MAKE BEN FAIR

So I got to drive a Ferrari over the Christmas break... I am going to steal a line from my friend Pete and go ahead and declare it "AWESOME!" I am not even a car guy, but this thing was unbelievable. We went to stay with Jamie's cousins in Scottsdale, AR for a week. They have managed to do quite well for themselves over the years and so of course, if you have a lot of money then you own a Ferrari 360 Spider. Mark "owner of the Ferrari" was telling me that it takes 7 years to get one. There wasn't a clutch, it was a standard but you just flip this little switch when you want to change gears. Did I mention how freakin fast this car is? It is so freakin fast. I enjoyed this experience a lot. Here is another picture of the ferrari from their driveway. Such a pretty car I thought it deserved two pictures.

So Scottsdale was a lot of fun. We didn't really have anything planned to do so we had to come up with things. We did everything from Bowling, to playing poker ( i won $50), to rock climbing. We also hiked up Camelback Mountain. We didn't make it to the top for 2 reasons. 1. Jamie and her mom were both feeling kinda bad and 2. I had two blow outs. Let me explain. You see, I use to be really into camping/backpacking outdoors type of things. Then we moved back to Texas and I haven't done anything like this in about 3 years. So I pulled my hiking boots out for the trip which hadn't been used since we went to Canada 2 and a half years ago. I didn't pay any attention to these boots when I packed them because I just figured they were good to go. We started hiking and about 15 mins into the hike the heal of the boot just broke apart and started flopping around. This became very annoying very fast. By the time we got to our stopping point, both heals were off on both boots. I have pics and will show you later... so we started back down and it was very difficult because I would step on it and lose traction. I ended up tearing them completely off the boot and hiked down without a sole on the boots. It was very funny.

I did some thinking while I was there about life. The most horrible Tsunami thing happened over the Christmas break and when things like that happen you often contemplate life. I realized that I had stopped doing some of the things I enjoy doing. One day Mark asked what we do for fun. The only thing I could think of was go shopping. That really made me think... I love shopping and I love spending so much time with Jamie, but I also love doing things outdoors. We went rock climbing one day at a climbing wall. I had a renewed passion for doing these outdoors things again. I am very excited about this renewed passion. So if any of you want to go climbing, mountain biking, camping, hiking, skiing, skating, surfing..just give me a call. The answer will be "YES"! Here is a pic of me climbing at the wall.

And Finally, Jamie's little cousin Brittany kept us entertained the whole time we were there...she discovered Napoleon Dynamite and can quote the entire movie word for word...very entertaining. She also got Dance, Dance, Revolution for the x-box and needless to say we are pros at it. Ok, not really but here is a great pic of Jamie dancing her little heart out.