MS 150 Bike Tour

For the third consecutive year, Mars participated in the MS 150 Bike Tour.

Clive and I have made it a tradition to be in Logan to see him cross the finish line.

This year we made it with just five minutes to spare,

but we did cheer him as he finished his century ride.

He made it a goal this year to collect $500 in donations to the MS Society.

By the day of the ride he had received $750 due to the goodness of friends & family

and THEIR friends.

He initially started doing the ride because he loves biking

and wanted to ride in memory of my brother, Kim, who suffered from the debilitating disease

and passed away in 1996.

Thanks to Mars and others like him, those who suffer may live to see a cure.

New Year's Day

It seems that Clive took a couple of photos of Darren & Mars at the shooting range after all!

The annual family New Year's Day tradition consists of Clive, the guys, and Marisa traipsing off with as many people as they can recruit to go shotgun shooting west of Utah Lake. I counted on Clive taking lots of photos, but naturally this was the one year that he neglected to shoot the camera instead of the gun! So ... I snapped a couple of pictures of him cleaning his guns and one of them was erased. My grand ideas of starting the year out with nice Blog photos have been sabotaged big time!

I spent my New Year's Day tromping through the snow with Marisa and Jonathan for their "Wedding" photo shoot. Being the individual that she is, Marisa decided that having "Bridals" with the snow as a background would be ideal. Of course, it was the coldest day of the season so far and the temperatures hovered between 19 & 23 degrees. It was a challenge dressing her in her gown outdoors, and then keeping the dress protected from the wet and mud. After five hours of creative photography, we were able to return to the warmth of home and hearth. Of course, I was unable to shoot any photos of our adventures or I'd ruin the whole "seeing the bride in her gown before the big event" scenario. So, I'll tell the tale, but without photographic proof for the time being.