Squaw Peak 50 Acceptance

Well I am accepted for the Squaw Peak 09' I was put on John's Race committee which means I will mark the trails of the race course or help out with cleaning up ribbons. This will be my seventh SP 50. I have a pulled groin that will not heal so I am not planing on any great times this year. Just another finish.

Here are a few pictures from a mountian run I did this summer. I went to help out out scout camp but did not need to be there later in the day so I did a 20 mile run through the Unita mountains. Here are a few pictures. The one with the lakes is at Rocky Sea Pass. One of the most beautiful sights I have seen on a run. For now it looks like I will be snow shoeing. I need to get out of bed and get going.

That will be my New Years Resolution. Along with staying stronger than my boys as they have started lifting weights and think they are stronger than I am.

New Employment

After 8 years of working with Morinda Holdings and Tahitian Noni I was told they no longer needed my services but that my boss, one of the owners would handle my responsibilities. "It's all yours". I now have the greatest job in the world. I am Senior Assistant building engineer. I take care of all the mechanical, electrical, any maintenance of the building. I also get to do the painting maintenance which I am most excited about. I have always wanted to be able to paint the white door frames in the temple and the crisp white ballasters.

I guess that I have to say that the day of my interview I drove the neighborhood around the temple to make sure that there was a trail head that led to the elevated mountains that the temple sits next to.

I and my family are being blessed.

MRM

Turkey "M.A.S.H." Bowl

On Thanksgiving Day in Phoenix we play in the Turkey bowl. We have been doing it for several years now.

We have had tips to the hospital for separated shoulders, noses reset and Uncle Perry usually finds out a day or two after that he has something structurally wrong. This year he pulled his hamstring and sat in the large puddle to "ICE" it down. He noticed a few days later that the whole back of his leg was black and blue.

I think one year he broke his hand.

It has become the norm that we know someone will get hurt, but we cannot miss it. We laugh and hit hard. Then we laugh again.

This year it rained hard the morning of and it made for a muddy mess. The ground was actually soft. but the hits were hard. "Big Joe" who is huge had cleats on and pushed everyone around. But that still gives us the challengewhen he has the ball. We love to try and take him down.

Here are a few pictures.

Thanksgiving Bird Hunt

Each Thanksgiving we go out as a group to hit the dove an quail hunt in Arizona. Justus got to come along with us for the seconed time. The day before Justus kept asking uncle Perry James if we were going to go to breakfast at Cracker Barrel before we started huntung. He thinks this is the best part of the hunt.

Here is a picture of Justus waiting for Birds. You cat tell how impatient he is. He just had to be shooting at something. Which is why in the picture there is ONE quail and 3 "tweety birds".

But OHH is he proud of them.

MF