Well I am in Utah for most of the month of October. I am a part time assistant coach at UVSC, and I am training with the guys here for awhile. I am really excited about this program. The guys on the team are a great group of hard workers. They are hungry to wrestle and improve. I like being in this situation because it provides some new faces and a change of pace from Colorado Springs. However, I will be back in Colorado at the end of the month focusing on greco and working on my own wrestling goals. I am so excited for this year of wrestling. I am having a great time and am looking forward to the Olympics.

My wife and I drove out here last Monday, but we didn’t get here until Tuesday because we had to stay the night in Rawlins, Wyoming. There was a snow storm that we didn’t want to get caught in, and I was also exhausted. We didn’t leave until six o’clock in the afternoon so we were off to a slow start. I also got a speeding ticket after we got into Wyoming. I was going 81 in a 65 mph zone, but I thought the speed limit was 75 mph. Anyway I got a ticket and that slowed us down a little bit too. The officer was pretty cool though because I guess he could have given me a more expensive citation than what he did. Now I know to slow down when I cross the state line though.

The time that I have been here has been pretty busy. When I am not training myself or working with the guys, I am at work in the office so that has been a change to. It has been good though and I am learning more about the coaching world. I will be moving out to Utah after the Olympics to be on the staff full time so I am trying to get a foot hold of what is going on during the time that I am here this year.

UVSC has been putting on some free clinics on the weekends at high schools here in Utah. This last weekend me my wife and some of the guys drove down to St. George to do one of these clinics at Dixie high school. The group was small enough that the kids could get some individual attention and they all worked hard enough so it was nice to be there. At the end of the clinic we had a few posters to give away so I had the kids do a pushup contest to see who would win the posters. There were these two little kids that must have been about fifty pounds each that were just blasting out pushups like they were nothing. They just kept going and going. They ended up in the top three, but there was an older kid that ended up winning. After one of the little kids got to a hundred he was done and he just flopped onto the mat. It was pretty funny and I am sure that my description of it doesn’t do it justice. While we were down there I also got to meet up with some old high school team mates so that was a lot of fun as well.

Well I guess I should get back to work. I know that I still have some pictures to post, and I will get to it. Please be patient with the sight. I am doing a lot right now with everything, but I have some t-shirt designs being made up and I will be selling them in the future so stay posted. Keep tuning in to see what is happening.

Over the weekend my wife, my dogs, and I all went to Alamosa for my wife’s step grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We left on Friday night and the party was on Saturday. Whenever we travel with our three dogs, it is always an adventure after we get on the road. One of the reasons that these trips are such an adventure because, without a doubt, one of our little maltese, Newton, will get car sick and throw up on me. I don’t really know why he gets car sick, perhaps I am a poor driver, but he almost always gets sick and throws up on me. For some reason he always ends up yacking on me. I don’t think he has ever puked on my wife, which is a good thing because she has a weak stomach when it comes to canine barf. Anyway Newton stayed consistent on this trip and a little more than half way through the trip I felt something warm on my leg. Newton had thrown up on my leg again! Like I said before I have experience with this situation so I did what I always do. I cleaned myself up, and he went back to sleep on my lap. We finally arrived in Alamosa, got some food, and went to bed.

The next day we went over to Sarah’s dad’s house to get ready for the party. My wife was doing somebody’s hair that morning and there was a lot to get together for the party. I didn’t really do much. I moved some stuff and put up decorations when asked, but my mother-in-law and the other girls helping out had their vision of what they wanted everything to look like so I tried to stay out of their way. They really did a great job with decorating and setting everything up. There were a bunch of people that showed up for the party, and it was a really good time. I loved the food. We had some barbeque beef brisket, potatoes, beans, and there was also a chocolate fondue fountain. I love to eat, and I loved the party.

After the party I went with one of my brother’s in-law, Loren, to go hang out at his house for awhile until my wife was done giving her beauticontrol spa at her cousin’s house. We went over to his house, and played Guitar Hero on his playstation. This weekend was the first time that I had ever played this game. I had seen the commercials, and I thought that it looked like a lot of fun, but I had never played it. However, I do play the guitar so I thought that I wouldn’t have any trouble playing Guitar Hero. I was so wrong! I was trying hard, but I kept missing the notes. It was good though because we all had a good laugh, and I had fun playing. I think that I will just stick to playing the guitar instead. I have more fun with that.

Anyway the next morning was Sunday. Church didn’t start until one o’clock in the afternoon so I spent some time with my in laws at Sarah’s mom’s house, where we usually stay when we go to Alamosa. They have an extra apartment style setup upstairs and it is nice. I think that our dogs like running around outside in the country too. Alamosa isn’t a big town so things are pretty spread out. Anyway that morning I went with my father in law and one of my brother’s in law and two of his sons to go look at Gary’s alfalfa field. They just had a cut recently and we went to go see if it was dry. It was close but not ready for raking or bailing yet. I really don’t know what was the next step in the process because I don’t know anything about hay farming. It was a nice trip and an even better day. There was plenty of sun and not many clouds.

After our trek to the alfalfa fields we went back to the house to get ready for church. We went to church and heard some good lessons. While I was there Sarah introduced me to a marathon runner from Fiji. He told me about his competitive athletic days. He was the best marathoner in Fiji, but they took another guy to the Olympics who was actually slower than he was due to politics. It was nice to meet him.

After church was over we ran some errands and headed back home to Colorado Springs. It was a nice trip home, and for the most part uneventful. Newton didn’t even throw up on me. What a good dog. Anyway it was nice to be home. However, today Sarah and I are getting ready to go to Utah for a month because I am going to be helping out with the wrestling program at UVSC. We still have a lot of loose ends to tie up here before we get on the road so I hope that we can get it all done so we can leave at a decent hour. Speaking of that I better get to work on that. Take care.