March Madness Baby!

Last year DJ and I started a new tradition. (Enjoy the reminder about how the tradition started at that link but mostly I think you will love the adorable pictures from a year ago. Ahhh...) We fill out brackets together for the NCAA basketball tournament and after each round we get a pre-determined award, something small but yet enjoyable for the winner. Maybe not so enjoyable for the loser. This year, because we realized we had some faults in our contest last year with the scoring system, each round will be scored as such: Round 1 - 10 points for each winning team, Round 2 - 20 points per winner, Round 3 - 30 points, etc... This is a lot of points to receive for each round but it was the only way to keep things fair with only two people in the contest. So even if I do horribly on the first round but have a few teams continue through to the second, third, fourth and so on rounds, I still have a chance to win the whole thing. THEN, DJ and I have both chosen a big award for the winner of the whole thing. My award?


Help with painting my oh-so-drab home office! I really hope I win!!


This year's tournament should be really fun to watch because there are several teams that have made it to the tournament that make it more personal for DJ and I. First South Dakota State is in it to win it! Ok, maybe that's going too far but they're in it anyway and it'll be fun to see how they do playing against Baylor in, where else, but Albuquerque!


Also New Mexico, our alma mater, is in it and is a 5 seed nonetheless! Go Lobos! Also New Mexico State, Colorado and Colorado State are vying for the enviable champion title this year. So needless to say I think I might be watching some basketball games in the upcoming days and hopefully watching "my teams" win!!