I put my D7000 on a tripod last night trying to capture the red skies to the west. After I was finished taking some photos, I started seeing some crazy lighting. I took my camera and changed it over to movie mode and let it run while nature put on a show. It was an amazing storm!. I had to go inside when some giant rain drops came down. Music is by Live “Lightning Crashes”

Down on the Boise river for a Sunday evening walk.  I couldn’t believe how high the river was, but it makes sense with all the precipitation we have had this year.  It was an amazing day, and we miss the easy access to the green belt that we used to enjoy when we lived closer.  Boys had a blast.  Check out the geese and the goslings walking across the green belt.

Jr’s basketball ball game on Saturday.

JR had his last game on satruday, and they suffered another loss.  They came out strong, but couldn’t hang in there to get the win.  It was a fantastic season, the team came a long ways from the beginning.  JR had another great game.

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I am having a great time doing all the video production for the Bishop Kelly Knights Football Program.  I film all the games, and travel with the team on the Bus.  I do highlight films, and other films to market the team and the program.  I also am doing recruiting CDs for some of the top seniors so colleges can see if they want them in their football program.  They hand a DVD to the scout, or they will send them a link to a video online.  I create the video for them, and have it ready for scouts to watch.  It has been fun to be a part of the program.  I didn’t have any ties with anyone, but they liked my videos that I produced from the summer so they hired me.  It’s not a lot of money, but I hope will open up new possibilities with some very quality people in the future.  BK is ranked #1 in there division, so hopefully they will go all the way to the state championships this year.  It’s a catholic school, and the head coach is LDS and I didn’t even know that until later.

Pre Game Film

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Highlights Film

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JR’s second game of the year.  He scored on the third play of the game.  He ran 3/4 of the field to the endzone.  This was there first score of the year.  The first game they had they got crushed, but this game they did the crushing.  There defense held the other team to 0.  It was awesome game, and Jr  had some great runs and tackles.  The final score was 13-0.

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We saw a huge smoke plume, so the boys wanted to investigate what was going on.  The roads were blocked so gawkers couldn’t get in, so we took the back route to see if we could get close.  We found a dirt road of the beaten path and got right on top to see what was going on.  We were looking for blown up houses with massive devastation and we were let down with farmers burning stubble next to the dairy (glad that nobody was hurt, or lost their house).  It was fun to get out of the house with the boys, they had fun.  As we were leaving, KTVB video guy was setting up his video stuff to get the same shot as us.  It was cool that we got there before him.

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JR had his first little Scrimmage in pads on the Boise State Blue this past weekend.  He was suffering from a terrible bug for the last 2 days.  I told him that he should just get pictures and not play.. but he played anyway.  He wasn’t himself but he said that he couldn’t give up the chance to play on the blue field.  His team did a lot better than expected, but still lots to work on.  I used some NFL films audio for the effects.. take a look for yourself.

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Hi everybody, some of you know that little JR is in Optimist football this year and it’s his first year in pads.  He is so excited, and is doing very well.  Optimist football has a fundraiser every year, and it’s the “Two for One” card that some of you have seen in the past.  It’s funny because not all the deals are two for one.. but I guess they started out that way.

The money raised from this project will be used to offset the expenses such as field maintenance, uniforms, and equipment, training, referees, etc!  Every participant should sell 20 cards.  Please help JR get is goal today.

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