Great Birthday Weekend

Made it home and back to Cali last weekend for my big golden birthday weekend without any troubles. Was very happy I got to spend some time at home, and it was the greatest birthday yet. Was at the cabin the whole weekend with Brooke, friends, and family and had a blast! Even the rainy weather on Saturday couldn't get our spirits down. The mosquitoes definitely ate me alive and reminded me that I wasn't in California anymore too! But again all in all a perfect weekend and was very glad most of the crew made it! Big shout out and thank you to both my parents for the hard work and time and money they put into making my day day/weekend perfect! I even got to take my newly updated Motorcycle out for a ride with Brooke Monday. Itching to get back home for some more!! Picture below is of the gang at the Tiki Bar.

Also looking forward to the next two weekends! I am spoiled and get to see Brooke 3 weekends in a row. She flies out here tomorrow and is spending 10 days with me. We have a full and fun 10 days planned! Going to a B&B, Crossfit days, hikes, and even throwing attending a wedding in there for good measure! The next couple weeks are looking up!

Man Day

Have had a couple fun weekends these past few- Had a great time at the CrossFit Regional games on the 12th. Definitely makes me want to work towards making that day as one of my goals for next year! These guys and girls were beasts. Then yesterday a buddy of mine from the gym killed a workout in the morning then surfed for about 3 hours (picture below with my awesome pink board), and pounded a rack of ribs at an awesome BBQ joint. Each Sunday I have continued to help out Richard and Alex at their house getting projects done. They moved their wedding ceremony to their back yard so we got lots to do before the big day!

Most excitingly though I am heading back home for the long Memorial Day weekend in 5 days! Very excited to see all the friends and family I have been missing lots! Of course most importantly my amazing girlfriend (you're second though Mom). We are having our normal big birthday/weekend bash up at the cabin and the weather so far is supposed to be great. Hopefully that stays that way!

Just a quick update this time!

May Update

Been slacking on my blog updates lately. Sorry Mom! All has been well. First the visit from Dad and Grant went real well! Great way to spend to spend Dad's birthday and very glad they came out and had a good time. Below is a picture from the Dodger game. We will always be able to say that we saw baseball's latest young star's first game. Kid is 19 years old and played a great game in the outfield and got his first hit- smashed a double to deep center.

School update- this school is way too long. We could cover the same amount of material in about 1/2 to 2/3 of the time... But it is still going well, worth while, and am learning a lot. Currently have a 94% average on all the exams. We are in Chassis phase right now, and in 2 weeks we will be moving schools and getting into the higher level and more specialized training so I am looking forward to that.

Crossfit update- Did my first "Hero" workout today and it kicked my butt. All the workouts in Crossfit are normally girl names- and an average workout typically takes anywhere from 10-20 min to complete. These "Hero" workouts are pretty much double the work load, and are named after Male fallen soldiers. These workouts typically take 30min to an hour. Crushers and they use these workouts as benchmarks. Definitely am addicted...  This weekend we are all jumping in the van and heading to the So Cal Regional competitions were the top 30 men and women of the southern cali region are going to compete for the honor to go to the crossfit games in July and fight for the grand prize of $250,000. Top 3 men and women for each region go to the finals. Will be fun to watch and spend the day with all my new crossfit gym friends! Below is also a picture of Richard and the van all loaded up with his new flooring. As mentioned before I have been helping him and Alex around the gym getting things together and also at their house. This last weekend we tore up some carpet and are putting down new hardwood floors. Will look awesome when complete!

To all the Mother's out there happy early Mother's Day! I have one of the greatest Mom's out there! Wish I was home spending the day with her- but also these days I have been thinking about another Mother. Everyone please keep my Aunt Julie, Uncle Keith and the girls in your prayers. As many know Keith is overseas in a hot zone with the Air Force, and they had quite an unfortunate experience recently. The base where Keith is stationed was attacked, and Julie got to witness the attack and some of the aftermath live on Skype. Not a pleasant situation I can imagine! And then about a week later there is a story all over the news of an Air Force officer who was skyping with his wife who was shot and killed when his base was attacked, and his wife got to watch the whole thing. How terrible.... So please keep Keith in your thoughts for a safe duty and return!

Much love to all and am REALLY looking forward to getting to come home over Memorial Day weekend and seeing all my great family, friends, and amazing girlfriend!