BSU vs U of I Basketball

We all know how the BSU vs U of I thing ends... right?! Actually, it was a REALLY close game. It started off crazy with tons of people trying to get last minute tickets. Emily and I couldn't get over how the will call woman was just yelling out last names and people were walking up and getting their tickets- she wasn't checking ID or anything! I'm fairly certain some people walked away with tickets that were not theirs.
Then the game started and all I remember is that in the end BSU only won by one point. I was actually nervous for just a bit in the last half. Apparently a famous baseball player was spotted at the game, "A-rod?". I don't know. It was nice of Mom to get the tickets for Dad, Chuck, Emily and me to enjoy the game together.

Ice Skating and Shopping

After Christmas you'd think there'd be time to relax and lounge around- not with Emily here! haha :) Just kidding, we had time to relax, but we also kept very busy and did a lot of fun things in Boise.

We went to Idaho Ice world and went ice skating. Chuck needed some extra pushing.

Then somehow Emily and I snuck away for a bit and got some shopping in at the outlet mall. The hats were a steal- but I think Emily won out hands down for the more stylish hat!

Christmas Day

It was a very nice Christmas. Spending time with my family is probably the most important thing to me. And spending time with them over the Christmas Holiday is always exceptionally wonderful.

This was one of my favorite pictures this Christmas.


What really topped of this Christmas was that Emily was here to enjoy it with us. Very special and wonderful. I'm looking forward to many more Christmas holidays with her around!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is always a big celebration and extended family get together at the Dunne's home. Everyone brings something to eat and tradition has it that Chuck and me are responsible for the corona. One of the most looked forward to traditions is having Santa come and hand out gifts to the children...er... apparently the adults too!


My Mom and Dad took a picture with Santa this year and it was just too cute not to share. After the food and Santa craziness subsides, there's more to come! Time for the annual pinata! This tradition is currently kept alive by my cousin Cameron. This year he made a Mario from the Mario Bros. The picture below is of Sophie (My cousin Matt's second daughter) after giving him a good whack!

Holiday Traveling to Boise

Yeah, Yeah- I go to Boise all the time. But this Christmas, WOW was the airport BUSY! I've never seen so many people in the luggage claim area. There were flights from Sacramento, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Oakland. They all arrived sometime after 11pm on the 23rd of December. It was crazy, but there was a sense of happiness in the air. So many people looking forward to spending time with their family and loved ones over the Christmas holiday.

California Christmas

Before I flew home to Boise for the Holidays, I'd gotten quite a few Christmas gifts from friends. Only thing is- there was a definite theme! HAHA! From left to right I got a Korbel from the Sonoma State School of Business & Economics, an Almond Champagne from Amanda McGowan, a Stephen & Walker special blend from Trisha Torgrimson and a host of delicious wines hand picked from Evan Ferguson! They were all very delicious! Emma got me a pair of personalized boxers with the lead character from "Legend of the Seeker" wielding his sword and a candy cane full of flavored vodka samplers. Excellent! Merry Christmas!

Holiday Door Competition

This year CMS (Common Management Systems, my department), Human Resources and Payroll all teamed up to decorate our office doors with the 12 days of Christmas theme. It was perfect as there were exactly 12 doors in our suite. My door was the 11 Pipers Pipping. We wrapped every door in Christmas paper and then decorated them to meet each part of the song. Jaime's son Cooper went to extensive lengths to color each one of the pipers individually and then with some help from Erica I got them all cutout and posted. It was a fun event and all the doors looked great!

Emma's Cooking Skills

One of the best side benefits of living with Evan and Emma is Emma's amazing cooking skills! She made a salmon dinner tonight completed with rice, kale and salad. I think I added in the white wine... I'm sure I did! Delicious, Thanks Emma!

Holiday Lights

Emily had a great idea this week, to go see the houses all decorated for Christmas! She had a map that she found of the hot spots in Rohnert Park. I wasn't so sure about it at first, but OH MY GOSH do they go all out around here! This was my favorite picture, the entire cul de sac was Disney themed. The main house was Aladdin's castle complete with the Genie up top! There was a lot of people with the same idea, very crowded, but fun! Next year, I think Emma's homemade hot cocoa is in order! It was a fun night out with Emma and Emily.

Ugly Sweaters & Gia's Birthday!

