Night at the Drag race

A couple of weeks ago Janna, Sklyer and I went on a date to the Rocky Mountain Raceway to check out the jet cars. I have seen the jet tank before at an airshow, but have never seen jet cars race down the drag.
It was the coolest thing ever to be there. Those engines are so loud. You absolutely have to go see them next season if you get a chance. Ear plugs is a must, unless you want to loose your ear drums.
When the engines fire up they make multiple loud explosion sounds. Once they take off, they roar by reaching speeds from 0-275 mph+ in less than 6 seconds! That's got to be the biggest rush ever.
Sklyer was pretty scared with how loud the cars were. Not only did he have his earplugs in the whole time, but also had to have his ears covered up nearly the entire time to.
The people watching is pretty good at the races as well. You have all kinds of interesting walks of life surrounding you. Good times though.

My little piece of sugar

I have pretty much disappeared off the map during this past month. It has been difficult to find time to write on my blog, when I am always busier than a honey bee. Aside from work taking up almost all of my time, since I work overtime almost everyday, I have met someone very special who has been taking up whatever extra time I have left.
Next month I will be turning 29 years old, and as most of you know, I'm still single. Being this is undesirable living in a Mormon culture; I'm already a "menace to society" according to Brigham Young. I have always wondered when I would meet my special someone who can keep up with me and love me for who I really am.
Last month I think my dreams have finally come true! I met a very lovely girl named Janna who has come to fill the empty void in my life. She's originally from South Carolina, but lives in Salt Lake City. It is quite a commute for me, but she's worth every bit of mile I have to travel to see her.
She has every qualification that i have ever looked for in a girl. Some have told me that i was unrealistic, and that I was searching for a girl that didn't exist. I hope that I have now proven these people wrong. My sacrifice of holding out nearly 29 years has paid off, and will indeed bring about a true happiness that I have been longing for. Aside from sharing common interests, we share the same goals, views, and similarities on a ton of topics.
I must say that meeting her and becoming close to her has completely caught me off guard as well as catching her off guard. We didn't expect to fall in love, but somehow that just kinda happened. We feel like the timing couldn't have been any better to meet. We now have been dating for a month. If you know me, and know the type of guy that I am, then you pretty much know Janna. She really is much like me; in essence, she is my mini me. She completes me. We are both very excited about a bright future together. I just hope I don't blow it :)

Split Enz- I got you

As I was at work driving home, I heard this song come on the radio. It's quite catchy and has been stuck in my head since. I came home and looked up the music video on it; even more catchy. It's priceless 80's music video. I think this video came out in 1979. This was before the time of all the fancy music videos that had budgets to make them appealing. This poses one question to me. How the hell did men get lucky with women back then?

Family reunion time

I have been way too busy to even set down for more than 10 minutes at home, let alone try to do some blogging. Sorry to all of my blogger fans..
Last week I went to Heber Valley Camp with my mom's extended family to have a surprise family reunion for my Grandma Storey who is turning 70 yrs. old this week. This reunion had been in planning for more than a year, and it finally happened. My grandma had no idea. It was a ton of fun.
Heber Valley camp is a LDS church owned camp place that is usually used for girls camp. We rented out a camp site that had 4 cabins, and a big pavilion.
There was plenty of hiking to be had. I went hiking with my little niece and my aunt and some other fam. Little Averie is quite the trooper. She did really well and wanted to lead the whole time, so she could show us "the magical way" It was great. If you're already my facebook friend, then you've seen the pics.
Still too busy to blog.. stay tuned for the newest excitement in my life... When i get a chance to blog about it :)

Work trip to the middle of nowhere

These past couple of days I went out of town near Vernal Utah for work. Every summer I usually go out of town every now and then to do asphalt maintenance. I have been to some places that I considered to be in the middle of nowhere, but I was way off. This place I went to beats everywhere I have ever been for the middle of nowhere.
It was at a place called Jones Hole Fish Hatchery. It's a national fish hatchery, so the government runs it, and the fish raised there is put into rivers and lakes all over the country. They mainly raise four different kinds of trout. Can I say that I got to feed the fish once? Haha. This hatchery is located about an hour drive north east of Vernal, way close to the Colorado boarderline. There is absolutely nothing along the way.
The good thing about this place was that it is located in a very beautiful canyon. I wouldn't mind going there sometime to do some hiking.
This was a very tough job. We slurried all of the raceway areas, along with parking lots and roads all around the facility. The maintenance guy was EXTREMELY picky. The cleanup before coming home took longer than we had anticipated. I worked there two straight days and came home with a total of 32 hours including drive time. Luckily I got the rest of today off once I got back home, so I could rest and write on my blog :)
I found this spider on this post thingy, and it was the creepiest thing i've seen in the wild. It looked like it had a smiley face on its bum.. see for yourself. I was freaked out just getting this close to take a picture of it.

10 yr. High School Reunion

This past weekend I got to reminisce about the days when I once was not so popular, not so cute, and kind of a band nerd. Yes that's right; my 10 year high school reunion. It was interesting to go and see people who I had classes with. Some people I didn't really recognize at all. I ran into other friends who I was happy to see.
It was fun. I wasn't popular for a couple of hours. hahaha, just kidding. It seemed like I talked to people's spouses more than the people who I actually knew. At least my best friend Dave was there to with his girlfriend, so I got to tag along with them, since most everyone else was married. There were a few friends who are still single, but not many.
It was held in the grand ballroom at UVU. The food was terrfic. They had a few interesting facts about 1999, but overall it wasn't too exciting.
I wish college had reunions as well, cause I was in college for more years than high school, and actually know the people I graduated with.
This is actually the only pic that i have from my high school graduation at Provo High School. This was after I changed my hairstyle. Pictured is my buddy Cody.

Birthday boarding

It has been awhile since I've had a chance to update my blog. Work has been keeping me so busy that I never get a chance to go out and do fun things, let alone write about them. Doesn't mean i don't do anything fun, just no time to blog about it. Working 60+ hour weeks and being all over Utah doesn't leave me with much time for much else.
Luckily there are birthday parties. My best friends Dave and Mike share a birthday. Every year we go to the lake and go Wake boarding. Mike has a boat and takes us out. He's married now, so i don't see him too often. I got to bring my new camera to the lake and test out all of the cool features.
After boarding on Utah Lake we surprised Dave at Texas Roadhouse. It was a good day off work, and a great time to be with my buddies, and celebrate birthdays with other friends.