Farewell to a Trusty Friend

~Ode to the Bended Wire~

You hung there in the closet, bended into a wrong shape.
You were so needed, and patiently waited for a chance to escape.

The moment came and my MacGyver gave you that chance.
With the pliers and the tongue between his teeth, you were enhanced,

Rest of you disgarded as trash, trash, trash
For 10 years you kept the water in and out without a splash.

Until the time came when somebody else took your place.
Now you are lying there trying to save face.

No, no, you are not needed anymore.
Farewell. Farewell. Don't be so sore.

Alex - Sophomore 2010

The most handsome young man around.

Zija Regional in Nashville

Rod was in Nashville last weekend celebrating Zija's Regional Event with almost 1,000 distributors/leaders. This was the biggest event in Zija's history. And Rod couldn't be happier.


Ken Brailsford, Founder of Zija. And Rod. Two men leading the company.


Rod, Mike Sims (one of the biggest leaders) and Jayson Jorgensen, who just joined Zija as a Director in the corporate side. Rod and Jayson have known each other since they were kids

Good times to come for Zija.

Labor Day Weekend

The last long weekend of the summer. I can feel the crisp fall air in the early morning (I would know this if I woke up early in the morning and went outside, but I haven't experienced it yet, and I won't). No more white pants after Labor Day.

AND THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!!!

BYU vs. Washington Football game was on Saturday afternoon. We got tickets. Didn't sit in the sun (thanks to me). We had a bunch of Washington Husky fans sitting around us who were so loud and so sure of their win that when the final score was 23-17 for BYU, and the Huskies hadn't scored in the last second half, they went awfully silent. It was time for them to run on home.


Rod and Alex at the BYU game. The older lady on the left side had her boney knees poking me in the back the whole game.


Monday=Labor Day. Rod and Alex went golfing in the morning while I folded laundry. Not so sure if that was equally fun thing to do. Then we left to go to Salt Lake in search of good sushi. All of the sushi places were closed. WHAT! This is not Christmas Day. It is Labor Day. Who gives them a permission to close their doors on a Labor Day? We were so disappointed. So we had to choose the next best thing: Barbecue. Dave's Famous sounded good. Never heard of the place before, but we chose to have a lovely dinner there.


60 wings of various heat factors.