It's that time of year again, time for Gia's annual Ugly Sweater and Birthday Party! It's one of my favorite parties each year. Thankfully Gia and her sister keep some extra ugly sweaters around just for the occasion. I picked out tweety bird saying "Kiss This" across the top.


It's tradition to get a picture with the Christmas tree in whatever fun pose strikes at the moment. I thought this was a pretty good picture! Gia always has such a phenomenal setup with drinks, food and snacks galore, ping pong, dancing and music and a fire pit where the most important thing happens- S'MORES! MmmMmm! Best s'mores all year long are had at this party- hands down! Love 'em!

Thanks for the great evening, Gia- Happy Birthday!!! ^_^

Hark the Herald Angels 12K

Today was the "Hark the Herald Angels 12K" race held on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. This was my first time running this race. I drove down to Tiburon and met up with Jeff, Trisha and Irene for the ferry ride over to the Island. I'd dressed up for the event with a halo and angel wings for the event.
I'm so glad I dressed up! When I boarded the ferry everyone on board clapped and cheered. The lady in front of me asked if she could get a picture. Before the race people came up to me and asked questions about my costume or gave me the thumbs up, etc. The entire race people loved the costume, cheering and clapping or shouting out to the "Dark Angel". I've never been called "Angel" so many times! The fun of the costume aside, this was still one of my favorite races! The view was absolutely amazing-well, once you jogged the nearly two miles up hill to see across and around the entire bay! The views were of the Golden Gate bridge, North Bay, Alcatraz and San Francisco. It was breathtaking. Thanks to my Runkeeper you can view the pictures and race route here.

Tainted Love

Tonight Emma, Emily, Jaime and me went to the Tainted Love concert at the Last Day Saloon in Santa Rosa. Tainted Love is our favorite 80's cover band that comes to Santa Rosa every couple of months. We hadn't been in what seems like forever! We had some delicious drinks at the bar, we danced at the front of the stage and had a great time! We had a good laugh at some girl that had obviously been drinking a bit much and was having a good time grinding up on our group. Jaime kept positioning me in between her and everyone else. We held our spot right up front through the whole first play list. During the break I started to crash- I had an exhausting week. We ended up heading out as the group started their second set, just before 1am. It was a great time- as always and I'm looking forward to the next one!

Thanksgiving in Boise

This Thanksgiving week I flew with Emily from Oakland, CA to Boise, ID. We drove to the airport together early in the morning Saturday the 19th. It was a quick one hour flight, and before we knew it Chuck was greeting us in the welcoming area at the Boise airport. We grabbed our luggage and headed over to my parent's house. That first day felt like the whole week would go by so leisurely- but looking back over the time it just flew by!

I was lucky to get so much in over the 9 days there. I went out with friends several nights. I had a great time with Chelsie, Andrej and Wes out at Twigs Cellar in downtown Boise. A very quaint wine store where we got a chance to catch up. Afterwards they drove us to Old Chicago in the Ambulance- what a kick! I posted "Always better to arrive in an Ambulance than leave in one!"

Sunday I went to Church with Mom and Dad and then met up with Jenn for lunch at Fork. We spent most of the afternoon just catching up- it was very nice to get so much time with Jenn!

Monday I stopped by my house and helped the guys that came to trim the trees and remove the volunteer trees that needed to be removed. It looked so much better once they were done! That afternoon I went shopping with Mom, Emily and Chuck. Mom got me all sorts of great clothes for Christmas! (I even got to bring some home with me early- yeah!)

Tuesday I spent the day catching up with my friends at Boise State University. I couldn't believe how long I was there chatting with friends I haven't seen in such a long time. That evening I got Mom hooked on Once Upon A Time, my favorite show this season. Revenge has also been very good...

By the time Wednesday came around I hadn't jogged yet, so I went for an 18 mile jog up the greenbelt from my parents house to Boise State University. I thought I'd have a little fun along the way; so I posted to facebook that whoever guessed my mileage the closest I'd buy them lunch. Trisha guessed 18, second highest only to Emily who guessed 22! haha! So I owe Trisha lunch here before too long.

I was so tired and sore after the 18 miles, I wasn't much help setting up the furniture. Fortunately this year Chuck was home and he moved most of the things he could. Emily helped Mom prepare the silverware and place settings. Before I knew it everything was set for Thanksgiving!

That afternoon I took Mom, Dad, Chuck and Emily to the Trans-Siberian orchestra at the Pavilion. It was really cool. The show was a little long for me, there was a running theme and story. Mostly I was there for the music, and it was very good. Here's a picture of Emily and Chuck before the concert began.

