Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Wow, sorry its been so long since I've done anything on here! I guess three months is a bit much for a sabbatical from the blog world isn't it. In my defense however, I really can't be blamed too much for my extended absence. My old computer got sick a few months ago and was never able to recover. In fact, the poor little guy is right now in the hospital still trying to make it through. Such a trooper. Anyway, I think he fell victim to the swine flu and just didn't have enough strength to fight it off. For my music's and photo's sake I really hope he comes out of it ok. We'll see...lets just all hope for the best.

So, despite my absence, these last few months have been really eventful. In fact, so eventful that I wish I had the energy and the desire to update you all about it...but unfortunately I don't :) sorry. I will try and do a little though. So here goes:



Troy and I were able to go to Vegas for the UNLV Utah football game which was a ton of fun...until the ride home when my car broke down!...which, if you were wondering was not a ton of fun. Especially since it took over two weeks and four repair shops to finally solve the problem.

October and Halloween was a fun time for being with friends and family. Travis, Troy, and I were able to go to the Wyoming Utah 'black out' game on Halloween which was cool.




The rest of Halloween was spent at parties with friends. I dressed up as a soldier one night...easy and comfortable costume...until a bunch of real soldiers started asking me where I served and what division/unit I belonged to...then I didn't feel so comfortable.
My second costume, if you couldn't tell, was pretty sweet. I wore a t-shirt with a map of Utah on it and basically went as the whole State of Utah. I thought it was pretty funny...plus I didn't have to get drilled all night about my tours of duty.




Staci and Clark were nice enough to host us for Thanksgiving this year. It was fun to finally see where they live and to spend time with their family. We played games, watched football, laughed while Corbin played his own football game chasing down fumbles, and even went to a DU hockey match. Thanks to Staci and Clark for being such gracious hosts.





Work is going well and fortunately West Valley City is in good enough shape financially that I don't have to worry too much about lay-offs. The end of summer, entire fall, and early winter seasons always prove to be our busiest times. Everyone working in our city always seems to find themselves behind in their projects and begin their rush to finish prior to the snow fall and extreme temperature lows. In fact, September and October proved to be very busy for me. Looking back though, all the overtime was actually a blessing because it helped me pay for all my car problems :)




December is going great and proving to really fly by...as it usually does. In fact, I can't believe its already Christmas Eve and I'm once again finding myself at my parents house waiting "to see if reindeer really know how to fly". :) Overall its been a great Christmas season and I've really enjoyed the chance to listen to Christmas music, buy presents, and most importantly try to reflect more on my relationship with Jesus Christ.

Another great thing about the Christmas season is that it also means the start of another skiing season! :) I'll miss having a season pass to Park City this year and my memories from going up each week (381), but I still hope to make it to the slopes a few times this season. I actually found a cool website (liftopia.com) that offers discount passes to a number of resorts if you catch it at the right time...which is great for all us poor people. In fact, Troy, Travis, Jeff, and I were able to go to Snowbird just the other day for a great price! (43% off) It snowed the whole time we were there and we had a blast spending some time together in the fresh snow.







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Finally, my sweet Grandma passed away this October. Its truly been sad not having her here these last few months, but I'm happy that she was able to pass to the other side without having to suffer too much. I guess I just miss having her around to cheer me up and make me feel special. Anyone who had the chance to know her and be around her knows how wonderful she was and how wonderful she was able to make you feel. I could always count on a big hug, a roast beef sandwich, another roast beef sandwich, a bit of ice cream, and all the attention she could give me each time I went over to visit. Her Kylo Lako loved her dearly and counts himself as blessed to have had such a perfect grandmother :)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

California Dreamin







Last weekend a few friends and I we're able to take off to California for the Utah football game against San Jose State. It was a pretty quick trip but I had a ton of fun. We spent the day saturday on the beach in Santa Cruz and had a blast. Santa Cruz is such a cool beach-side town. We hung out by the water, rode some rollercoasters, and visited some pretty cool shops. The game was really fun too...even though the utes didn't really show up for it. We had great seats and it was cool to hang out among all the other fans who traveled to support the team. Coming back to work on Monday was really the only bad thing about the whole trip. Im glad I got to go.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Happy Birthday Grandma

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Real Salt Lake

Wednesday Troy and I decided to hit up the Real Salt Lake Chivas USA match. It was pretty cool! Rio Tinto stadium is a pretty sweete place. Real won the match 4-0 which was crazy. Seeing them score so many goals was pretty fun.


Sunday, August 16, 2009

happy birthday mom




Friday, August 7, 2009

WELCOME HOME TROY!





Monday, August 3, 2009

Its Limpy...not Lumpy

So I've had a run of bad luck lately. I LOVE boating but...


Bad Luck #1 ... CONCUSSION





Bad Luck #2 ... MCL TEAR


Thursday, July 23, 2009

Not Cool

Apparently someone wanted this more than me...



...thats right, some jerk stole my phone out of my work truck today.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Brian Johnson



I think this is pretty sweet. EA sports chose Brian Johnson as their cover artist for NCAA Football 2010 on Playstation 3. What a cool honor for him and a sweet tribute to the Utes success last year. Back in the day, Troy and I used to love playing these NCAA Football games on his playstation so I thought it was pretty cool that a local athlete got chosen for the cover.




Brian was actually signing autographs in support of the new games release at this store right next to city hall today so I was able to go over while I was at work and say hi to him real quick and get my 'perfect season' hat signed. Pretty cool.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Boating

Yesterday was perfect for boating! We had so much fun getting out on the lake and enjoying the nice weather and great water. Trevors brother-in-law let us take his boat out for the afternoon so a bunch of us were able to get together and head down to utah lake. The pictures are just of me, Trevor, Vincent, and Derek though.







Friday, June 12, 2009

Oquirrh Temple Open House

Today was a good day. Mom and I were able to visit the new Oquirrh Temple in South Jordan. What a beautiful building! We really enjoyed going through and appreciating its beauty. I especially have been looking forward to qoing through and seeing the temple since I grew up in the area. In fact, I was able to attend the ground breaking a few years back so now being able to go through the finished product was really cool. The Oquirrh Temple is sweet cause it has its own unique beauty and style. After recently going through the Draper Temple it was fun to see how each of the temples have their own different styles, strengths, and beauties. I really have enjoyed the chance to be able to go through these temples. Though each were unique in their style and beauty, both were full of such a peaceful and warm spirit. If you haven't had the chance, you definately should take the opportunity to go through and visit the temple.