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I’m Glad to Be Me

March 13, 2012 0 Information

Erik’s book I’m Glad to Be Me is now available at lulu.com, and at amazon.com.

Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

I’m Glad to Be Me aims to inspire self-worth, and the courage to be yourself. Helping children understand that good self-esteem simply means being themselves. It is great to be you! Every child in the world is special, gifted, and wonderful. Encourage children to explore their strengths, feel successful, be confident in school, make friends, and most importantly be themselves. Celebrate being me!

Thanks to all for your love and support of Erik, and for supporting the Wear Blue on 2/22 campaign!

Wear Blue on 2/22

KUTV News Story – Wear Blue On 2/22

March 1, 2012 0 Information

Erik promoted his anti bullying campaign on KUTV News last night! He is such an incredible person! I recorded it with my phone camera, so the quality is not great. KUTV will be posting the story on their website. If you would like more information regarding the Wear Blue on 2/22 campaign, or would like more information about Erik’s book “I’m Glad to Be Me”, please use our “Contact Us” page HERE: Contact Us.

Wear Blue On 2/22

February 29, 2012 0 Information

Erik sent the email below out to family & friends & it spread like wildfire! Erik’s school, Altara Elementary, friends & family all over the world participated. Mark Koelbel from KUTV news caught wind of it and awarded Erik with the “Pay it Forward” award! Erik & his school will be on KUTV (channel 2) news tonight (2/29) @ 10:00! Erik also got to talk about the book that he illustrated & wrote with his Nanny (Peggy deAzevedo). It is titled “I’m Glad to Be Me”. Erik is going to use the “Pay it Forward” award money to print copies of his book & donate them to schools, hospitals, & the Ronald McDonald House! He is such an awesome boy, and I am proud that he is my son!

imgladtobeme

Everyone who gets this e-mail needs to listen up. Let’s see if we can get into the paper for this. On February 22 2012, lets everyone wear a blue shirt to protest against bullying. I don’t care what shade of blue it is. If you’re a kid pass this along to all your friends. If you go into a chat room tell everyone there to tell their friends. If you’re an adult pass this to all your friends. And tell everyone at work about it. I’m using the power of e-mail for this. Mark your calendars for Feb. 22, blue shirt day. Let’s go down in history for this. I don’t care if you get this e-mail 2000 times.
Just keep sending it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ready go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS. Please copy and paste this into a fresh email. Nobody likes scrolling through tons of other people’s emails
P.S.S. This is not just a chain email, we’re trying to make a difference!

West Rim

January 7, 2012 0 Adventure, Jeep

I did a little exploring today in the St. George desert. I had heard of a fun Jeep trail nearby called the West Rim. This trail is part of the Winter on the Rocks off road event (it’s like the Easter Jeep Safari of St. George). Wow! It was really fun! To give some perspective, it is kind of a mix of Fins ‘n’ Things & Elephant Hill, with the views of Top of the World. The views were awesome, and the obstacles were fun and challenging. There was one casualty, I smashed my tail pipe up pretty good. Oh well, my tail pipe sees a lot of abuse ;). I made a .kmz file of the trail, so if you are interested you can download it HERE, then load it up in your GPS, Google Earth, Google Maps, etc.

On a separate note, my good buddy Mike was driving by Rice Eccles Stadium this morning and spotted some deer in the cemetery across the street from the stadium. In the herd was a giant 8 x 10 buck! He sent me a picture, this is a magnificent specimen! Here is the picture of the big Utes buck!