Thanksgiving Day happened quickly as always. Just as I finished cutting up the turkey and helping Mom prepare items in the kitchen (and this year, Emily made the stuffing) people started showing up. Yes, Rick, Carrie and Mont were first. Dad opened up the meal with a very nice tribute to the family members. He spoke about each person there and said the nicest things. It was really very wonderful; I think he had us all teary eyed.

That evening Chuck, Emily and me went over to Casey and Kari's house for cards with them and Kari's little brother. We had quite a fun debate over the rules of the new game Chuck had learned from Chris "Shanghai". Apparently there's MANY versions. It was fun, regardless.

Friday I played some racquetball with my Dad. He beat me 3 games in a row. Dang it! I spent the day putting up Christmas lights on the outside of the house for Mom (her yearly Christmas request) and then brought down all the decorations from the attic. Dad put up the tree and Mom decorated the house. It was a nice day with my parents. I went out that night to PF Changs with Andrej, Wes, Kevin, Dan, Chuck, Emily and another couple that were friends of Wes and Andrej. Dinner was delish! Then we hit up Barbacoa for some drinks. It was pretty fancy after the remodel following the fire that gutted the restaurant earlier this year.

Saturday I visited with my friend Jami who had just returned from a trip to Hawaii with her husband Jason. They had such an amazing time! I felt lucky to see all the pictures and memorabilia first hand. Then I grabbed some Costa Vida before heading over to my Aunt Erni's house to have dinner with Chuck, Emily, Mom, Dad, Matt, Artesia, Madeline, Sophie, Clara, and Doc. It was nice hanging out with them. Artesia really showed us how to play Shanghai! Chuck and Emily turned in for the evening after that so I was left to cause mischief and trouble in Boise on my own. I met up with Skylar and Chelsie at the Reef. I met Jeremy there- it was a wonderful last Saturday night in Boise.

Sunday morning was a rush to get everything together in time for my flight, but I managed to do it- somehow!? It was a nice long trip to Boise and made very special with Emily, Chuck and my parents. I'm already looking forward to Christmas in Boise less than a month to go...

New York

Ever since I heard the NPR Fresh Air Interview on the new Broadway play The Book of Mormon I've been planning a trip to New York City. I'm so very lucky to not only have family in New York, but in Manhattan and family that I LOVE!

My cousin Kali and her husband Andy moved back to the upper east side in Manhattan earlier this year and so I was able to stay with them. The first night we had an amazing dinner at Rosa Mexicano and then Andy took us to a local speak easy. How crazy was that- we knocked on a door in a basement and the guy opens the door and says "How many" we say "Three" he says "We don't have room" and closes the door. We wait a bit and then he opens it again and says "How many?" and we say "Three" and he says "Ok, come in." It was such a dark and small venue but in the back there was a small kitchen/bar area where we ordered drinks and talked. The bartender was dressed in 1920's style and did a great job making drinks.

Saturday morning Kali and I went jogging in Central Park which was absolutely beautiful with the leaves changing color. As always, it was nice jogging and chatting with Kali. After our jog we walked past the Metropolitan Museum and then grabbed a Starbucks. What a perfect New York Saturday morning!

After getting ready for the day, we headed out on the subway for the WTC. It was phenomenal seeing Freedom Tower half way built and towering above the other buildings. It was great timing to be in NYC for the Occupy Wall Street movement. I got to see the movement first hand and see the people, tents, signs, police and crowds all first hand! Then we did some much needed retail therapy at century 21 and I picked up a new dress shirt and some 2XST undies. Finally we headed back to Kali's place to rest and then get ready for going to the Broadway play!

The Book of Mormon was absolutely everything I expected and then so much more. It's an expensive trip just for a play, but I want to just to see it again. It was that good. I laughed, I teared up, I clapped and I sang along. And in all of that, I was one with the audience. Yes, the literal credibility of Mormonism was challenged but it wasn't cynical. The 'point' that I took away from the play was really whatever you believe in life is ok, if that's what helps give you purpose.


After the show there was no time to dilly dally; we had to meet up with Andy and his friends who were out celebrating Billy's birthday at the Lambs Club. What a blast! Billy and his wife Liz are a great time! We chatted and drank all evening, and I ended up meeting some guys from Sonoma and San Francisco at the same bar in New York City! Small world! Then we bounced around to some different clubs and ended up back at Kali and Andy's house early the next morning.

