were HUNDREDS of people there to welcome home the mission presidents and missionaries arriving from the Manchester mission. Justin came out before all of them. Since we were towards the back of the crowd, I hopped up on the couch, threw up the "bean" sign and yelled, "Justin Bean MVP!" 

It went quiet and everybody looked at me but I didn't care. I was sooooo happy to see Justin. 

So was sweet Logan.

What a season and what a way to finish it out. I am SO proud of Justin and our family. Forever grateful for the person he is on and off the court. 

Go Alba Berlin and go JB34!

Updates From Santaquin

I love being home!!! I love waking up in my own bed, knowing that my family is so close, & watching Logan and Emery interact with everyone. & I love the Santaquin mountains. So beautiful. 

Emery started to eat real food! She loves pancakes, cottage cheese, peaches, bananas, and eggs.

All of the Blauer girls were in town & came down with their babies to say hi! We all grew up going to elementary school, high school soccer practices, Young Women activities, and trampoline sleepovers together. It was so fun to be together with all of our kids. <3 

& the two cute boys below who snuck away from our picture. 

Emery made her first Costco trip & Logan loved his milkshake samples.

At this point in time, Justin's team had made it to the finals! Alba was playing their final games against Bayern Munich for the championship. Emery was willing them to victory.

Justin was raining three's and it was so fun to watch!!

Andrew and I got serious about cheering on our Team USA in the World Cup with jerseys.

Surprise Father's Day dinner for the best Dad and Grandpa ever. <3

Courtlyn's bridal shower!! With all of the ladies from our home ward. The room was full of so much love. Almost every person there had been either my young woman leader or Sunday school teacher. It was so fun celebrating the bride-to-be.

Wagner Family Reunion at Yuba

The Wagner family reunion is one of my favorite weeks of the summer. This year, we got to be together near Yuba lake! It was beautiful.

Car by car, the cousins started arriving and it was so fun to see everyone. It always feels like no time has passed when we're together. I love my Wagner family.

Emery meeting Emery.

Logan loved playing with Wesley in real life! Way better than a FaceTime call. Ha! Everywhere we went Logan would say, "Where's Wesley?" 

One of the highlights was being on the boats! 

Look at all of these great-grandkid babies!

Classic nail-in-the-stump game.

I only got one picture from Karaoke Night. Logan also performed his number of Still Bringin' It with his aunt and uncles as back up dancers.

Followed by an outdoor dance party and night games. 

Family History moments with Grandpa and Grandma.

We even turned on Justin's championship game a couple of times to relive the victory.

& then it was time to say goodbyes and head home. The best week full of connecting and good conversations, yummy meals made together, s'mores & pranks, corn hole, a family slideshow, spike ball, boating, card games, karaoke, and everything else in between. Wag Fam 4ever!