November 28, 2009
Sometimes, I think people overlook the fact that college student-athletes are students first and athletes second. Student-athletes are usually measured by their stats in a game, but rarely are they honored for their grades.
Recently, K-State’s junior outside hitter JuliAnne Chisholm was recognized for her efforts on the court and in the classroom by being selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Volleyball Team. She is the fourth Academic All-American volleyball player in K-State history.
Chisholm holds a perfect 4.0 GPA in athletic training and pre-medicine while leading the K-State volleyball team in kills per set this season. A few months ago, she was named to both the Academic All-Big 12 First Team and Academic All-District First Team making her eligible for the All-America Team. She is one of two Big 12 student-athletes named to this year’s ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Volleyball Team along with Nebraska’s Kori Cooper.
-scott weaver
November 17, 2009
My mom is self conscious about her hands. They have been misshapen by osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that involves pain, tenderness, stiffness and inflammation. She has tried anti-inflammatory medications, corticosteroids and cortisone injections but the disease continues to ravage her fingers. Sometimes she loses her grip. Sometimes she is unable to lift things or hold things. Although her hands are weak, I will always know strength in them.
She graduated from nursing school with those hands. Worked as a registered nurse in a hospital trauma unit with those hands. Performed CPR with those hands. Saved lives with those hands. She clapped those hands at my swim lessons, my judo tournaments, my art shows, my school plays, my violin recitals, my soccer games and my baseball games. She played golf, went deep sea fishing and traveled the world with those hands. She is an amazing cook, an exceptional housecleaner, a skilled seamstress and a loving caregiver with those hands. She raised two sons, buried two husbands and read the Bible with those hands. Anytime I stumbled in life, she reached down and picked me up with those hands.
My mom thinks her hands are ugly. All I see is their beauty.
-scott weaver
November 10, 2009
Recently, a rain shower trapped me in my car as I arrived at the K-State athletic complex. As I waited for the storm to pass, I watched a large flock of seagulls descend on the parking lot around me. They were scavenging for food left on the ground from football game tailgaters. As I was shooting photos of the gulls, two of them passed through my viewfinder to make a graceful, ethereal image.
-scott weaver
November 6, 2009
Recently, I photographed Peggy Noland at her store in Kansas City, Missouri for a portrait session. Peggy is fun, genuine and amazingly creative. She is an art teacher, a fashion designer and a business woman. Her small space is wallpapered with thousands of stuffed animals. Twice a year, she changes the display theme of the store. Once, she covered the walls, ceiling and floor with cotton so it resembled a cloud. Although people may enter her store to see the decorations, they leave after buying her clothes. Her unique styles are selling well enough that she opened her second store in Berlin, Germany three months ago.
-scott weaver
November 3, 2009
On Sunday, November 1, 2009, Heartland Community Church held its first service in our new home nearly two years after we purchased and renovated the old Rhodes furniture building in Olathe, Kansas. God is awesome.
-scott weaver
October 30, 2009
A Halloween display in the front yard of a house in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.
-scott weaver
October 30, 2009
Thunderstorms soaked Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
A shuttlecock sculpture is seen through a rain streaked window at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
-scott weaver
October 27, 2009
The colors of the autumn season are everywhere around Kansas City, Missouri.
-scott weaver
October 23, 2009
Belle, a K-State equestrian team horse, whinnies against Baylor at Fox Creek farm in Manhattan, Kansas on October 17, 2009. K-State defeated Baylor 10-9.
-scott weaver
October 20, 2009
“As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God has chosen to be his own. Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.” – Ephesians 4:1-2 (CEV)
-scott weaver
Sometimes, I think people overlook the fact that college student-athletes are students first and athletes second. Student-athletes are usually measured by their stats in a game, but rarely are they honored for their grades.