Sunday was a nice relaxing day in the city. Kali and I went to Central Park and watched the 2011 New York Marathon runners finishing up the race. Kali was oddly enthusiastic cheering on the runners. Then we checked out Highline Park- what an amazing idea! The city took an old elevated railway and turned it into an elevated walk along park. Brilliant idea! That evening we got ready and headed out to see Avenue Q. I'd heard some of the songs from Kali earlier that year so I had an idea of what to expect. The puppets were great and the story was very cute. I enjoyed the adult themed play very much. It was a great laugh.

After the play we went through Times Square and made our way to Magnolia Bakery where we nabbed some red velvet cupcakes just as they were closing and enjoyed them at Rockerfeller plaza.

A California Halloween

This year I decided to go all out and throw a Halloween party. It wouldn't have been possible without the extra effort by Emily, Chuck and Emma. Thanks to each of you for all your help in making this party a reality! I couldn't have done everything on my own. Having some experience with how these things should go... I got to work in September ordering the reams of black construction paper (to cover the walls) and black plastic (to cover the floors). The most fun was getting the music together and finding that G-Force (my favorite music visualizer) has a current version that works for iTunes and even stand alone on my PC. I also had a lot of fun shopping for all the small party favors with Emma. One of the best things about this Halloween was that my brother Chuck flew in from Boise to surprise my friend and his girlfriend Emily! That Friday night we carved pumpkins to put out front for the party.


Saturday we spent the whole day working on the final party preparations. Emma made some FABULOUS jello shots (THANKS EMMA!) while Chuck, Emily and me put up the black construction paper. Phew- that was a lot of work! Then Emma did an awesome job painting up some black light reflective art on the walls for a very Halloween appropriate effect.


We got the black lights setup, the fog machine going, the pumpkins out front, beer fridge stocked with appropriate adult beverages, candy and food on the table and the music bumping just in time for Peter, Michelle, Annette and Aaron to arrive early and take a few pictures. There were football players, comic book heroes, Disney characters, VAMPIRES; you name it they were there!


It was a great night with good friends and family and made for a wonderful Halloween. You know it's a good party when it ends with me blowing up my subwoofer! Definitely time to invest in a state of the art sound system. Now the only question is what am I going to be next year...!?

Six Flags Fright Night

Today I met up with Peter, Michelle, Jason and Kevin. We went to Six Flags "Discovery Kingdom" in Vallejo, CA. The park is having a special event called Fright Night. Starting at 6:30pm they have a short performance of Zombies with an end result of them being released upon the park to haunt and terrorize the park goers. It was the perfect occasion because apparently there had been a cheer conference that day and there were hundreds of Junior and Senior high cheerleaders wandering the park. Once the Zombies were let loose upon them, there was screaming and running and general terror and chaos. It was fun!!!

Earlier in the day Peter, Jason, Kevin and me went on the Medusa roller coaster ride. I was nervous as I'm not the type to go on the roller coasters that go upside down. Totally not my thing- but I did it and survived! I don't think I breathed in the whole time; just a lot of screaming and holding my breath.

Then everyone else went on the roller coaster where your legs hang out the bottom and it goes upside down in a cork screw fashion. I'm glad I skipped that one- ugh! Upset stomach for sure!

I was thrilled with the quality of the pictures my new iPhone 4S takes. All the pictures here were from my phone. Even the one where the roller coaster was zooming along about 45 miles per hour and you can see Peter in the picture. That's pretty cool.

It was a great day- I'm glad we got season passes!

Occupy Wallstreet

Today I thought I'd go see in person what all the hubbub was about in the news with the Occupy Wall Street protests. The general sentiment of the nation on these protests I think is best summed up by this picture circulating on facebook:

I can't say I agreed with everything the people were protesting- but I do feel strongly we need further government oversight of our financial sector. Rachel Maddow had a great perspective in her October 13th show. Right now, Obama is trying to get a "Jobs" bill through that would create jobs by putting people to work on our decaying infrastructure. However, what are Republicans working on? Federally they spent the day putting a THRID ban on abortion funding. It's already stopped, twice in fact. But they spent today putting a third ban in place, yes, the entire day. At the state level? Well Wisconsin has made it more difficult if not impossible for the next election cycle. In the words of the poll workers who did a test run "It's very, very confusing". At the local level? Well in Florida, Republicans have pushed through a change with the drinking water so that Fluoride will no longer be added to their water supply. Because as we all know instead of reducing tooth decay by an estimated 40%, Fluoride actually is a form of government sponsored mind control... oh please!

