Corey Comes to Town

Corey Arrives In Utah

Last Saturday Corey arrived in Salt Lake City while we were coming home from our fishing trip. Jessica picked him up at the airport and brought him to our house. A few hours later and I had him out in the Cobra for a ride. I think he liked it..... if I remember rightly he said something like this, "I can't wait until my Mom gets me a car like this."

This past Monday Corey started his BYU basketball camp. Grandpa and I took him to pick up his oreintation and showed him where he will eat lunch and dinner. Food is very important to young athletes so I wanted to make sure he could find nourishment. He has been having a good time and I have watched his games every night. Corey is doing a great job moving the ball up the court and getting to the basket. He has also hit some long range 3 pointers. Below are a few images I took during the first night. The lighting was not ideal for my equipment but hey at least it is something.

Here is an image of Corey and his teammates. Coach has divided the boys into two squads and they sub in as a unit. Corey is on the first team. He plays at both a 1 and 2 spot.

I dare you to drive on me... come on make my day.

No look pass to teammate.

Oh yes I am in shooting positions...... what anywhere is shooting position for me. Ha!


You should have never come out on me young Jedi I will now take you to school as I drive past you and all your teammates.

Corey splitting the defense.... well there were three white defenders but that does not matter Corey took them to the hoop.
Check out this Dr. J move. This is what Chuck Norris would do if he was going to the hoop.

Opponents trembled when they approached Corey's defensive stance.

Just one of the many layup opportunities.
Speed and allusive panther-like speed gave him many open lay ups.

I think I will use the glass this time.

Up and in from down town.

Can you say follow through.

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Catch me if you can.

Jeff Hornacek ( Utah Jazz ) like move to the middle.
It did not matter how big the opponents, Corey would take it them.

OK who wants some of this. Step up so I can put you out of your misery.
I will make it quick but not painless.

Time for a cross over..... see ya!

Are you going to give me this again?

Come on get over here and set me a pick. I want to shoot another three!!

Come on try and get the rebound. Not a chance!

If you only had speed like me maybe you can catch me. Never !

Don't try to out jump me, it is useless young padawon.

Ok.... fine I will put a fall-a-way jumper in your face if you like. Aw that feels good !

Corey proceeds to collect his All-Star T-Shirt.

The walk was long but worth it. Four hard days of b-ball and lots of all you can eat pasta.

"Ok Coach Rose (Head BYU Coach) I will shake your hand
and play for you when I graduate from High School"

It was fun to see both these fine young men represent the Glassford name at camp.
You parents would have been proud of them. I know I was.

Tyler, I have your images that you can pick up when you come over for Sunday Dinner.

Thanks you two for a fun week of basketball. Keep working hard and good things will happen. Remember when you are not practicing and working out your opponents are.
Do your best and bag the rest.

Uncle Rich

Schofield - Fishing

Schofield is one of my favorite places to fish. I have many found memories fishing with the family from grandpa's boat. When the kids were little we went at least once a year. The kids also caught crayfish and to cook up for lunch. While catching the little crustaceans some of the kids had memorable encounters with the arthropods. Jessica fell in the lake and was almost eaten by a giant crayfish, Angela was covered with them while sleeping (still having nightmares ?), Richie had a giant one pinch him between the fingers and gave him the shock of his little life (he was about 5 years old) Grandma always caught the biggest fish in the lake. This past week was our first trip to the lake and even though it was cold and the bit was slow I hope all had a good time.

We left Friday about noon and got up to the lake around 2:00 p.m. The weather was nice so we put our tent up and got ready to go fishing. Once on the lake we had a problem locating the fish. We caught at total of 17 fish (2 day total) but compared to what we usually experience the fishing was slow.
Here we are holding up some of the catch of our late afternoon attempt. Dan came up after we arrived without his sweet heart Jessica and little Jacob. It was a good things because it was soooooo very cold at night.
The facilities are really nice at the lake. The complimentary cleaning station makes it easy to take care of our catch.

The fish were large enough to give us beautiful pieces of meat for our outdoor dinner. Eating fish freshly caught is a treat. Great stuff !

Richie wanted to cut some filet so I taught him the finer techniques of disassembling a trout into a culinary delight.

Watch out for your fingers Richie. We do not want any odd lumpy pieces of tissue added to dinner.

Grandpa G is cleaning his personal filet board. Grandpa is fast and very accurate when cleaning fish.

After cleaning the fish we started a fire and a few of us were a little impatient so we started to roast some hot dogs.

Dan and Richie did not want to eat so while the fish cooked they went down the hill to the lake and caught this tiger trout. Dan released the little guy to get bigger.

Check out the unique patterns.
Grandma and Lynne cooked fish and fried potatoes. Yummy! After eating the fish we roasted some marshmallows and had hot chocolate. It was soooo... cold that we heated rocks and water bottles to place in our sleeping bags. We awoke to everything covered in ice. A big thanks for everyone putting up with the cold and slow fishing. Grandpa had some problems breathing at the high altitude and became very tired but was still able to fish the first day. You will have to ask him about the the big cutthroat trout he caught. It is an interesting story.

Bowling!!!

Playing Tennis

Forget the French Open check out the Glassford OPEN. Here is only one of many fantastic plays that took place on the hard courts in Orem Utah. Not a lot of net play took place but this is one for the memory books.

Here Heather Glassford is posing for the media. She started out slow but soon found her game with smashing results.

Rachel was all over the court with intensity and stealth. Here competitive nature made her a formidable opponent.

Richie's speed and agility proved to be a handful for those on the opposite side of the net. Here you can see him pointing out the inadequacies of the lines judge. It is obvious that Richie is correct.... Ha! I think he said something like hey use those glasses four eyes. I do not recall the exact statement.
Richie's unorthodox style was successful because of his concentration. Notice how he keeps his eyes focused on the ball and not the hot chicks walking on the sidewalk to his left.

No one could match the power and accuracy of Angie-lu-boo-da-ga-binga. Not only were her ground strokes a smashing hit ( ha) but her keen sense space and time allowed her to out wit opponents.

One of Rachel's greatest tricks was to hit of her back foot. Not advisable for most athletes but because of her massive muscles she pulled it off with pin point accuracy. Children please do not try this technique at home. This could cause painful muscle tears and short term memory loss due to over focusing. Congratulation Rachel on defeating the laws of physics.

At the net Richie was all over, catlike reflexes and agility. He looked really good, he just had a problem hitting the ball.

Angie's serve was on. Most (except for me) had a problem with the speed and movement of the ball. Notice the concentration and ecellent ball toss. Angie you rock !
Heather had an unusual but effective swing. The two handed front hand swing can only be performed by Heather. I think it is the month long training camp she attended in Kazakhstan. There she studied with the towns most renown ventriloquist in the war tattered town of binkervest. Congratulations Heather for receiving the most unique and effective new tennis strategy award.