Kansas State begins it's march to the Big XII championship today!

First step toward the BCS, lowly North Texas. Check it out tonight, look for a lot of points from the Cats.

Night out on the town

Wendy and I went out to dinner recently with a few of her good friends from the gym. Rori (in black) is demonstrating a new bicep workout.

I made a friend at Kneaders

We went out to dinner with our friends B.J. and Lizz. After waiting in line for a few moments, B.J. reached up and kissed me on the neck. Apparently Sophie was in on it because she had her camera ready to capture the action. Needless to say, I'm not comfortable with male intimacy.

Wedding Crasher

Jack and Uncle Bryson share a love for dressing up. We have two weddings coming up in September and Jack gets to be a ring bearer in both. The best part is...he gets to wear a tux. Wendy took him to get fitted today and she couldn't wipe the grin off his face. Jack was disappointed he didn't get to wear the tux home.

1st day of second grade

Wendy making Sophie breakfast...she was harder to get up than Sophie, big surprise. Showing off two fingers for the second grade!
This is our traditional first day of school pose...nose picking.
Sophie is off to a fast start in second grade. She missed her friends over the summer and was anxious to get back to North Star Academy. She loves her new teacher, Ms. Ryan.

Check out my six pack

I stumbled across this picture on the Internet recently...the photo brings back fond training table memories (that's where football players eat their meals and I ascended to 300 lbs!). I'm #68, we're playing the University of Kansas. The guy next to me, Ryan Young #76, actually outweighed me by about 30 pounds. His belly made him rich ( he was drafted in the 2nd round by the Jets). My belly was the object of entertainment. Incidentally, we beat the Jay Hawks from Kansas...for the 4th time in a row.

Taking a dip at Jeannie's pool

Bryson and Krystyn and Chase are visiting Salt Lake, so we decided to all get together and swim at Jeannie's pool. It was a good time for all.

World's largest open pit copper mine

Kennecot copper mine is just 5 short miles to the west of our house. Sophie and Jack have developed a fascination with it this summer. From our front porch, you can see the edge of the mine. It looks like a mountain with the top cup off. When you look at it from the top you see a hole straight down over 1 mile into the earth! The mine has been active for over 100 years in Utah and is the world's largest supplier of copper. The mine is also one of the few man made objects that can be seen from space (the pyramids, the great wall of China and Kennicot Copper mine).