At a time when our nation needs to be focused on the economy and the President is encouraging this, these are the things Republicans are working on. I was very glad to be in attendance and stand in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in San Francisco.

iPhone 4S

Today I went into work as usual... and promptly went home! My new iPhone 4S was on it's way to my house and I couldn't stand the thought of missing it! I actually was rather productive in the morning, but as the day wore on I was more and more anxious that perhaps it was delayed or shipped to the wrong address. UPS made me wait until 5:15PM before they delivered it. Well, it's here now and I'm THRILLED!

White, 64GB, 8 mega pixel camera, 1080p HD, iOS5, Siri (voice command and recognition software), Dual Core A5 processors, iCloud, iMessage, Notification Center and tons of new features. Yes, I'm in geeky iPhone heaven. ^_^

Sonoma County Harvest Festival

This weekend was the Sonoma County Harvest Festival at the fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. Pictured above is Emily, Michelle, Peter, me and Emma. Michelle drove us up so the rest of us could enjoy the wines! There were so many things to do! There were booths with fresh honey, wine sauces for desert, cooking, everything you could think of. I ended up buying two desert wine sauces and a chipotle barbecue sauce.

We all had a great time sampling the different wines available to us; especially the booth that Emily knew the hostess! They just kept pouring and pouring and pouring... we all REALLY enjoyed that booth! ^_^

After the Harvest Festival in Santa Rosa, Emily and me went to the Sonoma State University Harvest Festival put on by Prelude at the Green Music Center. There was a nice spread of appetizers to enjoy and we each got our own collectible Lagunitas mug complete with Lagunitas beer.
It was a nice event and fun way to ring in the Harvest season!

Folsom Street Fair

This weekend I drove down to San Francisco with Melissa and Bianca for the annual Folsom Street Fair. We met up with my friend Brandon and then ventured out into the city. We were lucky enough to get amazing parking at the Costco nearby (that membership card came in handy!).

We walked around the crowd, checked out the booths and as usual with the FSF kept to ourselves! It's always a crazy, crazy event. Definitely "more out there" than San Francisco Pride. But it's always been fun to go and see the sights and people of the city. It was a lot of fun with my friends Brandon, Melissa & Bianca; Thanks!

Sonoma Serves

This weekend was the annual Sonoma State Serves event where Students, Staff, Faculty and Administrators volunteer their time to give back to the local community. I was assigned to the Honey Bee Pool crew. I was excited for this group because the Honey Bee Pool is only a few blocks from my house; so I'd be helping give back to my neighborhood. When we arrived the local program coordinator showed us all the brush, trees and bushes that needed to be trimmed back and hauled away. It looked like a massive job. I was surprised that with twenty students working away it only took us a few hours to clear most of the underbrush. By the time we headed out there was a new picnic area for the pool patrons and the shrubbery was trimmed up looking very nice. It was a great way to give back and also work with the Students of Sonoma State!

Seafood Boil

This weekend I flew up to Boise for Matt & Jim's bi-annual Seafood Boil. The weekend started out great with a ride from the airport from Jami and then meeting up with Denise, Regan, Michelle and Ashley for lunch at PF Chang's. Then my Dad picked me up and I relaxed at home for a bit with Mom and Dad before meeting up with Chelsie, Andrej, Aida and Kam at Old Chicago. Then we went out dancing and had a great time.

Saturday morning came early with a 7am jog from Boise State University up the greenbelt to the Parkcenter overpass and back. It ended up being ten miles and it was a great jog to get in over the weekend. Then I went to my house and spent a few hours deep cleaning the kitchen. Still more to be done, but at least the fridge is sparkling clean!

That afternoon I picked up Gess and we went to Matt & Jim's house for the Seafood Boil. There were several familiar faces and friends as well as some new people. They served up three tables; one mild, one medium and one hot! Of course I was at the hot table enjoying the shrimp, scallops, asparagus, potatoes and sausage. It was very good- it always is!


Later that night Kam, Gess and I went to the Balcony. Chuck and Skyler met up with us there and we had a good night.

Sunday I spent the afternoon as usual with my family; playing cards and cooking food. Another nice weekend with my friends and family in Boise.

