Hey, did you know that King Sae Jong suggested the invention of the rain gauge?? Just a little trivia for you. Last Saturday was Sports Conference and man was it a doozy. Because of rain, the only outside event we were able to do was the "10K Beat the President Race". The course was beautiful, starting by the mission home after a short warm up jog we came right down next to a stream. We stayed on that trail...forever! It twisted in and out of huge apartment complexes and finally turned in to Olympic Park. After running all the way around, across, and through the park we headed back along side a 7 lane mega street in front of the park. At about the 1K mark there was a hill about a quarter mile long. The second half of the 10K had to of atleast been 10 miles long! So i didn't actually accomplish the goal of "Beating the President", I was a few minutes behind. So what if he's 47 years-old, he runs every day. I was reward in the end with a nicely printed certificate that said: "President Beat Me ___________" and right below a nice clip art picture of a baby crying. Not to worry I will be ready for him next year! We ended off the day watching "The Work and the Glory"! Wahoo!

What's up

Fam,

It's been a good while since I posted on the blog so here it goes...Meghan and I have returned to the Promised Land (aka the Valley of the Sun) and are just feeling like we belong again. For those of you who don't know or haven't heard yet, I received a job offer to work as an analyst at a company called LJ Melody. LJ Melody is a commercial real estate broker and I will be helping to put together loans between developers and investors. I'm excited about the challenge. Meghan is still looking for the right opportunity. She is hoping to work full-time as either a classroom aide or permanent sub. She wants to take a break from the stress of having her own classroom. Hopefully we'll hear back from one of the school districts she's applied to in the coming days.

We had a chance to go to the ASU-LSU game and enjoyed every minute of it (except for the last quarter, of course). We also caught the Toro's season opener against Centennial. We'll probably be attending more ASU games throughout the season. Needless to say, it's good to be home.

Meghan and I also recently received our new callings. I was just called as the Stake Missionary Prep Instructor and Meghan is a beehive advisor. We're both pretty excited about the new challenges. Feel free to let us know of any advice y'all (a little tribute to Heather) might have for us.

Hope all is well.