M hike

Here is the "M" close up if you can tell?

Here is a video from the top of the "M" which is a hiking trail straight up a mountain to the giant "M" that you can see from town. I have done it a few times, but this was my first time in over a year and it was hard. I went up the hard side which is almost straight up and I got it in 21min, which my volleyball girls did it in 20minutes the day before. That makes me feel good that I am just a minute behind athletes that are 10 years younger than I am. I will try and catch there time before the summer is out :) What can I say, I am a competitor :)

Here are a few picture that I took also, it was a perfect day out :)

This is a picture from the top of the "M" looking down on Bozeman. If you look really close off in the distance to the left you can see a white speck, that is the Fieldhouse where I work :)

This is the trail on the way down.



this is the trail even farther down. There were a tone of flowers out which made the walk wonderful :)

Weekend in Spokane

Kerri and I at lunch :)

This last weekend I went to Spokane Washington to watch my thrower Krystle throw and to visit one of my best friends Kerri. I had a great weekend, first it was great to get out of Bozeman for a few days and Second to see a good friend. Kerri and I went out to eat on friday night going to one of my favorite places Wingers, Yum, Yum! It reminds me of college, good times :)

On Saturday Kerri and I went to Krystle's track meet at Eastern Washington University. Before that we ate breakfast at the Rusty Moose, it was filling to say the least :)

Krystle and I after her amazing throws

We met Krystle there with her parents and she was ready to throw. It took us a bit to find out where to go to throw, it was an open meet so there were a lot of people competing. She threw discus first and threw amazing. We have been practicing since February and it showed. She got in her chair and got after it, she ended up beating her old PR, she set 2 years ago, by over a meter. This is the video of her best throw and you can tell it is a good one by the look on her face after :) I am so proud of her :) Krystle'e Javelin did not go as well as we hoped, but she had to throw 5 min after her disc so sh did not get much rest. She still threw an average throw for her which was great for 5 min rest :)

On Sunday Kerri and I went on a nice little walk and I got to throw the ball to her great two dogs, Sophi and Katie. They are great dogs and make me really want to get one, but I need a space for them first:)
Kerri, Katie and Sophi on our walk.

After a great walk Kerri took me to Cabellas which I have never been to, it was amazing!!!!! I just wish I had more money and time to go camping and fishing. I had a great time and it was a good get away before I had to start working early again 6am-3pm this summer. My only regret was that I had to leave Dan behind to work on Saturday. I am sorry babe :(

All in all it was a great weekend and I cannot wait to do it again :)

Some Pictures

This is Elvis Presley's gold piano that his wife gave him for a present one year. It is covered in real gold leaf, even the chair. That is a pricey piano :)

Here is a ton of gold and platinum albums from many country music stars at the Country Music Hall of Fame. There was a huge wall full of them.

This is the original suit of Hank Williams. There was a big part of the museum that was dedicated to Hank Williams and Hank Williams Junior. I think it was really interesting. Did you now that Hank Williams died at 29 years old? I did not know how young he was, he had a sad life.

Here is the video of Mark Wills, 1970 Somthing. This was just in a little bar on a corner 1 block away from our hotel in Nashville, TN. I guss you never know who you are going to see in Music City :)

Hi All

It has been a really long time since I have posted. So much has been going on in the last 3 weeks.

School is out, so all the kids have left town, I won't lie, I love it here in the summers with less people in town.

I went to Nashville, TN with my boss, Doug, to a strength training conference. It was fun I will post pictures of the Country Music Hall of Fame. I also got a video of Mark Wills, who sings "1970 something" in a bar I went to one night he was just singing with his band, it was cool.

last week the university held the Montana State Special Olympics here on campus and Doug and I put on the Powerlifting meet. It was great, Dan was the head judge and Eric, a powerlifter, and I were the side judges. It was so great to run a great meet and have people enjoy them selves by following the rules and winning. I work with a Paralympic thrower, Krystle, and her parents helped out a ton with supplying all the powerlifting equipment. Competition benches, squat rack, and deadlift jack, Oh I cannot forget the lights. Instead of using the flags we were given, we had lights to show if the lift was good or not, it was very professional :) Everyone loved it!

I then went from helping run a powerlifting meet to watching a track meet all weekend. I got invited to our Conference track meet in Missoula MT. It was a blast to get to just sit back and watch all the kids hard work from the year pay off in personal bests and Conference Champions. I had a blast, and thank you to Coach Kennedy who go me a room and gas money :)

Now this week has been a bit rough. I got sick on tuesday and now today I am not doing well either. I have not got to get much training in these last 3 weeks and it is killing me. But I figure once I get better I will just hit it hard and start throwing a ton.

I will sit down this weekend and post some pictures from these last few weeks. I have a 3 day weekend, and I never get those :) I cannot wait!

Flash back Friday #8

Well it has been too long since I have put up a post, so here is a flash back from a long time ago.

This is a picture of my Sister Jen and I (in the shadows) in our new septic tank in our back yard, with our dad helping us in and out. Man were were weird kids, "Hey Dad, can we go in the septic tank before you seal it up", "Great! Thanks Dad", "This is fun!".
I loved my childhood, we had so much fun :)

Flash Back Friday #7

I am headed to the World Highland Games in Arizona tomorrow so I thought I would look back at some highland game pics to get me motivated to throw far this weekend and come home with a win :)


Here I am with Summer and Lacy last year at worlds in Arizona, where I got second, Summer won and Lacy got third.


Portland Highland Games 2006, throwing open stone.



Here is one of my biggest competitors, Mindy and I after Nationals in California 2006.
She has been ranked #1 in the nation for the last 4 years.


Here I am at nationals in 2006 throwing the weight for height.


Another competitor is Summer. She was a thrower for Stanford back in college and I think one of the funnest people to compete against. She won Worlds last year and is another one to beat.


This is one of my friends Karen from Canada. I dont think she will be down there competing this weekend, but she makes the highland games a blast to compete in.


Heather and I were together all summer in 2006 throwing at every meet we could. That was a fun year :)


This is in Enumclaw Washington in 2007. I think this was my PR of 23feet.


Wish me Luck!!!!!

Flash Back Friday #6

Here is a picture of my Dad with a snow man he made for my mom, when she was pregnant with me in 1978. I love this picture

This is my niece Ellie and I at her pirate themed birthday party in California. I think it was her 6th or 7th birthday. We had such a great time with a treasure hunt, a cool cake and great costumes :)

Here I am as Tolo Queen my senior year in high school with David Franzen as the king. My friend Jenelle is on the left with Luke Detterman and Marca Bruff (I dont know if I spelled her name right) is with? with? I forgot his name (I guess 12 years will do that to you). I remember going to pick out the dresses and having such a hard time finding the same dress in all our sizes. I had to alter mine because they did not have a size big enough for me. And Mr. Beck's (our volleyball coach) wife helped me change the bow around in the back to cover up the open zipper. That was fun :)