Tagged by Karrie

OK here are my two pictures taken from my laptop files.

This is a picture of Micah, we had been fishing in the river that comes out of Panguitch Lake. One of my favorite memories of this trip is: We were driving towards the lake after we had left Panguitch. It was really dark and we were driving through a canyon trying not to hit any deer. Thats when we saw this sign that said "You are not on Highway 89" Huh!!!! tell me how many road signs have you ever seen that told you where you were not????? I mean most signs tell you information like how many miles to the next city or which road you are on. But a sign telling me where I wasn't, that I figured out on my own. So if your ever down there watch for that sign.


This picture is not the best quality it was taken with our waterproof camera which had just come out of the salt water. This picture was taken in 2006 in Aruba Palm Beach to be specific. This was such a fun day we got of the cruise ship and found the local bus stop and figured out which bus went by Palm Beach. We had been told that Palm Beach was really nice. The bus ride was only $1 each which was such a big difference from the cost of a taxi on the other islands. On the bus Karrie and I met a couple who had sailed there boat from Florida to Aruba. Wow how cool would that be. The beach was awesome, we have been on a lot of incredible beaches through out the Caribbean but the sand on this beach was so soft and smooth and white. The water was beautiful and you could walk about 75 yards out and still touch. There were tons of fish and we snorkeled and played on the beach all day.

October 24, 1987 First Date

OK this is my last post from Friday Oct. 24Th as you can see we had a very busy day with a swim meet and a soccer game. It was also an anniversary of sorts for Karrie and I. It was twenty-one years ago that Karrie and I went on our first date. Wow 21 years is that possible? Karrie was 19 and I was 21. Our first date was very spur of moment. My brother was getting ready to leave on his mission and my parents had thrown a party for him. It just so happened that the party fell on the same night as a Jazz game. My parents had season tickets so my Dad and I were going to sneak away from the party and go. But once the party got started my Dad felt like he should stay so he gave me the tickets and said I should go. But with who???? Well at the party was Robert my old priesthood advisor who I had played a lot of basket with and I thought he would love to go. So I went over to ask him, he was sitting at a table with several girls one of which was Karrie. I asked him and in his great wisdom he said that I should be taking a date not him. Well at that time Karrie said that she was going to go but came to the party instead and I said something like well do you want to go? And she said sure and off we went. In hind sight this was my first glimpse of Karrie's spontaneity and her adventurist attitude. I still remember the Jazz were playing the Philadelphia 76ers and Karrie says I don't remember anything. Other than shutting the car door on her foot the date went really good. At least from my perspective. Little did I know that night that Karrie would be the last girl I would date. I had known Karrie in high school and we had been in the same ward but I really had not seen her in over 2 years. I remembered her as a sophomore with short hair and now she was 19 long hair and she looked great. I think the first thing I noticed about Karrie was her beautiful dark brown eyes, they drew me in and have never let me go. I Love you Karrie

Soccer night with the girls!

Friday was a busy but fun day. After the swim meet Karrie and I had told Payton and Riley that we would take them to the U of U women's soccer game. Payton had received five tickets from the soccer league that she plays in and since it was not cool enough for Micah and Mariah we let the girls take a friend. I thought it might turn into one long night (soccer + cold weather = long cold night). But I was surprised the soccer was actually fun to watch. I guess the only soccer I have really watched is the little kids and to see these college teams play I was impressed with how athletic they are and how fast the game moved. It wasn't very crowded so we got good seats. We stayed warm with a few blankets and a hot chocolate run at halftime. It was a good game the UTES won 4-3. At the end of the game the girls got to go down on the field and make a tunnel for the players to run through, now that is something you could not do at a U of U football game. They also got to run around on the field and Payton just happened to have her soccer ball with her, imagine that.

Splash!!!!!

Well the swim season officially started on Friday for Mariah. She swam in the 50 freestyle, the 500 and a couple of relay races. She usually doesn't swim the 50 but she did good (she was in the fastest heat). Then in the 500 she took 4 seconds off of her best time. I know 4 seconds doesn't sound like a lot but in swimming it is. Last year from the start of the season to the end she took a whole minute off of her time. Before last year I had never been to a swim meet and I didn't realize how exciting they are. I have actually helped a high school swimmer find a scholarship so you think I would have at least been to a meet. Anyways I am excited to watch Mariah as she progresses throughout the year. I think she has a good chance of making state.

Soccer In Mountain Green

Well tonight was Payton's last road game until the spring. Karrie now being in the Stake YW's had to go to a meeting tonight and give a talk. So it was just Payton, her friend Megan and me. We had to be in Mountain Green at 5 so we left about 4:15 and I was worried about traffic and although there were a lot of cars we were always driving at 70 I think the Legacy Highway is really helping. It was not to cold when we left our house but I told Payton to wear her under armor and she was glad she did. We got up in those mountains and the wind was blowing and it was cold,there is snow on the peaks. Payton played a really good game and her team won 1-0.

Riddells new helmet the REVOLUTION SPEED !

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This is the new Revolution Speed football helmet. It is a new design with all the safety features of the Revolution helmet. It's official release was the 15th of October but the NFL and some big time colleges have already got them and are wearing them. I was able to see and inspect them at our annual meeting in Chicago. They have a very comfortable liner and the facemask are designed to provide more unobstructed viewing angles. I can't wait to start showing them to people as soon as my sample helmet gets here. If anyone wants to buy one just let me know, don't pay retail!!! MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY MOST RECENT BLOG ABOUT THE SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jaguars???? More like Kitty Cats!

O.K. in my last post about our game against Olympus I said that they were the worst team we had played in the whole seven years Micah has been playing football. Well after playing the West Jordan Jaguars today, I am really not sure which is the worse team. Yes they were that bad. FYI in the season match up between Olympus and West Jordan, Olympus won 7-6. Well our game started today with them kicking off and us returning it for a touchdown. The score was 21-0 at the end of the first quarter. I actually felt bad for those kids, they only had 3 subs on the sideline maybe because of UEA. And they only had 1 coach. It was a fun game for our kids because everyone got to play different positions and more of our lineman got to run the ball and score. One of Micahs friends (who's nickname is the "The Stripper" because he strips the ball from the other team) has been on the same team with Micah since they were 8 and has always been an X player until this year. Today he got to play quite a bit at running back and scored a touchdown and the extra point. On the extra point he dragged at least four Jaguars into the end zone. Micah had a really good day he ran one in for a touchdown and then he made an interception and returned it to the 1 yard line. It was fun to watch the kids who have never scored before get a touchdown. They sure deserved it. We ended up winning the game 55-6. We did however suffer our first big injury of the year, one of our running backs got tackled and fell on his shoulder and broke his collar bone.