MARATHON 26.2 Miles

Finally, after several years of jogging and training for long distance running I was able to run my first Marathon! I had been training with Trisha and Irene last year to jog the Santa Rosa Marathon, but in the month prior I got severely painful shin splints and had to stop jogging for almost six months. In anticipation of the event Amanda and Trisha got me a gift certificate to iTunes which I'd never used before to actually buy music. It was perfect- I was up late the night before the marathon downloading all my "must have" favorite songs. My playlist was ready to go for my jog!

Chuck was actually here earlier in the week, but he and Emily had to head to central California for her sister's wedding. My Dad drove down Friday from Boise, straight through! It was definitely too much driving for one day, but he did it. Dad stayed the night in the spare room and the next day Mom flew in from Salt Lake to the Oakland airport where I picked her up.

Sunday morning came quick. I grabbed all my gear, made sure my iPhone was charged up and headed to Santa Rosa for the marathon. I was pretty anxious and nervous. I started out jogging with Jeff, but he was going about a 9 minute 30 second pace per mile and that was about a minute faster than I wanted to go. So I slowed up and jogged my own pace. About mile 3 I came across my friend Irene who was doing the half marathon. It was perfect- she was doing a slower reasonable pace so we jogged together until about mile 9. It was really nice having a jogging friend to keep me on track. After mile 9, it was just me and "Sheila" the name I gave my iPhone's "Runkeeper" voice that tells me audibly my distance and pace every mile. I was worried for Sheila, I wasn't sure her battery would survive a full marathon!

The end of the race was awesome. As I rounded out mile 25 I saw my Dad up on the overpass and my Mom was down on the path with camera ready. As I approached they cheered me on and gave me encouragement for the last mile. Then I looped back towards the last bit only to see my Mom running ahead trying to beat me to the finish line so she could get a picture, I yelled over at her "Good Luck!". As I came through the finish line area on my left was Amanda, Trisha, Maureen, Jeff and Trisha's boys Lance and Dominick yelling for me. Immediately after on my right was Jaime with her boys Cooper and Chace also cheering me on and prepared with refreshments for me, too! It was such an awesome experience; I can't thank all my friends and family enough for showing me such support! Amanda had a goody bag with a head lamp (because I've been jogging at times where there isn't light and I needed one!), new jogging shorts a congratulatory card and some gel packs for jogging. Way cool!


Jogging for over four hours gives you time to think. And one of the things I thought about a lot of this jog was the quote I posted to facebook from after the jog. "For me, in life as in jogging, it's not about the distance, the speed, or even if you finish the race, it's about the people you spend it with." While I'm thrilled that I'm now a "Marathoner" and I ran it in just under ten minute miles on average, and I finished the race in four hours twenty three minutes, the best part of it all was when I was jogging with my friend Irene.

I'm so lucky to be able to do so many different activities, whether it's traveling, jogging, video games, motorcycle riding, whatever it is I'm doing - for me it's all about the people I spend my time with.

Lucky Peak Boating

Sunday, my last day in Boise started out relaxing. I played hearts with my family (and won the first game, losing the second one to my Dad). Then that evening I met up with Kam and we drove to Lucky peak to go boating. Clint, Song and Gess met us up there. We fueled up the boat and headed out on the lake. Aside from some technical difficulties getting the stereo to work- it was a perfect night! We had the tube which Song totally rocked! I had him spinning across the lake at pretty fast speeds!

Here's a picture of Clint:

We also had both skis! YES! For the first time in forever I was able to water ski. Seems like every time I've wanted to there haven't been ski's in the boat or there has only been the one ski. Gess did a great job driving the boat. I was able to get up and out of the water on the first try. I was surprised how quickly my legs got tired though, so it didn't take too long and we were back to the tube.

The whole night Kam was awesome helping manage the deck; pulling up the ladder, untangling the rope, tossing it out to the skiers, etc. The only downside was I couldn't get him into the water... maybe I should have just pushed him like he did to me!

The last go around with the tube Song really bit it hard. I felt bad, and he was definitely done tubing. I think Clint and I just got carried away- I can't remember the last time I was laughing so hard! Song was bouncing along the water, and well it was just absolutely hilarious! Great, Great, GREAT night out with my friends. I hope we can do it again this season.

After boating Kam and I headed back to Matt & Jimmy's house for him to pack up his stuff to move back to Sun Valley. It was nice finally getting to see Matt and Jimmy- they'd been on a military exercise all weekend and were both very tired.