Winter 2004-Beginning of 2005 Facing Real Life

So after my knee healed sufficiently, I went out to put my degree to work and get a real job. Haha, I interviewed at a number of places, some of them being car dealerships, and in the process had the multi-multi-multi millionair cowboy Tex Earnhardt take me to lunch and try to convince me to work for him. I said yes and lasted a month and a half. I couldn't stand a lot of things there so I left.

It wasn't much later that I was offered a great opportunity with My Profit Keeper to sell an accounting software to large franchises. I'm now Director of Sales and Training there and in 9 months time I've helped the company go from 3 employees and 20 clients to 11 employees and 300 clients. Things are keeping me busy. Below is a few photos of things I did on the side during the last part of 2004 to the beginning of 2005.

February 4, 2005 in Sedona, AZ. The place is super cool for being a haven of wierdos.

March 2005. Heathie came home from her mish at Temple Square.

Here's me and Rybo, Rybot, Coughbot, Dr. Death, Ryan Seastrand American Model, Wizager in SoCal. I've got a lot of love for Mr. Coughbottica.

While on my way to General Conference in April of 2005, I met up with my friend Mary Ellen. We were turned a corner looking for a parking space and Mary's FRONT TIRE CAME OFF two blocks from conference! SO, yeah, we missed the session as we had to get a tow truck and stuff. Its amazing how many people stopped to offer help though...

Mary and I had to snap a photo, no one would believe us if we didn't.

Haha, I helped secure a towtruck and get the car out of the middle of downtown SLC to a car shop. Mary's trying to explain what happened to a friend on the phone...

I did quite a bit of curbocycling even while I had only one good knee in 2004. This is an R1 I bought super cheap, fixed up, rode hard, and made some dough on.

Finished product, my first 2002 Yamaha R1. Props to Clayton on the paint job.

Haha, I know this is one of Andy's favorite pics....

This is me and Lindsey Prowse with Andy and Baby Higgs in Nov. 2004. I wired Andy the $$ and he bought a bike for me in UT. Lins and I drove up and got it.

Here it is. 2002 Yamaha R1...i made sure it did 145mph.

Is There Life for a Single LDS Guy After BYU? Summer/Fall 2004

One snowy February day in Provo, I went to the hospital to visit my friend who's appendix had exploded. While I was in the hospital visiting him, I commented to another friend how much I hated hospitals and being sick. I said my biggest trial would be having to spend time sick in a hospital. The next day I tore my acl in my left knee playing basketball at BYU. I was blessed that I wasn't as nervous as I thought I'd be about the operation and recovery, things went smoothly, and I had my wonderful mom and sisters to nurse me back to health. Of course, the pampering didn't last forever...

Another one of my favorite pictures. I dreaded hospitals, so when my lil bro came to cheer me up, I loved it.

Here's a picture with my hot nurse. I asked her for her phone number and she reminded me she's my younger sister...

The Suns had a great year and almost made it to the finals. Thanks Dad for all of the tickets! I would've been in heaven if the Suns would've won their first championship the SAME YEAR as the RedSox...

Ashy and I made it out to Clark Fielding's wedding in OC, CA during the summer. Trent and John stopped flirting with girls long enough to take a quick pic with us.

Halloween, 04. But sometimes I do dress like this.

Me and the Bub. I took lil sis to a Yellowcard/Starting Line show.


November 2004, with my bro when my family got to meet Elder Eyring.

Best friends since we were 8! 17 years fly by...

Andy, Robert, and I eating wings at Native New Yorker, an old C-Town tradition.

2004 Graduation

BYU flew me and a few others to New Mexico to compete in a District Advertising competition. Anyone who has been to N.M. knows there ain't much to do there, so you could imagine my excitement when I ran into a fellow skateboarder.









After 4 years at Brigham Young University, I graduated in April of 2004 with a Bachelor's Degree in Advertising and Marketing.

You can tell there's something special about my parents, just by looking at them.

Haha, when I told my family that I was speaking at my graduation, they said "Wow!". When I told my friends I was speaking, they said "When?". When I told my classmates I was speaking at their graduation, they said "Why?".


What would graduation be without mentioning my family, and specifically, my parents? They're the reason I was able to go in the first place. Bubby's taking the picture.


Here with my sister Jen who was a freshman at the time at BYU and my little bro Chief. It was such a nice day.


I still can't believe my mom got on this. I think I promised I would eat healthy for a month if she saddled up.

I had a lot of fun that day riding around on my bike in my grad stuff. A few of my friends later said they saw someone in grad apparel wheelieing on a yellow bike and knew it was me.

I didn't think it was possible for me to love school. I was wrong. BYU was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. I miss Provo Valley.

At a bbq with my friend Charlotte around grad time.