I honestly don't know how to do this... I have a ton of updating to do and I don't know how to put it all in the right order. So I am just going to try from here...
So to start... For work there is this thing called Orange Day.It's a new thing where they give us a day off with the contingency that we will serve in the community. Its a designated Give Back day! My Uncle Todd made us our shirts! He did a great job! Shout out to Todd!

Marv Orrock arranged for a bunch of us to go to the Humanitarian Center in SLC and build hygiene kits etc. along side a group of Doctors in the area. Here are some of the pics from that adventure.

Then Reagan turned 8 years old! And guess what happens when youre 8 years old? You get to make the choice to get baptized. I am so proud of Reagan making the choice to follow Jesus Christ and be baptized. She and the other children getting baptized that day sang one of my new favorite primary songs... I am sure I wasn't supposed to be taking any pictures but I pretended in my mind to not know it!

My cute Gram and I at the top of the

Joseph Smith Memorial Building

Paul Cardall is an old friend that I originally met through High School friend Shannon Callahan but then he and I ended up working for EFY in 1996. He is also a very talented musician in the area that has a few CDs out and I have kept tabs on him through what was happening in his music career, always hoping for his success from a distance. Paul has had a heart condition since birth and was on the list for a heart transplant. There have been many articles in the news paper and he has quite the following on his blog regarding his experiences while waiting to recieve a heart. I dont remember how I heard about the benefit concert but I knew I would really like to support him. Knowing that my cousin Corey was also on the transplant list I called his family to see if they would be interested in going. Marsha & Craig Case along with Kelli & Brittney were there. There were many of the old musicians that I remember from EFY concert nights! Colors, Peter Breinholt, Ryan Shupe and the Rubberbands, along with Kurt Bestor and many more! It was an amazing concert and a very touching, emotional night.

The end was so great, Paul along with his beautiful wife and daughter (who the concert was named after "Living for Eden") was able go up on stage with his good friends and the nights' performers and talk about what it meant to him and his family to have had this experience. Then Paul played for us! It was beautiful.

The good news is that I know how the story ends because I waited so long to post all this! I actually ran into his sister Becky in Dallas over Labor Day Weekend at the BYU vs Oklahoma game... and she told me he was in the hospital and they hoped that meant that any day he could get a heart. I am sad to say that in my mind I thought "... or he could die before one comes available..." and I thought it wasn't all that likely. I just didnt have the faith or hope I should have had in my heart at the moment. I am so happy that I was wrong! Paul recieved a heart recently!!
It was also so great to run into so many old friends there... Ranger and Jodi Nielson from the Africa Adventures. My amazing high school English teacher and dear friend Kati Burningham. So that is all the updating I can do for now... lots more to come!

Denver, I think?

We had our annual PCRM- dont ask me what that stands for I really am not sure... I have even asked a few people and none of them know either.  But I do know that this is the time that they announce the winners of the years Incentive Comp contests. And to my UTTER SURPRIZE I didnt win Nothin! Hardly anyone did!  All the winners from that year got moved out of our region so there was little celebration this year!  But we had a fun time anyway!

Before we had the awards night we all got to go BOWLING! Yes folks bowling!  Interesting choice in activity!  We were even divided into predetermined teams! 

All the girls are hanging out eating the delctable foodies, hotdogs, fried macaroni and cheese things... you get the picture!

Bruce Black and Kathy Burnham

Big Bowling Butt!

Cindy Antonelli and I

She is the funnest and her laugh is so contagious you cant help but feel happy around her!

It is so much fun to have old friend (married to my dear friend from EFY, Tami Willardson) Mike Price working for GSK now.  He was with Reliant and when GSK bought them, we all were hoping to be able to keep Mike and we did!  Its fun to have a familiar face at all the work functions I get to go to.

Darin Pace, me, Wayne Roberts, and Dave Southwick

They even let us take our cool BOWLING SOCKS home with us!

The women of the Utah/Idaho Cardiovascular/Metabolic Team!

(say that 5Xs fast)

My dear friend Nicole Reilly-she is the dignified and respectable one of the pair!

These are the guys on our team!

And here is good friend, Mike Price winning!

CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!

Darin Pace and I have so much fun, he is not with GSK anymore and its gonna be a real bummer to not only not have him around for working with, but the meetings we go to will surely not be the same!

This is one of the ways we entertain ourselves at the meetings

lets see who can make the craziest face without laughing to mess it up!

Cindy, Me and Kris

Bruce, Nan, Brad (aka Fav)

Last but not least my teammate Wayne!

The Work Crew on an Adventure

Ruby Red Slippers or just the Ruby Winners' Circle

I really do work with fabulous people!

I feel incredibly lucky to be able to have such a wonderful team of MEN to work with. I set out with a goal of "tiering" in my first year of eligibility- the tiers are Daimond #1, Emerald is #2, and Ruby is #3. Considering the year that I had in 2007 I feel its a small miracle that I was able to make that goal. Its a lofty goal to begin with and with the significant help of my amazing team I was able to reach it. I know it is one of God's Tender Mercies.....
"I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God. Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles [has he] wrought in this land, for which [I] will praise his name forever."